EL Data and Reporting

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The English Learner (EL) program reporting requirements for North Dakota districts are recorded in the State Automated Reporting System (STARS). The reports required for EL programs include the MIS01 Fall Report, EL student enrollment records, and the MIS02 and MIS03 for EL staffing records. Below you will find most recent EL enrollment data. Guidance for the EL reporting in the STARS can be found under EL Guidance and Resources.

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ND English Learner Students by Public School District

2022-2023 ND English Learner Students by Public School District

This color-coded map shows the number of English Learner students reported by North Dakota public school districts for the 2022-2023 school year. There is also a data table below that shows the same information in a more numeric format. Due to FERPA privacy regulations, districts reporting 1 to 24 English learner students do not show a specific number.

2022-2023 Map of EL students by public school district

Alexander	<25	Anamoose	<25	Barnes County North	<25
Belfield	<25	Beulah	<25	Billings County	<25
Bismarck	441	Bottineau	<25	Bowman County	<25
Burke Central	<25	Carrington	<25	Cavalier	<25
Center-Stanton	<25	Central Cass	<25	Dakota Prairie	<25
Devils Lake	<25	Dickinson	191	Drake	<25
Drayton	<25	Dunseith	35	Edgeley	31
Eight Mile	<25	Ellendale	<25	Emerado	<25
Enderlin Area	<25	Fairmount	<25	Fargo	968
Fessenden-Bowdon	<25	Fordville-Lankin	<25	Ft Totten	<25
Ft Yates	<25	Garrison	<25	Glen Ullin	<25
Glenburn	<25	Grafton	44	Grand Forks	269
Harvey	<25	Hatton Eielson	<25	Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock	<25
Hazen	<25	Hebron	<25	Hettinger	<25
Hillsboro	<25	Hope-Page	<25	Jamestown	83
Kenmare	<25	Kidder County	<25	Killdeer	26
Kindred	<25	Lakota	<25	LaMoure	<25
Langdon Area	<25	Larimore	<25	Leeds	<25
Lewis & Clark	<25	Lidgerwood	<25	Linton	<25
Lisbon	<25	Litchville-Marion	<25	Mandan	151
Mandaree	<25	Manning	<25	Maple Valley	<25
Mapleton	<25	Max	<25	May-Port	<25
McClusky	<25	McKenzie County	258	Medina	<25
Midway	<25	Milnor	28	Minnewaukan	<25
Minot	135	Minto	<25	Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood	<25
Mott-Regent	<25	Napoleon	<25	Nedrose	<25
New England	<25	New Rockford-Sheyenne	<25	New Town	72
North Border	<25	North Sargent	<25	North Star	<25
Oakes	<25	Park River Area	<25	Parshall	<25
Richardton-Taylor	<25	Rugby	<25	Sargent Central	<25
Selfridge	<25	Solen	<25	South Heart	<25
South Prairie	<25	St John	<25	Stanley	49
Surrey	<25	Tioga	<25	Underwood	<25
United	<25	Valley City	<25	Valley-Edinburg	<25
Velva	<25	Wahpeton	33	Warwick	<25
Washburn	<25	West Fargo	1040	Williston Basin	454
Wilton	<25	Wishek	<25	Wyndmere	<25

ND English Learner Home/Heritage Languages 2017-2022

School Year

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

Language	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
Spanish	1101	31%	1166	30%	1480	33%	1617	35%	1553	36%	1574	38%
Nepali	426	12%	482	12%	480	11%	446	10%	402	9%	329	8%
Somali	516	14%	562	14%	520	12%	436	9%	381	9%	330	8%
Arabic	200	6%	194	5%	205	5%	193	4%	155	4%	144	4%
Bosnian	96	3%	97	3%	94	2%	80	2%	80	2%	70	2%
Ojibwa	63	2%	50	1%	45	1%	61	1%	51	1%	41	1%
Dakota	30	1%	10	0%	13	0%	15	0%	20	0%	13	0%
*Indian	32	1%	19	0%	19	0%	14	0%	17	0%	19	0%
**Creoles	200	6%	229	6%	313	7%	336	7%	318	7%	313	8%
Swahili	108	3%	110	3%	129	3%	141	3%	135	3%	112	3%
Siouan	29	1%	24	1%	30	1%	29	1%	34	1%	32	1%
Chinese	54	2%	51	1%	61	1%	52	1%	52	1%	49	1%
French	83	2%	80	2%	92	2%	88	2%	82	2%	82	2%
Vietnamese	50	1%	60	2%	80	2%	85	2%	70	2%	74	2%
Tagalog	44	1%	62	2%	85	2%	91	2%	73	2%	67	2%
Other	571	16%	689	18%	848	19%	939	20%	873	20%	866	21%
Total	3603		3885		4496		4624		4296		4115

Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole percent.

