Diversity in Minnesota students' home primary language, 2006-2007
Percent of students that primarily speak
a language other than English at home
Warroad
LAOTIAN
6.41 %
Lancaster
NONE
Kittson Central
NONE
Roseau
OTHER
Badger
NONE
Kittson
Tri-County
NONE
Greenbush-Middle River
NONE
Lake of the Woods
Marshall
Stephen-Argyle
SPANISH
1.92 %
Warren-Alvarado-Oslo
SPANISH
9.62 %
Koochiching
International Falls
RUSSIAN
0.46 %
Grygla
NONE
Marshall County Central Schools
NONE
Pennington
Kelliher
NONE
Plummer
OTHER
Red Lake Falls
NONE
Crookston
SPANISH
11.99 %
Clearwater
Nett Lake
NONE
Climax
SPANISH
5.22 %
Oklee
OTHER
Fertile-Beltrami
SPANISH
0.42 %
Norman County West
SPANISH
Ada-Borup
4.78 %
SPANISH
3.75 %
Bemidji
CHINESE
0.23 %
Virginia
GERMAN
0.13 %
Mountain Iron-Buhl
Chisholm
NONE
OTHER
Deer River
NONE
Bagley
RUSSIAN
0.19 %
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
SPANISH
3%
Detroit Lakes
SPANISH
0.15 %
Lake Park-Audubon
NONE
Hawley
GERMAN
5.94 %
Frazee
SPANISH
0.97 %
Grant
Perham
SPANISH
1.45 %
Rothsay
RUSSIAN
1.38 %
Breckenridge
SPANISH
3.66 %
Fergus Falls
SPANISH
0.15 %
Parkers Prairie
PORTUGUESE
0.52 %
Alexandria
CHINESE
0.13 %
Herman-Norcross
SPANISH
8.26 %
Wheaton Area School
SPANISH
0.91 %
Verndale
NONE
Staples-Motley
SPANISH
1.26 %
Eagle Valley
NONE
Osakis
SPANISH
0.28 %
Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley
GERMAN
9.18 %
Chokio-Alberta
NONE
Morris
SPANISH
1.63 %
Cyrus
NONE
Hancock
SPANISH
0.8 %
Ortonville
SPANISH
0.57 %
Bellingham
DUTCH
3.51 %
Ivanhoe
OTHER
Lake Benton
OTHER
Isle
NONE
Paynesville
SPANISH
0.93 %
Eden Valley-Watkins Kimball
HMONG
OTHER
0.35 %
New London-Spicer
RUSSIAN
0.38 %
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg
SPANISH
5.82 %
Pipestone Area
GERMAN
2.14 %
Balaton
SPANISH
3.41 %
Murray County Central
SPANISH
3.24 %
Edgerton
SPANISH
2.05 %
Fulda
SPANISH
1.16 %
Adrian
SPANISH
1.82 %
Luverne
SPANISH
2.01 %
Hills-Beaver Creek
NONE
Tracy
HMONG
15.35 %
Westbrook-Walnut Grove SchoolsRed Rock Central
HMONG
HMONG
0.63 %
27.59 %
Ellsworth
NONE
Worthington
SPANISH
27.61 %
Windom
SPANISH
6%
Springfield
SPANISH
2.31 %
Sleepy Eye
SPANISH
29.88 %
New Ulm
SPANISH
0.77 %
St. Peter
SPANISH
5.74 %
Mankato
SOMALI
2.15 %
Comfrey
SPANISH
1.33 %
St. James
SPANISH
23.79 %
Mountain Lake
SPANISH Butterfield-Odin
SPANISH
13.07 %
21.18 %
Heron Lake-Okabena
SPANISH
14.69 %
Brewster
OTHER
Jackson County Central
LAOTIAN
2.95 %
Round Lake
SPANISH
2.82 %
Nicollet
AFRIKAANS
1%
Martin County West
SPANISH
0.36 %
Braham
GERMAN
0.42 %
Princeton
RUSSIAN
0.2 %
Becker
RUSSIAN
0.94 %
Big Lake
SPANISH
2.09 %
Cambridge-Isanti
SPANISH
0.74 %
Meeker
Chippewa
McLeod
Carver
Renville
Lyon
Redwood
0% - 1%
Ramsey
Washington
Hennepin
Goodhue
Le Sueur
Nicollet
Counties
Dakota
Scott
Rice
Wabasha
Pipestone
Murray
Rock
Nobles
Cottonwood
Blue Earth
Watonwan
Jackson
Martin
Waseca
Faribault
Steele
Dodge
Freeborn
Olmsted
Winona
Houston
Fillmore
Mower
14.53 %
Language (# of districts)
North Branch
HMONG
1.39 %
Chisago Lakes
HMONG
1.07 %
Faribault
SPANISH
13.62 %
Cleveland
NONE
Waterville-Elysian-Morristown
SPANISH
3.4 %
United South Central
SPANISH
2.65 %
Alden-Conger
SPANISH
0.77 %
Kenyon-Wanamingo
SPANISH
3.46 %
Medford
SPANISH
3.85 %
Zumbrota-Mazeppa
SPANISH
0.35 %
Albert Lea
SPANISH
9.92 %
Glenville-Emmons
NONE
Austin
SPANISH
12.08 %
Lyle
NONE
Hayfield
SPANISH
2.5 %
Southland
SPANISH
1.06 %
GERMAN (10)
HMONG (23)
JAPANESE (2)
DUTCH (1)
VIETNAMESE (3)
THAI (1)
RUSSIAN (11)
LAOTIAN (2)
SOMALI (5)
UKRANIAN (1)
CAMBODIAN (1)
OTHER (35)
CUTCHI (1)
SPANISH (166)
CHIPPEWA (1)
ENGLISH ONLY (64)
AFRIKAANS (3)
PORTUGUESE (1)
HINDI (1)
NO DATA (5)
Lake City
SPANISH
1.58 %
Dover-Eyota
NONE
Kingsland
OTHER
Leroy-Ostrander
OTHER
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SPANISH
