Table AB8

Number of Children Ages 6-21 Served in Different Educational Environments

Under IDEA, Part B by Disability,

During School Years 1991-92 Through 2000-01

SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES
(Continued)
  < 21% 21-60% > 60% PUBLIC SEPARATE FACILITY PRIVATE SEPARATE FACILITY PUBLIC RESID FACILITY PRIVATE RESID FACILITY HOME HOSP ENVIR TOTAL
1991-92 560,661 1,231,560 455,645 13,165 7,839 1,929 939 2,183 2,273,921
1992-93 821,344 1,035,787 473,008 10,462 8,026 2,751 909 5,552 2,357,839
1993-94 957,581 1,000,127 457,613 7,625 6,268 1,994 1,023 3,757 2,435,988
1994-95 1,032,575 996,393 461,824 8,401 7,066 2,082 1,193 4,092 2,513,626
1995-96 1,096,624 1,018,403 448,977 9,284 7,509 1,858 1,354 4,417 2,588,426
1996-97 1,145,906 1,034,226 453,257 9,272 7,448 2,069 1,303 4,679 2,658,160
1997-98 1,200,968 1,076,278 437,922 9,077 8,056 2,451 1,586 4,845 2,741,183
1998-99 1,219,125 1,132,386 436,085 9,393 8,769 2,437 1,688 4,786 2,814,669
1999-00 1,245,236 1,132,088 450,805 10,584 8,917 2,991 2,216 5,113 2,857,950
2000-01 1,277,162 1,162,977 414,728 9,890 9,716 2,706 1,924 5,013 2,884,116

SPEECH OR LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENTS
(Continued)
  < 21% 21-60% > 60% PUBLIC SEPARATE FACILITY PRIVATE SEPARATE FACILITY PUBLIC RESID FACILITY PRIVATE RESID FACILITY HOME HOSP ENVIR TOTAL
1991-92 845,601 90,278 38,456 1,907 11,900 344 291 458 989,235
1992-93 811,166 106,402 59,315 2,272 11,246 477 130 1,256 992,264
1993-94 877,003 76,156 45,223 1,590 1,231 166 167 465 1,002,001
1994-95 879,677 78,124 45,890 1,936 1,327 170 145 643 1,007,912
1995-96 892,248 65,768 45,363 1,792 1,381 129 158 761 1,007,600
1996-97 927,551 68,827 46,145 1,875 1,422 145 186 725 1,046,876
1997-98 932,760 77,785 47,184 2,037 1,328 242 230 1,102 1,062,668
1998-99 935,909 90,328 48,141 1,648 1,523 166 268 723 1,078,706
1999-00 933,735 92,018 57,343 2,623 1,709 418 245 552 1,088,643
2000-01 939,112 92,351 56,199 1,761 7,030 170 220 546 1,097,389


MENTAL RETARDATION
(Continued)
  < 21% 21-60% > 60% PUBLIC SEPARATE FACILITY PRIVATE SEPARATE FACILITY PUBLIC RESID FACILITY PRIVATE RESID FACILITY HOME HOSP ENVIR TOTAL
1991-92 26,731 134,235 312,403 40,650 5,928 4,692 1,414 1,653 527,706
1992-93 37,466 141,028 298,957 35,871 5,799 3,119 1,375 2,770 526,385
1993-94 47,317 144,297 314,660 32,454 6,014 2,642 1,242 3,026 551,652
1994-95 55,118 154,354 317,799 29,861 5,809 2,137 1,363 2,706 569,147
1995-96 60,189 167,586 318,118 29,527 5,514 2,086 1,254 2,817 587,091
1996-97 62,299 168,457 320,436 28,957 5,334 1,813 1,230 2,931 591,457
1997-98 75,172 177,136 309,382 25,483 5,638 1,985 1,452 2,639 598,887
1998-99 81,417 179,997 310,402 25,162 5,493 1,598 1,387 2,383 607,839
1999-00 83,784 182,854 308,643 24,843 5,326 2,219 1,483 2,629 611,781
2000-01 80,958 178,159 316,812 25,687 5,491 2,033 1,326 2,690 613,156

EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE
(Continued)
  < 21% 21-60% > 60% PUBLIC SEPARATE FACILITY PRIVATE SEPARATE FACILITY PUBLIC RESID FACILITY PRIVATE RESID FACILITY HOME HOSP ENVIR TOTAL
1991-92 61,854 108,437 144,024 30,299 24,100 9,423 6,019 6,034 390,190
1992-93 77,415 105,186 138,735 33,440 20,728 7,186 6,576 5,039 394,305
1993-94 81,971 103,320 141,517 33,189 20,628 5,974 6,669 7,326 400,594
1994-95 93,335 101,866 149,075 35,022 22,608 7,111 6,907 7,687 423,611
1995-96 102,308 103,072 149,476 37,053 23,434 6,522 6,792 7,112 435,769
1996-97 99,929 103,105 156,542 35,638 24,148 7,038 7,593 6,600 440,593
1997-98 112,322 104,996 150,628 33,398 25,448 7,350 9,023 7,062 450,227
1998-99 115,610 108,190 152,924 34,631 26,671 7,959 8,590 6,286 460,861
1999-00 118,440 111,425 152,964 35,022 25,681 7,004 9,290 7,038 466,864
2000-01 127,503 111,497 151,280 36,752 25,723 7,768 9,676 6,170 476,369

