MISSOURI
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   10,683 11,307 12,222 13,966 15,140
by Age 3 Years 2,215 2,320 2,644 3,031 3,225
  4 Years 3,859 4,049 4,414 4,983 5,419
  5 Years 4,609 4,938 5,164 5,952 6,496
by Race/Ethnicity American Indian/Alaska Native 16 17 20 23 26
  Asian/Pacific Islander 62 72 99 115 137
  Black (not Hispanic) 1,446 1,519 1,628 1,781 1,902
  Hispanic 178 145 162 242 282
  White (not Hispanic) 8,981 9,554 10,313 11,805 12,793

 
  Percentage of Populationı
  1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total Ages 3 Through 5   4.72 5.06 5.54 6.34 6.85
by Age 3 Years 3.00 3.17 3.59 4.14 4.42
  4 Years 5.11 5.40 6.09 6.72 7.37
  5 Years 5.97 6.55 6.94 8.15 8.72
by Race/Ethnicity American Indian/Alaska Native 1.48 1.92 2.27 2.70 3.07
  Asian/Pacific Islander 1.97 2.44 3.17 3.58 4.23
  Black (not Hispanic) 4.13 4.70 5.15 5.63 6.07
  Hispanic 2.55 1.90 2.10 3.03 3.33
  White (not Hispanic) 4.98 5.32 5.82 6.68 7.22

 
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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.

 
MISSOURI
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 4,644 43.5 4,481 39.6 4,276 35.0 4,967 35.6 5,343 35.3
Early Childhood Special Education Setting 3,942 36.9 4,390 38.8 4,790 39.2 5,275 37.8 5,083 33.6
Home 362 3.4 329 2.9 306 2.5 369 2.6 432 2.9
Pt Early Childhood/Pt Special Education Setting 115 1.1 574 5.1 807 6.6 955 6.8 1,187 7.8
Residential Facility 2 <0.05 9 0.1 10 0.1 7 0.1 2 <0.05
Separate Facilityı 469 4.4 414 3.7 290 2.4 158 1.1 229 1.5
Itinerant Services Outside Home² 1,149 10.8 1,110 9.8 1,743 14.3 2,235 16.0 2,864 18.9
Reverse Mainstream Setting² 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 . .
All Preschool Environments 10,683 100.0 11,307 100.0 12,222 100.0 13,966 100.0 15,140 100.0

 
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 62.1 12.6 0.0 23.3 1.0 1.0 . 100.0
Speech/Language Impairments 63.5 5.7 1.4 4.0 0.1 25.2 . 100.0
Mental Retardation 13.7 45.6 0.5 21.4 16.5 2.2 . 100.0
Emotional Disturbance 20.7 27.6 1.7 19.0 17.2 13.8 . 100.0
Multiple Disabilities 7.4 52.9 5.9 13.2 16.2 4.4 . 100.0
Hearing Impairments 15.8 40.6 2.0 7.9 31.7 2.0 . 100.0
Orthopedic Impairments 36.5 34.9 3.2 14.3 3.2 7.9 . 100.0
Other Health Impairments 35.7 29.3 3.2 28.0 1.9 1.9 . 100.0
Visual Impairments 27.9 23.3 0.0 27.9 18.6 2.3 . 100.0
Autism 21.1 51.3 1.0 20.1 6.0 0.5 . 100.0
Deaf-Blindness . . . . . . . .
Traumatic Brain Injury 7.1 42.9 0.0 7.1 42.9 0.0 . 100.0
Developmental Delay 21.1 48.1 3.7 8.6 1.2 17.2 . 100.0
All Disabilities 35.3 33.6 2.9 7.8 1.5 18.9 . 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).