2.09 %
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St. Charles
SPANISH
5.74 %
Lewiston-Altura
SPANISH
1.61 %
Houston
OTHER
Watertown-Mayer
SPANISH
0.39 %
Mabel-Canton
NONE
Spring Grove
OTHER
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Waconia
SPANISH
1.24 %
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Westonka
RUSSIAN
0.94 %
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Wayzata
RUSSIAN
1.27 %
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Hopkins
SPANISH
3.28 %
Minnetonka
SPANISH
0.66 %
Fridley
SPANISH
4.34 %
Robbinsdale
SPANISH
5.95 %
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St. Louis Park
SPANISH
4.15 %
Edina
SOMALI
1.2 %
Eden Prairie
SOMALI
4.15 %
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16.22 %
St. Anthony-New Brighton
SPANISH
1.69 %
Minneapolis
SPANISH
14.04 %
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Caledonia
OTHER
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Belle Plaine
SPANISH
1.19 %
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SPANISH
4.08 %
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New Prague Area
SPANISH
0.26 %
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White Bear Lake
HMONG
4.16 %
Mounds View
SPANISH
1.14 %
Roseville
HMONG
5.15 %
W
Centennial
HMONG
1.8 %
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Chisago Lakes
HMONG
1.07 %
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Stillwater
HMONG
0.96 %
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South Washington County
HMONG
2.78 %
Inver Grove Heights
SPANISH
4.64 %
Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan
SPANISH
2.67 %
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Lakeville
SPANISH
1.21 %
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North St Paul-Maplewood
HMONG
8.91 %
St. Paul
HMONG
25.61 %
Bloomington
SPANISH
7.16 %
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Mahtomedi
HMONG
0.89 %
South St. Paul
Minneapolis-St. Paul Int'l Airport
SPANISH
NO DATA
10.49 %
Richfield
West St. Paul-Mendota Hts.-Eagan
SPANISH
SPANISH
25.18 %
10.31 %
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage
SPANISH
6.17 %
Shakopee
SPANISH
10.36 %
La Crescent-Hokah
NONE
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Forest Lake
HMONG
2.25 %
Prior Lake
RUSSIAN
0.91 %
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North Branch
HMONG
1.39 %
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Brooklyn Center
SPANISH Columbia Heights
13.1 %
SPANISH
Norwood
SPANISH
2.92 %
Lanesboro
NONE
Fillmore Central
NONE
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Osseo
HMONG
6.31 %
Chaska
SPANISH
6.11 %
Rushford-Peterson
OTHER
Cambridge-Isanti
SPANISH
0.74 %
Spring Lake Park
SPANISH
3.59 %
Orono
SPANISH
1.31 %
Winona Area
HMONG
3.25 %
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CHINESE
0.14 %
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Anoka-Hennepin
HMONG
3.31 %
Rockford
SPANISH
1.18 %
Language data from Minnesota Department of Education
Data counts students by Home Primary Language for each district, based on October 1, 2006 student counts
http://children.state.mn.us/MDE/Data/Data_Downloads/Student/Languages/index.html
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Buffalo
SPANISH
1.13 %
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Elk River
HMONG
0.96 %
St. Michael-Albertville
SPANISH
1.46 %
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St. Francis
HMONG
2.54 %
Wabasha-Kellogg
SPANISH
0.32 %
Chatfield
SPANISH
0.78 %
Stewartville
SPANISH
0.39 %
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Monticello
SPANISH
3.33 %
NOTES: 1) Districts labeled "English Only" only reported students with a Primary Home Language of English.