MULTIPLE DISABILITIES
(Continued)
  < 21% 21-60% > 60% PUBLIC SEPARATE FACILITY PRIVATE SEPARATE FACILITY PUBLIC RESID FACILITY PRIVATE RESID FACILITY HOME HOSP ENVIR TOTAL
1991-92 5,764 16,778 43,735 14,823 6,153 2,242 1,241 2,077 92,813
1992-93 7,801 19,664 45,994 18,483 5,922 2,215 1,332 1,822 103,233
1993-94 9,873 21,553 48,032 18,004 5,809 2,083 1,415 2,185 108,954
1994-95 8,114 10,751 46,312 13,727 5,967 1,844 1,344 2,237 90,296
1995-96 9,268 14,428 43,463 18,608 6,250 1,449 1,443 2,220 97,129
1996-97 9,955 17,254 46,184 18,392 6,550 1,421 1,473 2,550 103,779
1997-98 11,082 19,089 49,791 16,836 7,813 1,569 1,588 2,729 110,497
1998-99 11,375 18,728 49,750 18,025 7,452 1,375 1,807 2,509 111,021
1999-00 13,020 22,553 51,106 17,842 8,041 1,560 1,654 2,960 118,736
2000-01 14,848 19,649 55,910 17,877 8,508 1,541 1,630 2,879 122,842

HEARING IMPAIRMENTS
(Continued)
  < 21% 21-60% > 60% PUBLIC SEPARATE FACILITY PRIVATE SEPARATE FACILITY PUBLIC RESID FACILITY PRIVATE RESID FACILITY HOME HOSP ENVIR TOTAL
1991-92 16,469 12,477 19,017 3,512 2,327 6,548 474 80 60,904
1992-93 18,276 12,227 17,435 3,448 1,674 8,146 542 234 61,982
1993-94 20,261 13,226 20,294 2,701 1,963 7,030 531 147 66,153
1994-95 22,537 12,443 18,379 2,447 1,850 5,894 652 133 64,335
1995-96 24,034 12,530 17,776 2,818 1,791 6,648 663 175 66,435
1996-97 25,607 12,520 18,141 3,372 1,883 6,046 586 124 68,279
1997-98 26,696 13,101 17,444 3,168 1,888 5,746 585 161 68,789
1998-99 27,512 13,554 17,835 3,243 1,820 5,737 592 145 70,438
1999-00 28,296 14,120 17,404 3,833 1,169 5,699 399 165 71,085
2000-01 29,998 14,186 15,962 3,093 1,349 5,873 391 148 71,000

ORTHOPEDIC IMPAIRMENTS
(Continued)
  < 21% 21-60% > 60% PUBLIC SEPARATE FACILITY PRIVATE SEPARATE FACILITY PUBLIC RESID FACILITY PRIVATE RESID FACILITY HOME HOSP ENVIR TOTAL
1991-92 16,410 10,632 17,374 2,849 828 133 318 2,074 50,618
1992-93 18,557 10,581 18,014 2,757 771 194 104 1,854 52,832
1993-94 21,392 11,818 19,015 2,264 742 172 89 1,675 57,167
1994-95 23,604 12,442 19,094 2,654 733 162 90 1,589 60,368
1995-96 25,355 12,900 18,963 2,634 662 60 87 1,504 62,165
1996-97 27,430 13,416 20,232 2,511 684 85 61 1,486 65,905
1997-98 35,281 16,102 19,839 2,185 614 121 84 1,522 75,748
1998-99 30,983 14,763 18,885 2,533 611 46 80 1,293 69,194
1999-00 31,118 16,178 19,767 2,490 464 90 102 1,138 71,347
2000-01 33,889 17,093 17,726 2,563 476 100 101 1,165 73,113

OTHER HEALTH IMPAIRMENTS
(Continued)
  < 21% 21-60% > 60% PUBLIC SEPARATE FACILITY PRIVATE SEPARATE FACILITY PUBLIC RESID FACILITY PRIVATE RESID FACILITY HOME HOSP ENVIR TOTAL
1991-92 19,266 15,062 11,678 1,142 648 83 194 6,448 54,521
1992-93 26,233 17,969 13,477 1,090 527 170 143 5,956 65,565
1993-94 33,468 22,579 17,816 1,049 464 102 201 7,885 83,564
1994-95 45,439 30,952 19,750 1,210 608 120 215 8,522 106,816
1995-96 58,495 40,813 24,932 1,483 798 103 219 8,412 135,255
1996-97 68,522 57,304 28,675 1,585 964 134 224 8,420 165,828
1997-98 75,864 61,913 33,494 1,749 1,280 188 283 8,540 183,311
1998-99 98,123 73,878 38,220 2,024 1,600 200 408 7,435 221,888
1999-00 113,283 84,186 43,531 2,233 1,867 325 512 6,756 252,693
2000-01 133,256 100,092 49,271 2,471 2,384 462 647 7,044 295,627

VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS
(Continued)
  < 21% 21-60% > 60% PUBLIC SEPARATE FACILITY PRIVATE SEPARATE FACILITY PUBLIC RESID FACILITY PRIVATE RESID FACILITY HOME HOSP ENVIR TOTAL
1991-92 9,937 5,325 4,923 767 1,370 2,379 286 106 25,093
1992-93 10,769 4,987 4,266 930 399 2,029 191 120 23,691
1993-94 11,250 5,295 4,565 630 404 2,366 173 135 24,818
1994-95 11,533 5,294 4,321 729 474 2,384 234 132 25,101
1995-96 12,021 5,186 4,296 869 488 1,978 201 145 25,184
1996-97 12,526 4,972 4,560 990 597 1,897 268 159 25,969
1997-98 12,535 5,233 4,504 1,263 493 1,522 337 172 26,059
1998-99 12,768 5,366 4,339 1,226 554 1,589 277 147 26,266
1999-00 12,393 5,298 4,556 1,178 289 1,665 238 166 25,783
2000-01 13,176 5,238 4,162 1,221 320 1,545 242 170 26,074

AUTISM
(Continued)
  < 21% 21-60% > 60% PUBLIC SEPARATE FACILITY PRIVATE SEPARATE FACILITY PUBLIC RESID FACILITY PRIVATE RESID FACILITY HOME HOSP ENVIR TOTAL
1991-92 472 700 4,894 2,728 914 92 247 88 10,135
1992-93 1,381 1,477 7,660 3,113 1,107 180 307 94 15,319
1993-94 1,813 1,531 10,309 3,169 1,260 324 405 93 18,904
1994-95 2,434 2,127 12,518 3,433 1,479 152 505 125 22,773
1995-96 3,212 2,840 14,357 3,707 1,788 168 480 123 26,675
1996-97 4,893 4,011 18,214 4,193 2,123 121 507 192 34,254
1997-98 7,757 5,384 22,054 3,671 2,523 109 655 203 42,356
1998-99 10,881 7,082 27,446 4,209 3,054 116 646 241 53,675
1999-00 13,515 9,499 32,727 5,178 3,537 112 710 295 65,573
2000-01 19,525 12,312 37,256 5,750 4,158 257 754 314 80,326

DEAF-BLINDNESS
(Continued)
  < 21% 21-60% > 60% PUBLIC SEPARATE FACILITY PRIVATE SEPARATE FACILITY PUBLIC RESID FACILITY PRIVATE RESID FACILITY HOME HOSP ENVIR TOTAL
1991-92 82 87 510 235 63 360 42 25 1,404
1992-93 194 153 497 247 89 363 26 15 1,584
1993-94 102 106 458 255 67 275 32 29 1,324
1994-95 129 120 500 265 50 248 36 34 1,382
1995-96 158 146 591 223 55 223 44 27 1,467
1996-97 213 178 571 218 71 177 44 23 1,495
1997-98 183 152 523 201 67 148 51 20 1,345
1998-99 242 161 597 324 64 248 50 30 1,716
1999-00 229 156 614 213 53 189 65 27 1,546
2000-01 240 132 454 192 60 166 59 25 1,328

TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
(Continued)
  < 21% 21-60% > 60% PUBLIC SEPARATE FACILITY PRIVATE SEPARATE FACILITY PUBLIC RESID FACILITY PRIVATE RESID FACILITY HOME HOSP ENVIR TOTAL
1991-92 152 171 453 41 972 2 68 47 1,906
1992-93 546 657 943 119 823 30 117 87 3,322
1993-94 1,245 1,312 1,686 168 852 12 133 167 5,575
1994-95 1,883 1,748 2,203 226 812 21 141 212 7,246
1995-96 2,566 2,236 2,751 232 801 29 161 214 8,990
1996-97 3,050 2,754 3,240 306 788 25 148 260 10,571
1997-98 3,534 3,103 3,571 317 845 31 157 290 11,848
1998-99 4,011 3,448 3,865 341 826 31 146 292 12,960
1999-00 4,184 3,664 4,304 347 627 51 120 313 13,610
2000-01 4,826 4,171 4,396 422 628 45 127 328 14,943

DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY
(Continued)
  < 21% 21-60% > 60% PUBLIC SEPARATE FACILITY PRIVATE SEPARATE FACILITY PUBLIC RESID FACILITY PRIVATE RESID FACILITY HOME HOSP ENVIR TOTAL
1998-99 4,942 3,448 3,389 117 29 9 2 47 11,983
1999-00 8,854 5,889 4,800 153 40 8 7 60 19,811
2000-01 13,428 8,654 6,445 180 119 7 14 70 28,917

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Reporting on autism and traumatic brain injury was required under IDEA beginning in 1992-93 and was optional in 1991-92.

States had the option of reporting children ages 3-9 under developmental delay beginning in 1997-98.

RESID=RESIDENTIAL; HOSP=HOSPITAL; ENVIR=ENVIRONMENT

Data based on the December 1, 2000 count, updated as of August 30, 2002.

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).