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New York: 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 2023 2011: 8.7% 2012: 8.8% 2013: 8.8% 2014: 7.9% 2015: 8.0% 2016: 8.7% 2017: 8.9% 2018: 8.8% 2019: 8.7% 2020: 9.2% 2021: 9.7% 2023: 10.7% (state agency)
Between 2011 and 2023, the classified-EL share rose from 8.7% to 10.7%. Observations through fall 2021 are from NCES; observations for fall 2023 are from the New York state education agency (New York State Education Department Data Site, English Language Learners (2023-24)). State-agency methodology may differ from NCES; see the note below.
NCES Digest, Table 204.20 New York state education agency

Methodology note

  • New York State Education Department, BEDS Day snapshot (first Wednesday of October; for 2023-24, October 4, 2023). ELL identification under Section 154.3 of the Commissioner's Regulations; NYSED also publishes the same population under the term Multilingual Learner (MLL). Denominator is K-12 public-school enrollment (259,829 ELLs of 2,418,513 students).
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About this figure

Each point is the fall-enrollment share of students classified as English Learners in New York'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 2023, the catalog falls back to figures published directly by the New York 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) ; New York State Education Department Data Site, English Language Learners (2023-24) (opens in a new tab) .

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