Language Census Summary Statistics 1998-99

Summary of statistics from the 1998-99 language census data collection.

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Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 and 4 | Part 5

Part I - English learner (EL) students and fluent-English-proficient (FEP) students

Language	Code	Type	Kindergarten	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8	Grade 9	Grade 10	Grade 11	Grade 12	Ungraded	Total
Albanian	56	ELS	3	5	3	2	1	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	4	0	26
Albanian	56	FEP	2	2	3	3	1	3	1	5	1	6	4	1	1	0	33
Arabic	11	ELS	664	640	598	636	551	529	406	395	349	408	339	282	226	54	6,077
Arabic	11	FEP	507	548	570	577	561	557	542	546	556	554	488	499	506	30	7,041
Armenian	12	ELS	1,024	1,290	1,297	1,283	1,150	950	863	893	859	933	821	664	531	168	12,726
Armenian	12	FEP	166	245	264	344	502	760	951	1,064	1,088	1,260	1,106	1,130	1,055	10	9,945
Assyrian	42	ELS	51	56	61	70	86	56	52	61	64	47	32	34	22	4	696
Assyrian	42	FEP	58	66	69	73	72	89	82	95	88	108	100	96	77	2	1,075
Burmese	13	ELS	20	38	33	25	27	48	42	41	32	74	58	47	40	1	526
Burmese	13	FEP	24	26	17	28	21	33	33	34	38	34	38	54	47	0	427
Cantonese	03	ELS	3,043	3,295	3,069	2,691	2,228	1,854	1,476	1,182	1,184	1,475	1,486	1,383	1,023	167	25,556
Cantonese	03	FEP	869	998	1,164	1,592	2,078	2,523	2,413	2,469	2,719	2,658	2,742	2,925	2,796	46	27,992
Cebuano (Visayan)	36	ELS	26	16	28	32	32	29	19	23	26	19	22	21	12	2	307
Cebuano (Visayan)	36	FEP	10	21	17	26	19	21	30	42	30	37	36	29	39	1	358
Chaldean	54	ELS	38	42	35	42	44	52	47	36	45	26	27	26	20	1	481
Chaldean	54	FEP	34	22	32	23	18	27	24	21	19	10	11	10	15	0	266
Chamorro (Guamanian)	20	ELS	5	8	4	7	5	4	3	6	3	2	1	1	1	0	50
Chamorro (Guamanian )	20	FEP	1	6	1	6	5	8	8	8	13	5	14	9	8	0	92
Chaozhou (Chaochow)	39	ELS	92	109	127	113	85	62	43	22	29	31	19	9	11	4	756
Chaozhou (Chaochow)	39	FEP	25	31	33	43	68	98	82	73	91	73	65	74	60	3	819
Croatian	14	ELS	35	39	43	39	32	35	18	32	23	31	28	36	26	2	419
Croatian	14	FEP	20	24	20	33	40	25	25	24	28	27	39	19	33	0	357
Dutch	15	ELS	13	23	15	11	11	11	12	11	5	9	2	11	10	0	144
Dutch	15	FEP	34	40	30	35	30	33	41	25	35	28	35	34	43	1	444
Farsi (Persian)	16	ELS	461	500	544	457	437	372	299	271	340	337	332	303	256	76	4,985
Farsi (Persian)	16	FEP	620	735	738	875	934	952	977	872	983	1,071	1,150	1,089	1,173	33	12,202
French	17	ELS	87	71	78	75	64	72	54	54	37	40	60	40	46	3	781
French	17	FEP	119	128	136	121	150	128	150	113	150	115	118	122	140	4	1,694
German	18	ELS	57	63	69	68	69	58	42	42	40	52	57	86	95	1	799
German	18	FEP	130	148	133	138	156	139	118	128	136	127	114	195	176	2	1,840
Greek	19	ELS	21	36	21	24	11	14	12	18	12	14	13	16	15	1	228
Greek	19	FEP	38	40	55	60	64	52	58	56	61	62	62	69	71	2	750
Gujarati	43	ELS	100	125	109	95	100	64	76	72	64	85	112	61	65	8	1,136
Gujarati	43	FEP	132	143	161	195	220	213	220	207	234	220	235	228	225	0	2,633
Hebrew	21	ELS	49	61	72	63	68	64	51	32	37	44	31	21	12	15	620
Hebrew	21	FEP	104	139	147	159	159	132	179	161	179	162	204	171	170	17	2,083