2) Districts labeled "Other" only had one student in each non-English Home Language they reported.
In each "Other" district, the total number of students with a Home Language other than English was 6 or less.
Plainville-Elgin-Millville
SPANISH
3.92 %
Grand Meadow
NONE
Becker
RUSSIAN
0.94 %
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School District Name
Language
Percent of total students
Triton
Rochester
SPANISH
9.99 % Kasson-Mantorville Byron SOMALI
SPANISH
NONE 4.99 %
1.7 %
Blooming Prairie
SPANISH
4.24 %
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343 School Districts shown total
CHINESE (6)
Counties
Pine Island
OTHER
Owatonna
SPANISH
6.47 %
Metro Districts
Largest home primary language
other than English
in each school district
Rush City
HMONG
0.42 %
St. Francis
HMONG
2.54 %
Waseca
Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial St. Clair
Madelia
SPANISH
OTHER
OTHER
7.8 %
SPANISH
Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton
25.67 %
OTHER
Maple River
SPANISH
0.66 %
N.R.H.E.G.
Truman
NONE
SPANISH
3.12 %
Granada Huntley-East Chain
Blue Earth Area
SPANISH
SPANISH
0.72 %
4.71 %
Fairmont Area Schools
SPANISH
4.92 %
1.1% - 5%
Wright
East Central
NONE
Pine City
OTHER
Ogilvie
NONE
Milaca
SPANISH
0.31 %
Albany
SPANISH
0.41 %
St. Cloud
SOMALI
5.12 %
5.1% - 10%
Brown
Hinckley-Finlayson
SPANISH
1.31 %
Mora
OTHER
Foley
Holdingford
SPANISH
NONE
0.22 %
Sartell-St. Stephens Sauk Rapids
VIETNAMESE VIETNAMESE
0.4 %
0.35 %
Rocori
SPANISH
3.17 %
Hinckley-Finlayson
SPANISH
1.31 %
Pierz
SPANISH
0.48 %
Royalton
NONE
Upsala
NONE
Chisago
Willow River
OTHER
Elk River
HMONG
Franconia
Monticello
Annandale
0.96 %
NO DATA
Forest Lake
SPANISH
SPANISH
HMONG
3.33 %
0.44 %
2.25 %
St. Michael-Albertville Anoka-Hennepin
Maple Lake
SPANISH
OTHER
HMONG
Lac Qui Parle Valley
1.46 %
3.31 %
Centennial Mahtomedi
Buffalo
SPANISH
Litchfield
HMONG
HMONG
SPANISH
2.16 %
Willmar
SPANISH
1.8 %
0.89 %
Osseo
1.13
%
Dassel-Cokato
Rockford
A.C.G.C.
4.61 %
SPANISH
HMONG
Mounds ViewWhite Bear Lake
SPANISH
SPANISH
21.36 %
SPANISH
HMONG
6.31 %
SPANISH
0.69 %
0.6 %
4.16 %
Delano 1.18 %
1.14
%
M.A.C.C.R.A.Y.
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted
Wayzata
CHINESE
SPANISH
SPANISH
Orono
Montevideo
RUSSIAN
Stillwater
0.14 %
0.94 %
1.4 %
SPANISH 1.27 %
SPANISH
HMONG
Minneapolis St. Paul
Dawson-Boyd
Prinsburg
Watertown-Mayer
1.31 %
5.78 %
0.96 %
Hopkins
SPANISH
OTHER
HMONG
NO DATA
SPANISH
Westonka
14.04 %
SPANISH
25.61 %
Hutchinson
0.39 %
RUSSIAN
3.28 %
Lester Prairie
SPANISH
0.94 %
SPANISH
3.24
%
South Washington County
Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian
Eden Prairie
Waconia
Bloomington
7.72 %
HMONG
SPANISH
SOMALI
SPANISH
Renville County West
SPANISH
Glencoe-Silver Lake
Yellow Medicine East
2.78 %
11.33 %
4.15 %
1.24 % Chaska
SPANISH
7.16 %
SPANISH
SPANISH
SPANISH
Buffalo Lake-Hector
Norwood
18.7 %
Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan
12.53 %
7.82 %
6.11 % Shakopee
SPANISH
SPANISH
SPANISH
SPANISH
McLeod
West
Schools
11.39 %
2.92 %
10.36 %
2.67 %
SPANISH
Hastings
Prior Lake
2.24 %
SPANISH
RUSSIAN
Jordan
0.66 %
Lakeview
0.91 % Lakeville Farmington
SPANISH
SPANISH
SPANISH
4.08
%
Minneota
SPANISH
Belle Plaine
2.78 %
1.21 %
SPANISH
Redwood Falls Area Schools
2.7 %
SPANISH
Sibley East
6.17 %
G.F.W.
