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Connecticut: classified-EL share over time

Annual share of public-school students classified as English Learners.

0% 4% 8% 11% 15% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2024 2011: 5.6% 2012: 5.8% 2013: 6.0% 2014: 6.6% 2015: 6.5% 2016: 6.8% 2017: 7.2% 2018: 7.6% 2019: 8.0% 2020: 7.7% 2021: 9.4% 2024: 11.3% (state agency)
Between 2011 and 2024, the classified-EL share rose from 5.6% to 11.3%. Observations through fall 2021 are from NCES; observations for fall 2024 are from the Connecticut state education agency (Connecticut State Department of Education, The Condition of Education in Connecticut 2024-25). State-agency methodology may differ from NCES; see the note below.
NCES Digest, Table 204.20 Connecticut state education agency

Methodology note

  • Connecticut State Department of Education, October fall snapshot. EL/Multilingual-Learner identification under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-17 et seq.: home language survey followed by LAS Links Placement Test 2nd Edition. Denominator is K-12 public enrollment (57,533 of 508,402). Connecticut does not publish historical figures for fall 2018-2021, so methodological continuity with the prior NCES series cannot be confirmed from overlapping observations; the trajectory above NCES's fall 2021 figure (9.4%) is consistent with documented growth through 2024-25.
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About this figure

Each point is the fall-enrollment share of students classified as English Learners in Connecticut's public schools. Observations through fall 2021 are drawn from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Digest of Education Statistics, Table 204.20, the canonical national series; NCES has not yet republished this table for school years after 2021-22. For fall 2024, the catalog falls back to figures published directly by the Connecticut state education agency. State-agency methodology may differ from NCES — the methodology note above the data table records the difference, and the dashed line and hollow markers in the chart mark the boundary.

Sources: NCES Digest of Education Statistics 2023, Table 204.20 (opens in a new tab) ; Connecticut State Department of Education, The Condition of Education in Connecticut 2024-25 (opens in a new tab) .

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