COLORADO
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   8,059 8,202 8,559 9,200 9,673
by Age 3 Years 1,520 1,815 1,941 2,113 2,205
  4 Years 3,041 2,879 3,172 3,394 3,521
  5 Years 3,498 3,508 3,446 3,693 3,947
by Race/Ethnicity American Indian/Alaska Native 105 121 116 102 128
  Asian/Pacific Islander 119 156 189 221 228
  Black (not Hispanic) 454 450 454 493 492
  Hispanic 1,633 1,768 1,981 2,188 2,400
  White (not Hispanic) 5,748 5,707 5,819 6,196 6,425

 
  Percentage of Populationı
  1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total Ages 3 Through 5   4.61 4.59 4.69 5.01 5.16
by Age 3 Years 2.65 3.08 3.19 3.41 3.45
  4 Years 5.27 4.81 5.26 5.55 5.67
  5 Years 5.86 5.86 5.62 6.09 6.43
by Race/Ethnicity American Indian/Alaska Native 7.52 9.36 9.34 8.40 10.45
  Asian/Pacific Islander 2.52 3.42 3.86 4.37 4.41
  Black (not Hispanic) 4.94 5.65 5.66 6.10 5.95
  Hispanic 3.77 3.85 4.09 4.34 4.55
  White (not Hispanic) 4.95 4.80 4.86 5.20 5.36

 
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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.

 
COLORADO
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 5,166 64.1 5,917 72.1 5,828 68.1 6,370 69.2 6,772 70.0
Early Childhood Special Education Setting 1,482 18.4 1,096 13.4 1,507 17.6 1,505 16.4 1,480 15.3
Home 146 1.8 59 0.7 49 0.6 42 0.5 53 0.5
Pt Early Childhood/Pt Special Education Setting 796 9.9 763 9.3 675 7.9 715 7.8 718 7.4
Residential Facility 2 <0.05 2 <0.05 3 <0.05 0 0.0 0 0.0
Separate Facilityı 90 1.1 50 0.6 58 0.7 29 0.3 26 0.3
Itinerant Services Outside Home² 377 4.7 315 3.8 439 5.1 539 5.9 624 6.5
Reverse Mainstream Setting² 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 . .
All Preschool Environments 8,059 100.0 8,202 100.0 8,559 100.0 9,200 100.0 9,673 100.0

 
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 87.7 7.4 1.2 3.7 0.0 0.0 . 100.0
Speech/Language Impairments 70.9 11.2 0.5 6.1 <0.05 11.2 . 100.0
Mental Retardation 59.5 21.4 0.0 19.0 0.0 0.0 . 100.0
Emotional Disturbance 62.9 17.1 0.0 11.4 2.9 5.7 . 100.0
Multiple Disabilities 54.9 32.9 2.4 9.8 0.0 0.0 . 100.0
Hearing Impairments 57.5 28.2 0.0 6.3 6.3 1.7 . 100.0
Orthopedic Impairments 71.8 16.9 0.5 7.9 1.6 1.3 . 100.0
Other Health Impairments . . . . . . . .
Visual Impairments 74.1 14.8 0.0 11.1 0.0 0.0 . 100.0
Autism 59.6 33.3 0.0 6.1 1.0 0.0 . 100.0
Deaf-Blindness 62.5 25.0 6.3 0.0 6.3 0.0 . 100.0
Traumatic Brain Injury 63.6 9.1 9.1 18.2 0.0 0.0 . 100.0
Developmental Delay 69.8 18.1 0.5 8.6 0.1 2.9 . 100.0
All Disabilities 70.0 15.3 0.5 7.4 0.3 6.5 . 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).