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Transcript of NYSESLAT 2015: New York State ELL Demographics EngageNY.org.
NYSESLAT 2015:New York State ELL
Demographics
EngageNY.org
EngageNY.org 2
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%.