ARIZONA
IDEA, Part B Child Count and Percentage of Population Served,
by Age and by Race/Ethnicity
1999 Through 2003
  Child Count
  1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total Ages 3 Through 5   9,076 9,144 9,906 10,910 11,952
by Age 3 Years 1,866 1,950 2,242 2,501 2,797
  4 Years 3,287 3,330 3,671 4,000 4,331
  5 Years 3,923 3,864 3,993 4,409 4,824
by Race/Ethnicity American Indian/Alaska Native 627 605 679 732 768
  Asian/Pacific Islander 118 147 172 172 233
  Black (not Hispanic) 389 367 414 477 540
  Hispanic 2,922 3,032 3,367 3,948 4,242
  White (not Hispanic) 5,020 4,993 5,274 5,581 6,169

 
  Percentage of Populationı
  1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total Ages 3 Through 5   4.02 3.97 4.16 4.48 4.74
by Age 3 Years 2.52 2.56 2.82 3.06 3.28
  4 Years 4.39 4.32 4.66 4.92 5.18
  5 Years 5.12 5.01 5.00 5.46 5.81
by Race/Ethnicity American Indian/Alaska Native 4.21 4.25 4.64 4.92 5.10
  Asian/Pacific Islander 2.73 3.46 3.90 3.78 5.12
  Black (not Hispanic) 4.32 4.58 5.09 5.86 6.54
  Hispanic 3.47 3.37 3.55 3.98 4.06
  White (not Hispanic) 4.43 4.39 4.54 4.77 5.15

 
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 ıPercentage of population is calculated by dividing the child count by the population estimate for children in
the age or race/ethnicity category and multiplying the result by 100 to get a percentage.
 
The population estimates used for 1999 are intercensal estimates based on the 1990 and 2000 Censuses. For
2000 through 2003, population data are July 1 estimates, released October 2004.  These data are based on
the 2000 decennial census.  The population estimates are from the Population Estimates Program, U.S.
Census Bureau, Population Division..
 
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis Systems (DANS).
Data as of October 2004.

 
ARIZONA
Number and Percentage of Part B Children Ages 3-5
Served in Different Educational Environments
1999 Through 2003
  1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
  N % N % N % N % N %
Early Childhood Setting 3,349 36.9 3,491 38.2 3,639 36.7 3,894 35.7 4,063 34.0
Early Childhood Special Education Setting 2,817 31.0 2,962 32.4 3,604 36.4 4,690 43.0 5,906 49.4
Home 25 0.3 27 0.3 32 0.3 7 0.1 4 <0.05
Pt Early Childhood/Pt Special Education Setting 2,534 27.9 2,383 26.1 2,400 24.2 2,111 19.3 1,600 13.4
Residential Facility 113 1.2 11 0.1 1 <0.05 39 0.4 125 1.0
Separate Facilityı 107 1.2 117 1.3 129 1.3 104 1.0 145 1.2
Itinerant Services Outside Home² 131 1.4 153 1.7 101 1.0 21 0.2 23 0.2
Reverse Mainstream Setting² 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 44 0.4 86 0.7
All Preschool Environments 9,076 100.0 9,144 100.0 9,906 100.0 10,910 100.0 11,952 100.0

 
Percentage of Part B Children Ages 3-5
Served in Different Educational Environments, by Disability
2003
Disability Early
Childhood 		Early
Childhood
Special
Education 		Home Part-time
Early
Childhood
Special
Education 		Separate
Facilityı 		Itinerant
Services
Outside
Home² 		Reverse
Mainstream² 		All
Environments
Specific Learning Disabilities 55.9 28.8 0.0 13.0 0.0 2.3 0.0 100.0
Speech/Language Impairments 88.2 6.0 <0.05 5.1 0.1 0.6 0.0 100.0
Mental Retardation 10.2 77.5 0.7 9.5 2.2 0.0 0.0 100.0
Emotional Disturbance 16.7 71.7 0.0 10.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 100.0
Multiple Disabilities 9.1 78.8 0.0 4.5 7.6 0.0 0.0 100.0
Hearing Impairments 21.2 41.1 0.0 19.2 18.5 0.0 0.0 100.0
Orthopedic Impairments 79.2 14.6 0.0 6.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0
Other Health Impairments 42.3 35.9 0.0 17.9 0.0 3.8 0.0 100.0
Visual Impairments 19.5 42.4 0.8 11.0 26.3 0.0 0.0 100.0
Autism 22.3 67.5 0.0 7.0 2.5 0.6 0.0 100.0
Deaf-Blindness 14.3 71.4 0.0 0.0 14.3 0.0 0.0 100.0
Traumatic Brain Injury 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0
Developmental Delay 16.8 63.3 0.0 16.5 2.3 0.0 1.1 100.0
All Disabilities 34.0 49.4 <0.05 13.4 2.3 0.2 0.7 100.0

 
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 % = (Number in Environment ÷ Number in All Preschool Environments) * 100.  These columns sum to 100%.
 ıSeparate Facility includes residential facilities and separate schools.
 ²The "Itinerant Services Outside Home" and "Reverse Mainstream" environments are optional categories
  that states can use when reporting data.
 
 Please see Data Notes for an explanation of individual state differences on how data are reported.
 Data based on December 1 counts, updated as of July 2004.
 U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis Systems (DANS).