projectcert

All states / Oregon / Classified-EL share over time

Oregon: 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: 10.3% 2012: 9.7% 2013: 9.7% 2014: 8.2% 2015: 8.7% 2016: 9.3% 2017: 8.4% 2018: 8.2% 2019: 8.7% 2020: 9.0% 2021: 9.5% 2024: 12.6% (state agency)
Between 2011 and 2024, the classified-EL share rose from 10.3% to 12.6%. Observations through fall 2021 are from NCES; observations for fall 2024 are from the Oregon state education agency (Oregon Department of Education, ESEA Title III English Learner Collection (2024-25)). State-agency methodology may differ from NCES; see the note below.
NCES Digest, Table 204.20 Oregon state education agency

Methodology note

  • Oregon Department of Education, fall snapshot (68,038 EL students). Oregon-reported figures run roughly 0.5-1.0 percentage points above NCES across fall 2018-2020 (e.g., 2018-19 SEA 9.2% vs NCES 8.2%), with the gap narrowing to about 0.1 percentage points in 2020-21; the divergence likely reflects Oregon's inclusion of students in post-exit monitoring (NCES does not count them) or a snapshot-date difference. The 3.1 percentage-point increase from NCES's fall 2021 value (9.5%) to ODE's fall 2024 figure tracks documented enrollment growth, but the SEA series cannot be treated as methodologically continuous with NCES.
Show data table

About this figure

Each point is the fall-enrollment share of students classified as English Learners in Oregon'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 Oregon 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) ; Oregon Department of Education, ESEA Title III English Learner Collection (2024-25) (opens in a new tab) .

← Back to Oregon