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For the approximate largest 3,300 school districts with population 20,000 and over, wide-ranging demographic updates are available (as of 12/8/08) from the 2005-07 "3-Year" Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS). A main importance of these data is that they are the first set of wide-ranging demographic data available for this larger set of school districts since Census 2000. ACS data for approximately 900 school districts with population 65,000 or more are included in the annual ACS data releases. They enable assessment of more recent characteristics than provided by Census 2000. They enable assessment of how some demographic measures have changed since 2000. There are a few new types of measures that can provide different insights.

This document shows an example of the use of these data. Use the ranking table presented below to examine language spoken at home by school district. These 1,400 districts (for which language spoken at home is tabulated) represent more than 50-percent of the U.S. school age population ages 5 to 17. The language spoken at home table/items are a part of several hundred subject matter items in the ACS 05-07 data.

Language spoken at home where "English is not spoken very well" can be an important challenge to educational opportunities and achievement. Relatively high percentages are indicators for increased attention and resources to improve educational opportunities and improved success. While most states and districts conduct in-school tests to gain insights on language challenges, these tests are not uniform from state to state, differ in terms of interpretation and utility, reflect only characteristics of enrolled students, and thus do not cover the "school district community."

School District Language Spoken at Home
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Item descriptions (all items ACS 05-07 time frame)
1 TotPop - Total population
2 Pop5-17 - Population ages 5-to-17 years
3 Pop5Yr+ - Population 5 years and over
Language spoken at home
4 EngOnly - English only
5 EngOnly% - English only %
6 OthLng - Language other than English
7 OthLng% - Language other than English %
8 OthLngNW - Language other than English - speaks English less than very well
9 OthLngNW% - Language other than English - speaks English less than very well%
10 Spanish - Spanish
11 Span% - Spanish %
12 SpanNW - Spanish - speaks English less than very well
13 SpanNW% - Spanish - speaks English less than very well%

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Table 07-29. Language Spoken at Home as shown in SDProfile in comparative analysis format.
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