With 3.8 million students listing Spanish as their home language, about 3 of every 4 English-learners in U.S schools are Spanish speakers.
Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese are the top three home languages for English-language learners in the nation's K-12 public schools, according to data from the federal education department.
During the 2013-14 school year, nearly 5 million English-learners attended U.S. public elementary and secondary schools; the ELL population represents slightly more than 10 percent of the nation's K-12 student population.
