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2008-2009 Languages with Highest LEP Enrollment Statewide

Language Native Speakers LEP Students

SPANISH

174,926

43,485

ARABIC

9487

1692

KOREAN

9138

1640

PORTUGUESE

8423

1321

GUJARATI

7900

1212

HAITIAN CREOLE (FRENCH)

4253

1173

MANDARIN (CHIN,KUOYU,PEKINGESE,
N. CHINESE,PUTONGHUA)

7205

1076

URDU

4627

733

POLISH

5456

600

TAGALOG (PILIPINO, FILIPINO)

5672

564

BENGALI

2567

502

VIETNAMESE

2294

495

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