Cost In Translation: A New FAIR Report on School Costs


Joe Young

- Nearly half, 45.8 percent of the Alexandria, Virginia, public school system’s budget is now devoted to the needs of LEP students who comprise nearly 30 percent of the student body. The Alexandria schools have experienced a 125 percent growth in its LEP population since the 2005-06 school year.
- Fairfax County, Virginia, carries the largest cost burden in the area, spending more than $676 million a year on education and services for more than 33,000 LEP students.
- Montgomery County bears the largest burden among Maryland school districts, spending more than $466 million on LEP students. Nearly 40 percent of Montgomery County residents speak a language other than English at home.
- Throughout the D.C. metro area, education costs for LEP students are about 50 percent higher than for English-speaking students. The costs for recently arrived unaccompanied minors are an additional 25 percent higher than other LEP students.
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