*Indian = North American Indian - Other

**Creoles = Creoles/Pidgin - English-Based

ND English Learner Enrollment by District 2017-2022

Due to FERPA privacy regulations, districts reporting 1 to 24 English learner students do not show a specific number.

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

District	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
Fargo	933	26%	969	25%	1022	23%	1001	23%	927	20%	818	20%
Bismarck	246	7%	277	7%	346	8%	375	8%	411	9%	388	9%
Dickinson	113	3%	127	3%	182	4%	192	4%	187	4%	172	4%
Dunseith	58	2%	47	1%	40	1%	54	1%	45	1%	36	1%
Grafton	48	1%	49	1%	41	1%	37	1%	39	1%	41	1%
Grand Forks	360	10%	396	10%	341	8%	326	7%	301	7%	260	6%
Mandan	85	2%	112	3%	137	3%	128	3%	139	3%	140	3%
McKenzie Co	70	2%	98	3%	217	5%	251	5%	239	5%	228	6%
Minot	178	5%	163	4%	213	5%	184	4%	162	4%	133	3%
New Town	28	1%	51	1%	61	1%	69	1%	58	1%	60	1%
West Fargo	752	21%	875	23%	1002	22%	1076	23%	1054	23%	893	22%
Williston	182	5%	240	6%	316	7%	338	7%	322	7%	365	9%
Others	551	15%	481	12%	580	13%	671	14%	682	15%	615	15%
Total	3603		3885		4498		4702		4566		4149

Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole percent.

ND English Learner Demographics 2012-2022

Year	# ELs	# Immigrant	% Immigrant	# Refugee	% Refugee	# Migrant	% Migrant
2011-12	4360	730	17%	1157	27%	265	6%
2012-13	3871	761	20%	1111	29%	211	6%
2013-14	3823	182	5%	1	4%	21	1%
2014-15	3996	1500	38%	1107	28%	173	5%
2015-16	3263	1329	41%	1061	33%	191	6%
2016-17	3443	1603	47%	1034	30%	121	4%
2017-18	3885	1765	46%	1054	27%	101	3%
2018-19	4498	1980	44%	944	20%	136	3%
2019-20	4624	1741	38%	778	17%	153	3%
2020-21	4470	1500	34%	605	14%	122	3%
2021-22	4115	1134	28%	362	9%	134	3%

Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole percent.

ND English Learner Ethnicity 2012-2022

Total

Native Am.

Asian

Black

Hispanic

P. Islander

White

	Count	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
2011-12	3634	1116	31%	464	13%	751	21%	800	22%	22	1%	481	13%
2012-13	3239	595	18%	573	18%	815	25%	780	24%	25	1%	451	14%
2013-14	3264	422	13%	624	19%	866	27%	877	27%	22	1%	453	14%
2014-15	3561	318	9%	666	19%	1059	30%	1042	29%	24	1%	452	13%
2015-16	3617	210	6%	715	20%	1138	32%	1079	30%	19	1%	456	13%
2016-17	3603	175	5%	698	19%	1186	33%	1046	29%	17	1%	481	13%
2017-18	3885	123	3%	792	20%	1329	34%	1110	29%	17	0%	514	13%
2018-19	4498	129	3%	876	20%	1490	33%	1427	32%	45	1%	1031	23%
2019-20	4624	158	3%	876	19%	1467	32%	1569	34%	69	2%	485	11%
2020-21	4470	160	4%	800	18%	1397	31%	1568	35%	91	2%	454	10%
2021-22	4115	140	3%	686	17%	1230	30%	1537	37%	108	3%	414	10%

Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole percent.