Hindi	22	ELS	327	395	395	329	334	304	290	310	289	325	336	270	176	21	4,101
Hindi	22	FEP	250	310	274	342	347	329	364	391	397	394	430	457	466	6	4,757
Hmong	23	ELS	2,830	2,886	3,039	2,987	2,781	2,570	2,454	2,333	2,022	1,981	1,623	1,144	755	69	29,474
Hmong	23	FEP	99	140	141	201	248	343	460	585	720	771	911	928	895	11	6,453
Hungarian	24	ELS	22	19	16	13	17	15	15	12	11	13	10	13	17	4	197
Hungarian	24	FEP	20	21	29	26	30	42	41	39	38	43	33	50	34	2	448
Ilocano	25	ELS	126	113	163	148	172	162	152	134	120	101	132	112	78	11	1,724
Ilocano	25	FEP	82	110	147	156	165	198	209	206	239	196	224	201	208	3	2,344
Indonesian	26	ELS	92	69	96	88	82	88	61	64	67	62	89	87	71	5	1,021
Indonesian	26	FEP	55	62	65	71	71	93	74	88	87	87	88	86	99	1	1,027
Italian	27	ELS	25	23	37	31	21	21	24	19	14	14	21	14	20	4	288
Italian	27	FEP	49	79	61	79	74	77	74	74	82	45	89	68	90	1	942
Japanese	08	ELS	593	694	629	497	433	358	328	299	256	228	231	221	167	35	4,969
Japanese	08	FEP	236	291	342	446	488	476	479	467	462	440	470	483	572	4	5,656
Khmer (Cambodian)	09	ELS	1,342	1,581	1,732	1,763	1,583	1,610	1,447	1,420	1,317	1,252	1,004	846	660	80	17,637
Khmer (Cambodian)	09	FEP	249	236	207	336	494	687	882	945	1,168	1,261	1,245	1,401	1,487	12	10,610
Khmu	50	ELS	12	25	22	22	23	16	18	19	18	25	21	20	10	0	251
Khmu	50	FEP	8	13	6	20	12	13	11	10	14	12	11	7	16	0	153
Korean	04	ELS	1,661	1,948	1,903	1,551	1,298	1,060	832	781	721	1,084	1,164	899	744	115	15,761
Korean	04	FEP	792	1,058	1,194	1,663	2,008	2,330	2,379	2,280	2,290	2,377	2,521	2,656	2,673	35	26,256
Kurdish	51	ELS	31	25	23	35	35	27	25	25	23	14	31	17	6	1	318
Kurdish	51	FEP	7	6	6	7	1	4	4	3	5	4	0	8	5	0	60
Lahu	47	ELS	54	33	39	56	49	32	47	50	53	39	32	26	18	1	529
Lahu	47	FEP	2	1	0	3	1	2	0	4	1	6	4	2	6	0	32
Lao	10	ELS	612	681	724	706	721	685	611	543	593	646	476	405	265	35	7,703
Lao	10	FEP	178	183	196	204	253	293	337	397	460	546	540	603	572	10	4,772
Mandarin (Putonghua	07	ELS	933	1,085	991	805	728	629	576	566	649	845	913	923	681	64	10,388
Mandarin (Putonghua	07	FEP	1,057	1,354	1,522	1,873	1,886	2,097	1,928	1,956	1,974	1,748	1,971	2,013	1,817	52	23,248
Marshallese	48	ELS	9	7	5	11	12	7	13	13	12	9	14	4	6	0	122
Marshallese	48	FEP	1	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	2	2	4	5	3	0	42
Mien	44	ELS	402	420	460	463	501	452	417	406	381	335	293	246	149	5	4,930
Mien	44	FEP	36	32	34	40	54	76	87	167	159	181	185	189	156	0	1,396
Mixteco	49	ELS	45	49	51	37	36	38	22	28	19	11	14	5	4	4	363
Mixteco	49	FEP	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	9
Other non-English	99	ELS	1,299	1,369	1,374	1,296	1,169	1,004	881	908	791	996	978	871	659	107	13,702
Other non-English	99	FEP	1,090	1,212	1,179	1,326	1,413	1,640	1,486	1,500	1,587	2,030	2,082	1,918	1,930	32	20,425
Pashto	40	ELS	68	75	59	64	43	45	42	40	29	36	28	22	25	4	580
Pashto	40	FEP	30	37	27	31	35	32	34	33	41	43	38	32	34	0	447
Pilipino (Tagalog)	05	ELS	1,424	1,749	1,895	1,849	1,780	1,527	1,342	1,253	1,236	1,365	1,377	1,147	928	169	19,041
Pilipino (Tagalog)	05	FEP	1,598	1,734	2,005	2,353	2,577	2,873	3,154	3,296	3,512	3,585	3,744	3,706	3,786	54	37,977
