English Language Learners in Colorado

The English Language Acquisition Unit at CDE in its report, "English Language Learners in Colorado: A State of the State, 2007," noted the following:

* Colorado's total K-12 enrollment growth rate over the last 12 years = 13.37%
* Colorado's ELL total enrollment growth rate over the last 12 years = 352.68%
* The top 4 languages spoken in Colorado schools in 2006-07 included -
Spanish - 13.4% of total student population (106,718 students)
Vietnamese - .33% of student population( 2,789 students)
Russian - .2% of student population (1,347 students)
Korean - .15% of student population (1,236 students)
* Colorado's foreign-born population increased 160% between 1990 - 2000.