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Bilingual Education

Statistics

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