Polish	41	ELS	40	50	39	52	33	19	25	24	25	29	22	21	19	1	399
Polish	41	FEP	42	63	53	73	82	96	83	75	92	87	94	101	96	0	1,037
Portuguese	06	ELS	176	174	224	186	162	177	162	157	166	162	174	204	163	12	2,299
Portuguese	06	FEP	183	195	206	264	232	271	292	298	330	293	356	354	393	3	3,670
Punjabi	28	ELS	837	905	789	664	606	543	498	523	498	566	506	453	349	25	7,762
Punjabi	28	FEP	327	364	374	390	430	437	380	401	394	423	392	421	363	5	5,101
Rumanian	45	ELS	127	126	122	96	126	114	104	104	88	93	83	55	63	8	1,309
Rumanian	45	FEP	79	78	86	110	105	131	128	119	155	136	109	129	144	3	1,512
Russian	29	ELS	629	795	792	746	744	666	598	593	608	577	536	462	359	38	8,143
Russian	29	FEP	220	258	276	360	487	591	578	593	660	648	623	579	513	9	6,395
Samoan	30	ELS	110	155	151	183	154	175	135	132	132	97	99	69	61	14	1,667
Samoan	30	FEP	85	102	119	118	130	136	151	132	171	146	131	134	98	4	1,657
Serbian	31	ELS	7	11	12	15	9	3	5	7	9	4	5	8	8	1	104
Serbian	31	FEP	6	15	22	14	13	15	14	18	19	11	10	10	16	1	184
Serbo-Croatian	52	ELS	11	15	19	17	19	20	22	11	14	13	13	15	12	0	201
Serbo-Croatian	52	FEP	4	5	6	8	13	10	13	11	8	19	21	18	22	1	159
Spanish	01	ELS	139,767	144,796	138,890	128,577	110,019	97,796	81,874	72,802	64,791	68,662	51,972	37,240	26,190	18,177	1,181,553
Spanish	01	FEP	23,130	23,608	23,681	26,617	28,112	34,967	41,271	44,525	45,764	50,561	48,892	44,811	41,059	2,104	479,102
Taiwanese	46	ELS	19	29	27	25	26	21	18	25	17	58	40	51	41	2	399
Taiwanese	46	FEP	29	32	37	46	62	72	71	84	107	96	127	177	169	8	1,117
Thai	32	ELS	115	155	153	153	119	118	105	91	112	130	119	116	107	20	1,613
Thai	32	FEP	68	105	79	136	168	154	164	188	220	192	234	254	234	7	2,203
Tigrinya	57	ELS	13	23	17	24	29	19	13	6	12	17	10	3	9	0	195
Tigrinya	57	FEP	6	8	12	10	10	12	14	8	5	7	4	5	2	0	103
Toishanese	53	ELS	14	13	4	5	6	4	7	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	64
Toishanese	53	FEP	3	1	0	3	1	3	11	8	6	4	4	7	2	0	53
Tongan	34	ELS	179	186	215	194	198	194	164	166	120	97	109	64	66	11	1,963
Tongan	34	FEP	65	72	81	86	75	94	98	101	101	75	63	76	56	3	1,046
Turkish	33	ELS	18	17	18	19	12	13	12	9	11	15	16	13	15	0	188
Turkish	33	FEP	15	24	14	28	24	35	30	21	32	25	29	21	24	1	323
Ukrainian	38	ELS	200	199	196	176	179	163	151	126	119	129	121	114	69	0	1,942
Ukrainian	38	FEP	14	27	34	38	46	54	41	61	42	36	25	27	17	0	462
Urdu	35	ELS	242	229	243	166	174	157	144	110	138	136	116	86	76	6	2,023
Urdu	35	FEP	176	182	196	217	225	224	227	233	225	199	216	173	190	8	2,691
Vietnamese	02	ELS	4,443	4,439	4,307	3,656	3,482	3,196	2,630	2,298	2,572	2,830	2,898	2,607	1,870	228	41,456
Vietnamese	02	FEP	1,056	1,135	1,256	1,818	2,253	2,806	3,012	2,981	3,701	3,543	3,609	3,762	3,451	60	34,443
State Total		ELS	164,643	171,980	166,077	153,438	132,916	118,325	99,779	89,602	81,206	86,627	69,069	51,915	37,331	19,784	1,442,692
State Total		FEP	34,240	36,519	37,561	43,849	47,729	57,511	64,518	68,245	71,719	76,829	76,091	72,626	68,335	2,591	758,363
State Total		All	198,883	208,499	203,638	197,287	180,645	175,836	164,297	157,847	152,925	163,456	145,160	124,541	105,666	22,375	2,201,055

