NYSESLAT 2015:New York State ELL

Demographics

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The following introductory slides are meant to better acquaint educators with recent and relevant English

Language Learner demographic information (e.g., number of test takers, top ELL languages, and ELL subgroups) in

New York State public schools.

These slides are designed to give readers an enriched sense of the ELL students who were enrolled in New York

State public schools and who will likely take the NYSESLAT in Spring 2015.

 

NEW YORK STATE ELL DEMOGRAPHICS

NEW YORK STATE DEMOGRAPHICS

Buffalo (4,799)

Rochester (3,259)

Syracuse (3,339)

Brentwood (5,742)

Hempstead (2,147)Yonkers

(3,362)New York City (158,094)

Utica (1,736)

Central Islip (2,025)

Newburgh (1,605)

Spring Valley (East Ramapo) (2,503)

Source: Public School ELL Counts as of May 31, 2013

Top ELL Districts

# of ELLs

New York City 158,094

Brentwood 5,742

Buffalo 4,799

Rochester 3,981

Yonkers 3,362

Syracuse 3,339

Spring Valley 2,503

Hempstead 2,147

Central Islip 2,025

Utica 1,736

Newburgh 1,605

Source: Public School ELL Counts as of May 31, 2014

Of the approximately 2.7 million public school students in New York State, 8.9% are English Language Learners.

Source: Public School ELL Counts as of May 31, 2013

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* Big 4: Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Yonkers ** ROS: Rest of State

ELL Demographics• Over 240,000 ELLs are eligible to take the NYSESLAT.

• 8.4% of all New York State students are former ELLs (scored Proficient on the NYSESLAT).

• Distribution of ELLs by School Level:• Elementary school: 56.6%

• Middle school: 18.0%

• High School: 25.4%

• Distribution of ELLs by Subgroup:• Newcomers: 63.3%

• Long Term ELLs (7 or more years of ELL service): 24.9%

• Students with Disabilities: 21.9%

• Students with Interrupted Formal Education: 8.7%

Source: Public School ELL Counts as of May 31, 2014 4

ELL Demographics (continued)

Source: Public School ELL Counts as of May 31, 2014 5

New York State is

linguistically diverse, with

over 200 languages

spoken by our students.

2013-14 Top 10 ELL Home Languages

Source: Public School ELL Home Languages as of May 31, 2013Source: Public School ELL Counts as of May 31, 2014

NEW YORK STATE DEMOGRAPHICS

Spanish, 61.3%

Chinese, 10.2%

Arabic, 3.9%

Bengali, 2.9%

Haitian Creole, 1.7%

Russian, 1.6%

Urdu, 1.7%French, 1.3%

Karen, 0.9%

Nepali, 0.8%Other, 13.8%

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2014 NYSESLAT: Proportion of Students at Each Proficiency

Level

Source: IRS 2014 7

Performance Outcomes for ELLs: 2014

Grades 3-8 ELA: 2014 Performance

Graduation and Aspirational Performance Measure Rates: 2014

Source: IRS 2014 8

In 2014, only 3% of ELLs in Grades 3-8 achieved proficient scores on New York State ELA tests.

In 2014, the graduation rate for ELLs was only 31%, and the proportion of ELLs meeting the State’s Aspirational Performance Measure in ELA and Math (i.e., demonstrated the skills necessary to be considered College and Career Ready) was only 5%.