Title III Immigrant Student Demographics

The California Department of Education conducts an annual data collection of immigrant students enrolled in California's public and private schools. The data collection is conducted as part of the requirements of Title III under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as reauthorized by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Title III, Part A, Sections 3201(5) define immigrant children and youth as individuals who:

• are aged 3 through 21,
• were not born in any state, and
• have not been attending one or more schools in any one or more states for more than three full (cumulative) academic years. Section 3201(13) of the ESSA defines a "State" as each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

LEAs report the number of immigrant students enrolled in public schools on Census Day via the annual Fall 1 California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) submission. Census Day enrollment is the count of the students enrolled in each LEA on the first Wednesday in October. Private schools report their immigrant student enrollment via the Student National Origin Report (SNOR). The number of students enrolled in public and private schools is combined to determine the number of immigrant students who are eligible for Title III Immigrant Student Program funding.  It is important to note that the number of public school immigrant students reported on Census Day is utilized to determine Title III Immigrant Student Program funding for the following year, not the current year for which the data was collected.

Table I: Immigrant Student Enrollment in California, 2018–19 to 2022–23

Table II: Immigrant Student Enrollment by Country of Origin, 2022–23

*The number of immigrant students enrolled is based only on certified primary enrollment data reported on Census Day via the CALPADS Fall 1 submission. The enrollment number excludes immigrant students in Nonpublic, Nonsectarian Schools, State Special Schools, and California Education Authority Headquarters Schools.

Subtotal: 140,067 (84.74%)
All other countries: 25,226 (15.26%)
Grand total: 165,293 (100.00%)

Table III: Immigrant Student Enrollment by LEA, 2022–23

*The number of immigrant students enrolled is based only on certified primary enrollment data reported on Census Day via the CALPADS Fall 1 submission. The enrollment number excludes immigrant students in Nonpublic, Nonsectarian Schools, State Special Schools, and California Education Authority Headquarters Schools.

Student subtotal: 70,312 (42.54%)
All other LEAs: 94,981 (57.46%)
Grand total: 165,293 (100.00%)

Table IV: Immigrant Student Enrollment by County, 2022–23

*The number of immigrant students enrolled is based only on certified primary enrollment data reported on Census Day via the CALPADS Fall 1 submission. The enrollment number excludes immigrant students in Nonpublic, Nonsectarian Schools, State Special Schools, and California Education Authority Headquarters Schools.

Student subtotal: 158,456 (95.86%)
All other counties: 6,837 (4.14%)
Grand total: 165,293 (100.00%)

Table V: Title III Funding for Immigrant Students in California 2018–19 to 2022–23

*The number of eligible immigrant students in LEAs that received Title III Immigrant Student Program Funding is based on the immigrant student Census Day enrollment from the CALPADS Fall 1 submission and the private school immigrant student enrollment from the SNOR.