These are the data corresponding to the ERIC Digest Two-Way Immersion Programs: Features and Statistics, by Elizabeth Howard and Julie Sugarman, Center for Applied Linguistics. More information on Two-Way Immersion may be found here.

The statistics in this Digest were generated from the Directory of Two-Way Immersion Programs in the United States in December 2000, when there were 248 programs listed. There are several pages of regularly updated statistics associated with the Directory's web site:

• Number of Districts and Schools by State

• Number of Programs by Grade Level

• Number of Programs by Language

• Growth of Two-Way Immersion Programs in the United States, 1963-Present

Below are statistics on school type and third language speakers in two-way immersion programs.

Program/School Coordination As of December 2000
NATIONAL (n=248) 191 (77%) are a program within a school 32 (13%) are whole-school programs 25 (10%) are unreported

School Type As of December 2000
NATIONAL (n=248) 11 (4%) are charter schools 53 (21%) are magnet schools 4 (2%) are private schools 127 (52%) are standard public schools 53 (21%) are unreported
CALIFORNIA (n=86) 8 (9%) are charter schools 22 (26%) are magnet schools 1 (1%) is a private school 51 (59%) are standard public schools 4 (5%) are unreported
TEXAS (n=34) 0 are charter schools 6 (18%) are magnet schools 1 (3%) is a private school 25 (73%) are standard public schools 2 (6%) are unreported
NEW YORK (n=20) 2 (10%) are charter schools 4 (20%) are magnet schools 1 (5%) is a private school 7 (35%) are standard public schools 6 (30%) are unreported

NATIONAL (n=248)

In 37 (15%) of the programs, more than 1% of the students are native speakers of a third language (not used in the program)

• 6 of those 37 programs (16%) are non-Spanish programs, although non-Spanish programs make up only 6% of the total number of schools
• The third languages spoken in those 37 programs, in order of frequency, are Tagalog (8 programs), French (7), Japanese (7), Vietnamese (7), Korean (6), Italian (4), Russian (4), Navajo (3), Spanish (3), Chinese (2), German (2), Haitian Creole (2), Hungarian (2), Urdu (2), Arabic (1), Asian Pacific Islander languages (1), Bambara (1), Bengali (1), Bosnian (1), Burmese (1), Farsi (1), Filipino (1), Keres (1), Malaysian (1), Polish (1), Portuguese (1), Quechua (1), Samoan (1), Tewa (1)

In 9 (4%) of the programs, more than 5% of the students are native speakers of a third language (not used in the program)

• 5 of those 9 programs (56%) are non-Spanish programs, although non-Spanish programs make up only 6% of the total number of schools
• Two Korean programs have the greatest number of third language speakers among the programs in the Directory: in one program, 27% of the students are native speakers of Spanish or Tagalog, and in the other program, 15% of the students are native speakers of Spanish, Tagalog, or Burmese