This fact sheet focuses on the five-year projections for teachers of English learners (ELs) reported by states. States may have different definitions of EL instructors and different ways of calculating the five-year projections. It provides the following data for teacher projections for ELs in the 2017-18 school year: (1) Number of States That Met or Exceeded Projected Need for English Learner Instructors: School Year 2017-18; (2) Top Five States That Most Exceeded Their Projections for English Learner Instructors: School Years 2012-13 to 2017-18; and (3) Top Five States Furthest From Meeting Their Projections for English Learner Instructors: School Years 2012-13 to 2017-18.