WIDA ACCESS English-Learner Proficiency Results

Statewide WIDA ACCESS English-language-proficiency results for Georgia English Learners by grade and test domain, 2017-2024.

Source: Georgia Insights (GaDOE)
Year coverage: 2017–2024
Updated: annual
Version: 3.0.0
Schema hash: a1c27f6b01d8

Detail levels available

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Overview

Georgia Insights (GaDOE) WIDA ACCESS for ELLs state-level results — the spring English-language-proficiency assessment for Georgia English Learners. For each grade (kindergarten through 12) and each of eight WIDA domains — four language domains (listening, speaking, reading, writing) and four composites (oral language, literacy, comprehension, overall score) — reports the count and share of ELL students scoring at each of the six WIDA proficiency levels (Level 1 Entering through Level 6 Reaching). This is a proficiency-level DISTRIBUTION: it carries headcounts and shares per level, not the underlying 1.0-6.0 scale scores, so it cannot answer an 'average WIDA score' question. Coverage: spring 2017 through spring 2024, state level only — bronze publishes no district or school breakdown and no demographic breakouts beyond grade.

Row grain: One row per year, district_code, school_code, grade_level, domain, proficiency_level.

Key metric

pct_at_proficiency_level — Percent at Proficiency Level (proportion)

The single headline value most answers want.

JSON schema →Data contract (YAML) →

Variables

Every column in the fact table. The code is the exact field name the API returns.

Column	Type	Unit	Range	Null?	Description
`year`Year	integer	—	—	no	Spring testing year, the ending calendar year of the school year (2024 = school year 2023-2024). Extracted from the filename and cross-checked against the sheet's title row. Full description▾ Spring testing year, the ending calendar year of the school year (2024 = school year 2023-2024). Extracted from the filename and cross-checked against the sheet's title row.
`district_code`District Code	string	—	—	yes	Always NULL: bronze reports statewide totals only, with no district breakdown. Full description▾ Always NULL: bronze reports statewide totals only, with no district breakdown. Joins districts; adds its label columns.
`school_code`School Code	string	—	—	yes	Always NULL: bronze reports statewide totals only, with no school breakdown. Full description▾ Always NULL: bronze reports statewide totals only, with no school breakdown. Joins schools; adds its label columns.
`grade_level`Grade Level	string	—	—	no	Grade tested, k (kindergarten) through 12. Full description▾ Canonical grade code (`k`, `01`..`12`). Grade is the bronze row axis; there is no `demographic` column because the source has no race/gender/economic breakouts. 13 allowed values▾ `01` `02` `03` `04` `05` `06` `07` `08` `09` `10` `11` `12` `k`
`domain`Domain	string	—	—	no	The skill area scored: listening, speaking, reading, writing, or one of four composite scores. Full description▾ WIDA test domain: four individually tested language domains (`listening`, `speaking`, `reading`, `writing`) plus four derived composites (`oral_language_composite` = 50% listening + 50% speaking; `literacy_composite` = 50% reading + 50% writing; `comprehension_composite` = 70% reading + 30% listening; `overall_score_composite` = 35% reading + 35% writing + 15% listening + 15% speaking). 8 allowed values▾ `comprehension_composite` `listening` `literacy_composite` `oral_language_composite` `overall_score_composite` `reading` `speaking` `writing`
`proficiency_level`Proficiency Level	string	—	—	no	WIDA proficiency band, level 1 (entering) up to level 6 (reaching). Full description▾ WIDA proficiency level, the fixed six-level scale from `level_1_entering` (lowest) to `level_6_reaching` (highest). 6 allowed values▾ `level_1_entering` `level_2_emerging` `level_3_developing` `level_4_expanding` `level_5_bridging` `level_6_reaching`
`num_at_proficiency_level`Number at Proficiency Level	integer	count	—	no	Count of ELL students in this grade scoring at this proficiency level in this domain. Zero is a real zero — the source has no suppression (state aggregates exceed any small-cell threshold). Full description▾ Count of ELL students in this grade scoring at this proficiency level in this domain. Zero is a real zero — the source has no suppression (state aggregates exceed any small-cell threshold).
`pct_at_proficiency_level`Percent at Proficiency Level	number	proportion	—	no	Share of students tested in this domain who scored at this proficiency level, on a 0-1 scale. Full description▾ Share of domain-tested students at this level (0-1 scale; bronze publishes 0-100). The denominator is `num_tested_in_domain` (students tested in THIS domain), NOT `num_tested`. The six level shares sum to 1.0 per (year, grade_level, domain).
`num_tested_in_domain`Number Tested in Domain	integer	count	—	no	Students tested in this specific domain — the denominator of `pct_at_proficiency_level`. 2021 (Era 2): taken from the published `Total Tested in Domain` column. All other years (Era 1): reconstructed as the sum of the six `num_at_proficiency_level` counts for the (grade, domain) — the source leaves the denominator implicit (verified: the six published shares sum to 100.0 against exactly this total in every file, and the 2021 published value equals the level-count sum in every cell). Always <= `num_tested`. Full description▾ Students tested in this specific domain — the denominator of `pct_at_proficiency_level`. 2021 (Era 2): taken from the published `Total Tested in Domain` column. All other years (Era 1): reconstructed as the sum of the six `num_at_proficiency_level` counts for the (grade, domain) — the source leaves the denominator implicit (verified: the six published shares sum to 100.0 against exactly this total in every file, and the 2021 published value equals the level-count sum in every cell). Always <= `num_tested`.
`num_tested`Number Tested	integer	count	—	no	Students in this grade tested in at least one domain — the grade-wide testing headcount, repeated on every (domain, level) row of the grade. Not every such student tested in every domain, so per-domain `num_tested_in_domain` is <= this value. Full description▾ Students in this grade tested in at least one domain — the grade-wide testing headcount, repeated on every (domain, level) row of the grade. Not every such student tested in every domain, so per-domain `num_tested_in_domain` is <= this value.

