West Lincoln ELL by the numbers
August 2012
28 students tested out in July 2012
147 students are in ELL k-5 levels 1-5
26 kg students
44 1st grade students
24 2nd grade students
17 3rd grade students
41 4th grade students
15 5th grade students
Out of 423 total students at West Lincoln
208 Speak English at home *I know that 8 of these English families also speak another language. 47% of our students speak only English at home
215 students come from families that do not speak English at home. Some of these families speak 2 or more languages. 53% of our students speak a language other than English.
The breakdown of languages and the numbers.
We have…
14 Arabic speaking students
6 Dinka speaking students
8 Kurdish speaking students
22 Nuer speaking students
1 Russian speaking students
140 Spanish speaking students
11 Ukranian speaking students
13 Vietnamese speaking students
We have 5 official ELL teachers, however with over 223 students in the school that come from homes that do not have English as their first language, we are all ELL teachers. Thankfully we do all have English as our common language!