Black Students Eligible for Free or Reduced‐Price Lunch (FRPL): 2013

Note: The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced‐price lunch (FRPL) under the National

School Lunch Program provides a proxy measure for the concentration of low‐income students

within a school. Children from families with incomes at or below 130 percent of the poverty level

are eligible for free meals. Those from families with incomes that are between 130 percent

and 185 percent of the poverty level are eligible for reduced‐price meals.

(http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/NSLPFactSheet.pdf)

Immigration Status of Black Students: 2013

 

Fact

Thirty one percent of EL students who are Black are first generation immigrants.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2013. Estimates are generated by

NCELA using Census DataFerrett

Educational Attainment of Mothers of Black Students: 2013

 

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Fact

Approximately 20 percent more mothers of English proficient

students who are Black have a high school degree or higher

than mothers of EL students who are Black.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2013. Estimates are generated by

NCELA using Census DataFerret
Fact

Twenty five LEAs in the United States enroll 11.6 percent

of all ELs who are Black in public schools.

Local Education Agencies (LEAs)

With the Largest Number of ELs Who Are Black

LEA State

Total Number

of ELs Who

Are Black

Total

Number of

ELs

Percentage

of ELs Who

Are Black

1. New York City Public Schools NY 9,102 147,198 6.0%

2. Broward County Public Schools FL 8,104 25,311 32.0%

3. Dade County Public Schools FL 6,772 70,691 10.0%

4. School District of Palm Beach

County FL 6,129 19,021 32.0%

5. Orange County Public Schools FL 5,082 27,830 18.0%6. Boston Public Schools MA 3,941 19,157 21.0%

7. Fairfax County Public Schools VA 3,224 37,519 9.0%

8. Montgomery County Public Schools MD 3,090 22,519 14.0%

9. Leflore County School District MS 2,598 2,720 96.0%

10. Brockton Public Schools MA 2,361 3,274 72.0%

11. Columbus City School District OH 2,213 5,261 42.0%

12. Prince George's

Schools

County Public

MD 1,994 16,341 12.0%

13. Seattle Public Schools WA 1,853 6,220 30.0%

14. San Diego Unified School District CA 1,807 36,929 5.0%

15. Minneapolis Public School District MN 1,751 7,390 24.0%

16. St. Paul Public School District MN 1,751 14,402 12.0%

17. Dekalb County School District GA 1,423 9,845 14.0%

18. Philadelphia City School District PA 1,352 12,241 11.0%

19. Denver Public Schools CO 1,314 27,558 5.0%

20. Prince William

Schools

County Public

VA 1,284 18,144 7.0%

21. Jefferson County Schools KY 1,271 5,769 22.0%

22. Collier County Public Schools FL 1,249 6,169 20.0%

23. Portland Public Schools ME 1,136 1,758 65.0%

24. Hillsborough County Public Schools FL 1,128 23,696 5.0%

25. Houston

District

Independent School

TX 1,114 60,924 2.0%

Total in Top 25 LEAs 73,043 627,887 11.6%

Total in all U.S. LEAs 180,467 4,834,433 3.7%

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Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection,

2011

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The data in the following tables and charts are from the 2013 American Community Survey (ACS) and apply

the following definitions:

 An “English learner” student  An “English proficient” student

o is ages 5 to 18, o is ages 5 to 18,

o attends school, o attends school,

o lives in a home where English is not the

primary language spoken, and

o lives in a home where English is spoken, or

o reports speaking English “well,” “not

very well,” or “not at all.”

o reports speaking English “very well.”

 The 2013 ACS defines individuals who are Black as those whose racial self‐identification included “Black,

African‐American, negro, or mulatto, regardless of what additional race(s) the person reported, if any.”

These individuals can be “Black alone or in combination” with other races, regardless of Hispanic origin.

These definitions represent the respondent’s perceptions of his or her own English‐speaking ability

(Gambino, et al., 2014). The definitions may not correspond with those used by state education agencies

and local education agencies for reporting purposes.

Top 15 Languages Spoken At Home by EL Students Who Are Black: 2013

Language

Number of

Speakers Percentage

Spanish 53,924 40.0%

French Creole 24,445 18.1%French 10,175 7.5%

Cushite 9,591 7.1%Kru, Ibo, Yoruba 8,332 6.2%

Bantu 3,995 3.0%Amharic 3,756 2.8%

Swahili 3,221 2.4%German 2,990 2.2%

Portuguese 2,087 1.5%Fulani 2,070 1.5%

Vietnamese 1,860 1.4%Arabic 1,467 1.1%

Other specified African

languages 1,180 0.9%

Japanese 931 0.7%

Note: Data are for both ELs born in the US and those born in another country.

Fact

Forty percent of

EL students who

are Black speak

Spanish at

home.

Approximately

18 percent of EL

students who

are Black speak

French Creole at

home.

Top 15 Birthplaces of Foreign‐Born EL Students Who Are Black: 2013

Fact

Over a

quarter

(26 percent)

of foreign

born EL

students

who are

Black were

born in Haiti.

Country

Number

of ELs Percentage

Haiti 13,241 26.0%

Dominican Republic 4,815 9.5%Kenya 3,489 6.9%

Ethiopia 2,671 5.3%Africa, not specified 2,459 4.8%

Somalia 2,074 4.1%Mexico 2,032 4.0%

Congo 1,712 3.4%

Tanzania 1,505 3.0%

Western Africa, not specified 1,312 2.6%Togo 1,169 2.3%

Ghana 1,133 2.2%El Salvador 1,057 2.1%

Nigeria 1,019 2.0%Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) 973 1.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2013. Estimates generated by

NCELA using Census DataFerrett

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