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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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.