Filters

Query parameters the fact endpoint accepts. Comma-separated values are OR within a parameter; multiple parameters AND together.

Parameter	Kind	Allowed values	Notes
`year`	year_exact	any value	—
`year_min`	year_range	any value	—
`year_max`	year_range	any value	—
`detail`	detail	`states`	enum-enforced, default: states
`district_code`	foreign_key	any value	multi-value
`school_code`	foreign_key	any value	multi-value
`grade_level`	categorical	13 allowed values▾ `01` `02` `03` `04` `05` `06` `07` `08` `09` `10` `11` `12` `k`	multi-value, enum-enforced, pick one
`domain`	categorical	8 allowed values▾ `comprehension_composite` `listening` `literacy_composite` `oral_language_composite` `overall_score_composite` `reading` `speaking` `writing`	multi-value, enum-enforced, pick one
`proficiency_level`	categorical	`level_1_enteringlevel_2_emerginglevel_3_developinglevel_4_expandinglevel_5_bridginglevel_6_reaching`	multi-value, enum-enforced, pick one
`district_type`	dimension_attribute	7 allowed values▾ `commission_charter` `resa` `standard` `state_agency` `state_charter` `state_school` `state_special`	multi-value, enum-enforced
`school_level`	dimension_attribute	`elementarymiddlehighk12other`	multi-value, enum-enforced
`locale`	dimension_attribute	`citysuburbtownrural`	multi-value, enum-enforced

Example requests

Run these against the base URL — they return live data.

All rows (first page), states level

curl "https://georgiacivicdata.org/api/v1/education/wida_access"

states data for 2024

curl "https://georgiacivicdata.org/api/v1/education/wida_access?year=2024"

Filtered to grade_level = 01 for 2024

curl "https://georgiacivicdata.org/api/v1/education/wida_access?year=2024&grade_level=01"

Download 2024 as CSV

curl "https://georgiacivicdata.org/api/v1/education/wida_access?year=2024&format=csv"

Notes & limitations

NULL handling

Zero is a real, reported value.

Limitations

2021 ACCESS testing was voluntary/disrupted by COVID-19 — per the source's 2021-only participation reporting, about 90 percent of enrolled ELLs statewide tested in at least one domain, ranging from 95.45 percent in kindergarten down to 66.65 percent in grade 12 — so the 2021 proficiency distribution may carry selection bias relative to other years and should be trended with caution. Counts and shares reflect students who tested; suppression is not used by this source, so NULL values are structural (state-level geography keys), never masked data.