California's English Learners 2008-09
In 2008-09, 24.2% of California's students were classified as English learners. An additional 19.4% came from families in which English was not the primary language, but the students were initially classified or reclassified as fluent English proficient (FEP). The distribution of languages, found in EdSource's 2010 Resource Cards on California Education, is shown in the pie chart below.
*Others includes more than 50 different languages.
Data: California Department of Education (CDE), 11/6/09
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