English Language Learners (ELL)
Enrollment for Students Learning English
Is Your Child Learning English?
Our admissions processes and enrollment are open to all NYC students, including those whose home language is not English.
- Students learning English participate in our admissions processes in the same way as students who are proficient in English.
- No program may deny admission, registration, or enrollment to a student based on the student’s fluency or perceived fluency in English.
An English language learner (ELL) is a student whose home language is not English and who needs support learning English.
- Find out more about English Language Learners and multilingual language learners.
- Get helpful links for families of English Language Learners.
- Find Community Organizations that help families of English Language Learners.
- Not sure if your child is considered an English Language Learner? Learn more on our Tests for English Language Learners page.
- Learn more about the programs that support students learning English in kindergarten through grade 12.