SPANISH
1.19 %
SPANISH
New Prague Area
Red Wing
1.57 %
SPANISH
Randolph
16.5 %
SPANISH
SPANISH
6.33 %
OTHER
0.26 %
2.51 %
Le Sueur-Henderson
Marshall
Northfield
SPANISH
Lynd
Milroy
Cedar Mountain
SPANISH
SPANISH
Cannon Falls
10.2 %
SPANISH
HMONG
SPANISH
7.56 %
Wabasso
7.61 %
JAPANESE
Goodhue
Montgomery-Lonsdale
33.62 %
5.26 %
2.62 %
NONE
0.15 %
SPANISH
SPANISH
Le Center
5.06 %
5.54 %
SPANISH
R.T.R
SPANISH
1.07 %
Isanti
Anoka
Esko
OTHER
Wrenshall
NONE
Moose Lake
GERMAN
0.27 %
Onamia
SPANISH
0.26 %
Little Falls
VIETNAMESE
0.39 %
Barnum
NONE
10.1% - 20%
Sherburne
Lincoln
see Metro inset
Canby
SPANISH
0.87 %
Stearns
Yellow Medicine
Carlton
NONE
McGregor
NONE
Aitkin
SPANISH
0.15 %
Brainerd
CHINESE
0.03 %
Browerville
SPANISH
1%
Melrose
SPANISH
13.77 %
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
SPANISH
7.33 %
Benson
SPANISH
0.8 %
Pillager
GERMAN
0.52 %
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Swanville
OTHER
SPANISH
17.71 %
Minnewaska
OTHER
Crosby-Ironton
SPANISH
0.32 %
Camp Ripley Military
NO DATA
Sauk Centre
SPANISH
2.01 %
Browns Valley
OTHER
Pope
Lac qui Parle
Proctor Hermantown
OTHER NONE
Cromwell-Wright
NONE
20.1% - 30%
Benton
Kandiyohi
Cloquet
CHINESE
0.31 %
30.1% - 43.4%
Kanabec
Swift
Floodwood
SPANISH
0.52 %
Pequot Lakes
NONE
Bertha-Hewitt
NONE
Evansville Brandon
NONE
NONE
West Central Area
GERMAN
0.5 %
Mille Lacs
Traverse
Duluth
HMONG
0.35 %
Pine River-Backus
GERMAN
0.3 %
New York Mills
NONE
0.56 %
Campbell-Tintah
SPANISH
11.9 %
Hill City
NONE
Sebeka
GERMAN
0.38 %
Henning
NONE
Ashby
NONE
Nevis
OTHER
Menahga
NONE
Wadena-Deer Creek
SPANISH
1.25 %
Underwood
JAPANESE Battle Lake
0.39 % SPANISH
Morrison
Douglas
St. Louis County
HINDI
0.14 %
Northland Community Schools
NONE
Percent Non-English, by school district
Pine
Todd
Mesabi East
AFRIKAANS
0.23 %
Carlton
Crow Wing
Sibley
Barnesville
NONE
Pelican Rapids
SPANISH
21.74 %
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley
THAI
0.22 %
Park Rapids
SPANISH
0.13 %
Aitkin
Big Stone
Laporte
NONE
Pine Point
NONE
Cass
Otter Tail
Wilkin
Stevens
Ulen-Hitterdal
NONE
Hendricks
OTHER
Becker
Clay
Lake Superior
NONE
Eveleth-Gilbert
CAMBODIAN
0.15 %
Hibbing
Nashwauk-Keewatin CHINESE
NONE
0.12 %
Greenway
OTHER
Cass Lake-Bena
NONE
Waubun
OTHER
Moorhead
SPANISH
5.49 %
Hubbard
Wadena
Grand Rapids
SPANISH
0.13 %
Mahnomen
NONE
Mahnomen
Blackduck
SPANISH
0.84 %
Fosston
OTHER
Norman County East
SPANISH
0.56 %
Cook County
RUSSIAN
0.69 %
Ely
NONE
Win-E-Mac
RUSSIAN
19.25 %
Lake
St. Louis
Itasca
Norman
St. Louis County
HINDI
0.14 %
Clearbrook-Gonvick
CUTCHI
0.63 %
Cook
Polk
Red Lake
CHIPPEWA
13.94 %
East Grand Forks
SPANISH
3.14 %
Beltrami
Red Lake
Littlefork-Big Falls
UKRANIAN
1.15 %
South Koochiching
OTHER
Goodridge
NONE
Thief River Falls
AFRIKAANS
3.91 %
Fisher
SPANISH
3.34 %
Roseau
Lake of the Woods
NONE
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Hastings
SPANISH
0.66 %
Farmington
SPANISH
2.7 %
Randolph
OTHER
Red Wing
SPANISH
2.51 %
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