GEORGIA
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   15,922 16,560 17,709 18,689 20,260
by Age 3 Years 2,478 2,556 2,861 2,981 3,113
  4 Years 5,380 5,530 6,059 6,197 6,808
  5 Years 8,064 8,474 8,789 9,511 10,339
by Race/Ethnicity American Indian/Alaska Native 20 28 33 25 34
  Asian/Pacific Islander 119 141 168 177 259
  Black (not Hispanic) 5,615 5,838 6,025 6,404 6,752
  Hispanic 506 586 675 807 947
  White (not Hispanic) 9,662 9,967 10,808 11,276 12,268

 
  Percentage of Populationı
  1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total Ages 3 Through 5   4.57 4.65 4.89 5.11 5.40
by Age 3 Years 2.19 2.17 2.36 2.42 2.43
  4 Years 4.69 4.63 5.06 5.08 5.49
  5 Years 6.69 7.11 7.23 7.87 8.39
by Race/Ethnicity American Indian/Alaska Native 3.04 4.02 4.84 3.60 4.76
  Asian/Pacific Islander 1.54 1.73 1.97 2.03 2.89
  Black (not Hispanic) 4.59 4.79 4.95 5.27 5.49
  Hispanic 2.28 2.23 2.39 2.65 2.84
  White (not Hispanic) 4.94 5.00 5.32 5.51 5.87

 
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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.

 
GEORGIA
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 7,353 46.2 7,283 44.0 7,938 44.8 8,879 47.5 10,177 50.2
Early Childhood Special Education Setting 6,460 40.6 7,048 42.6 7,510 42.4 7,768 41.6 7,998 39.5
Home 1,324 8.3 1,289 7.8 1,316 7.4 1,083 5.8 762 3.8
Pt Early Childhood/Pt Special Education Setting 496 3.1 604 3.6 660 3.7 778 4.2 1,169 5.8
Residential Facility 86 0.5 104 0.6 79 0.4 46 0.2 14 0.1
Separate Facilityı 203 1.3 232 1.4 206 1.2 135 0.7 140 0.7
Itinerant Services Outside Home² 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 . .
Reverse Mainstream Setting² 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 . .
All Preschool Environments 15,922 100.0 16,560 100.0 17,709 100.0 18,689 100.0 20,260 100.0

 
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 37.5 51.8 7.1 3.6 0.0 . . 100.0
Speech/Language Impairments 66.6 27.0 1.1 5.2 0.2 . . 100.0
Mental Retardation 20.0 55.8 19.7 3.9 0.6 . . 100.0
Emotional Disturbance 21.5 51.9 13.1 7.3 6.2 . . 100.0
Multiple Disabilities . . . . . . . .
Hearing Impairments 19.7 52.7 6.4 5.4 15.8 . . 100.0
Orthopedic Impairments 44.8 43.7 5.7 4.6 1.1 . . 100.0
Other Health Impairments 35.6 50.6 6.8 6.2 0.8 . . 100.0
Visual Impairments 46.0 47.6 3.2 3.2 0.0 . . 100.0
Autism 17.8 63.0 13.3 5.2 0.7 . . 100.0
Deaf-Blindness 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 . . 100.0
Traumatic Brain Injury 11.1 33.3 55.6 0.0 0.0 . . 100.0
Developmental Delay 28.7 57.7 5.2 7.2 1.2 . . 100.0
All Disabilities 50.2 39.5 3.8 5.8 0.8 . . 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).