Part II - English learner's instructional information

Number of English learner students enrolled in specific instructional settings

Structured English Immersion	Alternative Course of Study	English Language Mainstream - Students Meeting Criteria	English Language Mainstream - Parental Request	Other Instructional Settings	Total
702,592	179,334	416,962	44,947	98,857	1,442,692

Number of English learner students receiving instructional services

English Language Development (ELD)	ELD and Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE)	ELD and SDAIE with Primary Language Support	ELD and Academic Subjects through the Primary Language (L1)	Instructional Services other than those in the previous columns	Not receiving any English Learner Services	Total
152,260	410,681	472,893	169,440	140,660	96,758	1,442,692

Part III - Number students redesignated from
English learners to fluent-English proficient (FEP)

Redesignated FEP Students	106,288

Part IV - Oral English Proficiency

Number of schools using the appropriate tests (yes, no, or waiver)

Yes	7,472
No	225
Waiver	27
Total	7,724

Part V - Teachers and paraprofessionals providing services to EL students

Language	Teachers Providing Primary Language Instruction and Hold a CCTC* Bilingual Authorization	Teachers Providing Primary Language Instruction and in Training for a CCTC* Bilingual Authorization	Bilingual Paraprofessionals (aides) Teamed with Teachers in Training for a CCTC* Bilingual Authorization	All Other Bilingual Paraprofessionals (Aides)	Teachers Providing ELD or SDAIE with a CCTC* Teaching Authorization	Teachers Providing ELD or SDAIE with a SB1969 Certificate of Completion or District Designated	Teachers Providing ELD or SDAIE and in Training for a CCTC* Teaching Authorization	Total
Arabic	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	31
Armenian	35	8	7	325	0	0	0	375
Assyrian	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
Burmese	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Cantonese	212	141	79	311	0	0	0	743
Chaldean	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	8
Chaozhou (Chaochow)	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	6
Farsi (Persian)	0	0	0	44	0	0	0	44
French	1	1	1	21	0	0	0	24
German	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
Gujarati	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
Hebrew	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
Hindi	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	16
Hmong	44	14	11	610	0	0	0	679
Hungarian	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Ilocano	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	10
Italian	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
Japanese	4	13	0	35	0	0	0	52
Khmer (Cambodian)	2	4	2	324	0	0	0	332
Khmu	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Korean	27	6	3	147	0	0	0	183
Kurdish	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Lahu	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	6
Lao	3	1	0	115	0	0	0	119
Mandarin (Putonghua	11	8	0	128	0	0	0	147
Mien	0	0	0	70	0	0	0	70
Other non-English	1	0	0	35	0	0	0	36
Pilipino (Tagalog)	20	6	3	200	0	0	0	229
Portuguese	4	0	0	55	0	0	0	59
Punjabi	4	0	0	54	0	0	0	58
Rumanian	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	9
Russian	1	0	0	137	0	0	0	138
Samoan	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	7
Serbo-Croatian	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Spanish	10,267	5,428	3,269	23,573	0	0	0	42,537
Thai	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	7
Tigrinya	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Tongan	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	6
Ukrainian	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	19
Urdu	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	5
Vietnamese	53	40	18	571	0	0	0	682
ELD	0	0	0	0	5,510	451	2,604	8,565
SDAIE	0	0	0	0	5,421	3,162	6,333	14,916
SDAIE/ELD	0	0	0	0	39,191	8,382	29,590	77,163
State Total	10,690	5,670	3,393	26,910	50,122	11,995	38,527	147,307

Source:
Language Census, Spring 1999
Educational Demographics Office
California Department of Education