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Findings from research Class size Dropouts High-performing, high-poverty schools High-stakes testing Homework Math and science Pre-Kindergarten Teacher quality Time and scheduling English Language Learners Stories from school districts Guides to issues Good measures for good schools First Name: Last Name:* Email:* Your Role: Select ParentEducatorSchool Board MemberSuperintendentLegislator/PolicymakerMediaAssociation staffOther Subscribe to: Updates from the Center Pre-K newsletter   Home > Research and Practice > Findings from research > English Language Learners > Preparing English language learners for academic success > Limited English Proficient Students by Grade Level and State Limited English Proficient Students by Grade Level and State TABLE 5. Limited English Proficient Students by Grade Level and State   PK to 5th Grade 6th to 12th Grade   Number of children, 2000 (1,000s) Share of all children, 2000 (percent) Percent change, 1990-2000 Number of children, 2000 (1,000s) Share of all children, 2000 (percent) Percent change, 1990-2000 Alabama 4 1 92 9 2 70 Alaska 3 4 61 3 4 85 Arizona 56 12 80 46 9 88 Arkansas 4 2 243 7 3 99 California 620 20 44 437 12 55 Colorado 24 6 163 21 5 144 Connecticut 14 5 35 16 5 39 Delaware 3 4 91 3 3 137 District of Columbia 2 4 27 2 5 27 Florida 87 7 51 85 6 89 Georgia 26 3 255 34 4 175 Hawaii 6 6 19 6 5 36 Idaho 3 3 75 5 3 87 Illinois 82 7 72 76 6 84 Indiana 12 2 28 13 2 48 Iowa 5 2 79 7 2 60 Kansas 7 3 87 8 3 123 Kentucky 4 1 52 7 2 57 Louisiana 5 1 -14 10 2 5 Maine 1 1 -14 3 2 27 Maryland 14 3 40 17 3 84 Massachusetts 28 5 1 34 6 49 Michigan 21 2 105 27 2 103 Minnesota 19 4 99 17 3 159 Mississippi 2 1 8 4 1 52 Missouri 9 2 43 11 2 55 Montana 1 2 18 2 2 25 Nebraska 5 3 350 6 3 233 Nevada 18 11 354 15 8 224 New Hampshire 1 1 13 2 1 121 New Jersey 48 6 23 52 6 51 New Mexico 23 13 18 19 9 33 New York 146 9 18 153 8 50 North Carolina 25 4 94 26 3 137 North Dakota 1 1 -22 2 3 76 Ohio 17 2 24 25 2 45 Oklahoma 7 2 65 9 2 125 Oregon 19 7 214 16 5 177 Pennsylvania 24 2 27 33 3 55 Rhode Island 7 8 31 7 7 70 South Carolina 5 2 109 10 2 98 South Dakota 2 2 264 1 2 131 Tennessee 8 2 118 9 2 104 Texas 288 15 30 232 10 42 Utah 9 4 149 9 3 89 Vermont 1 1 185 <1 1 98 Virginia 20 3 89 28 4 86 Washington 33 6 95 25 4 111 West Virgina 1 1 -8 2 1 -9 Wisconsin 15 3 25 19 3 111 Wyoming 1 2 59 1 2 -19 All states 1,786 7 46 1,612 6 64 SOURCE: Urban Institute, The New Demography of America's Schools — Immigration and the No Child Left Behind Act, page 19.

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