Table AB8

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

Under IDEA, Part B by Disability,

1994 Through 2003

SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES

< 21% 21-60% > 60% PUBLIC SEPARATE FACILITY PRIVATE SEPARATE FACILITY PUBLIC RESID FACILITY PRIVATE RESID FACILITY HOME HOSP ENVIR TOTAL 1994 1,032,575 996,393 461,824 8,401 7,066 2,082 1,193 4,092 2,513,626 1995 1,096,624 1,018,403 448,977 9,284 7,509 1,858 1,354 4,417 2,588,426 1996 1,145,906 1,034,226 453,257 9,272 7,448 2,069 1,303 4,679 2,658,160 1997 1,200,968 1,076,278 437,922 9,077 8,056 2,451 1,586 4,845 2,741,183 1998 1,219,125 1,132,386 436,085 9,393 8,769 2,437 1,688 4,786 2,814,669 1999 1,245,236 1,132,088 450,805 10,584 8,917 2,991 2,216 5,113 2,857,950 2000 1,277,162 1,162,977 414,728 9,890 9,762 2,681 1,924 5,013 2,884,137 2001 1,358,595 1,093,152 396,811 8,375 10,123 3,016 2,907 4,824 2,877,803 2002 1,333,835 1,096,225 383,198 8,426 9,854 2,897 3,051 5,297 2,842,783 2003 1,377,831 1,054,023 366,633 8,264 7,872 2,215 2,954 5,217 2,825,009

SPEECH OR LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENTS

< 21% 21-60% > 60% PUBLIC SEPARATE FACILITY PRIVATE SEPARATE FACILITY PUBLIC RESID FACILITY PRIVATE RESID FACILITY HOME HOSP ENVIR TOTAL 1994 879,677 78,124 45,890 1,936 1,327 170 145 643 1,007,912 1995 892,248 65,768 45,363 1,792 1,381 129 158 761 1,007,600 1996 927,551 68,827 46,145 1,875 1,422 145 186 725 1,046,876 1997 932,760 77,785 47,184 2,037 1,328 242 230 1,102 1,062,668 1998 935,909 90,328 48,141 1,648 1,523 166 268 723 1,078,706 1999 933,735 92,018 57,343 2,623 1,709 418 245 552 1,088,643 2000 939,112 92,351 56,195 1,765 7,042 163 220 546 1,097,394 2001 952,799 81,345 50,953 1,612 6,539 263 203 693 1,094,407 2002 959,975 83,163 51,656 1,211 6,492 269 246 824 1,103,836 2003 987,541 75,990 52,023 1,251 2,377 200 225 645 1,120,252

MENTAL RETARDATION

< 21% 21-60% > 60% PUBLIC SEPARATE FACILITY PRIVATE SEPARATE FACILITY PUBLIC RESID FACILITY PRIVATE RESID FACILITY HOME HOSP ENVIR TOTAL 1994 55,118 154,354 317,799 29,861 5,809 2,137 1,363 2,706 569,147 1995 60,189 167,586 318,118 29,527 5,514 2,086 1,254 2,817 587,091 1996 62,299 168,457 320,436 28,957 5,334 1,813 1,230 2,931 591,457 1997 75,172 177,136 309,382 25,483 5,638 1,985 1,452 2,639 598,887 1998 81,417 179,997 310,402 25,162 5,493 1,598 1,387 2,383 607,839 1999 83,784 182,854 308,643 24,843 5,326 2,219 1,483 2,629 611,781 2000 80,958 178,159 316,806 25,693 5,505 2,028 1,326 2,690 613,165 2001 75,951 178,635 315,670 23,370 5,558 1,908 1,420 2,473 604,985 2002 63,579 177,500 305,777 23,380 5,394 1,407 1,591 2,615 581,243 2003 66,651 172,897 296,073 24,885 5,461 1,347 1,665 2,621 571,600

EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE

< 21% 21-60% > 60% PUBLIC SEPARATE FACILITY PRIVATE SEPARATE FACILITY PUBLIC RESID FACILITY PRIVATE RESID FACILITY HOME HOSP ENVIR TOTAL 1994 93,335 101,866 149,075 35,022 22,608 7,111 6,907 7,687 423,611 1995 102,308 103,072 149,476 37,053 23,434 6,522 6,792 7,112 435,769 1996 99,929 103,105 156,542 35,638 24,148 7,038 7,593 6,600 440,593 1997 112,322 104,996 150,628 33,398 25,448 7,350 9,023 7,062 450,227 1998 115,610 108,190 152,924 34,631 26,671 7,959 8,590 6,286 460,861 1999 118,440 111,425 152,964 35,022 25,681 7,004 9,290 7,038 466,864 2000 127,503 111,497 151,276 36,756 25,849 7,712 9,676 6,170 476,439 2001 137,384 107,483 147,854 33,957 25,832 7,333 11,737 6,229 477,809 2002 138,326 110,691 147,344 34,372 25,000 6,172 12,073 6,665 480,643 2003 146,553 109,003 146,068 31,662 26,133 5,476 12,402 5,974 483,271

MULTIPLE DISABILITIES

< 21% 21-60% > 60% PUBLIC SEPARATE FACILITY PRIVATE SEPARATE FACILITY PUBLIC RESID FACILITY PRIVATE RESID FACILITY HOME HOSP ENVIR TOTAL 1994 8,114 10,751 46,312 13,727 5,967 1,844 1,344 2,237 90,296 1995 9,268 14,428 43,463 18,608 6,250 1,449 1,443 2,220 97,129 1996 9,955 17,254 46,184 18,392 6,550 1,421 1,473 2,550 103,779 1997 11,082 19,089 49,791 16,836 7,813 1,569 1,588 2,729 110,497 1998 11,375 18,728 49,750 18,025 7,452 1,375 1,807 2,509 111,021 1999 13,020 22,553 51,106 17,842 8,041 1,560 1,654 2,960 118,736 2000 14,848 19,649 55,900 17,887 8,569 1,511 1,630 2,879 122,873 2001 15,849 21,312 58,987 16,925 9,564 1,537 1,796 2,739 128,709 2002 14,927 22,232 60,813 16,193 9,561 1,265 1,830 2,682 129,503 2003 15,914 22,591 60,276 16,715 9,979 1,281 1,902 2,879 131,537

HEARING IMPAIRMENTS

< 21% 21-60% > 60% PUBLIC SEPARATE FACILITY PRIVATE SEPARATE FACILITY PUBLIC RESID FACILITY PRIVATE RESID FACILITY HOME HOSP ENVIR TOTAL 1994 22,537 12,443 18,379 2,447 1,850 5,894 652 133 64,335 1995 24,034 12,530 17,776 2,818 1,791 6,648 663 175 66,435 1996 25,607 12,520 18,141 3,372 1,883 6,046 586 124 68,279 1997 26,696 13,101 17,444 3,168 1,888 5,746 585 161 68,789 1998 27,512 13,554 17,835 3,243 1,820 5,737 592 145 70,438 1999 28,296 14,120 17,404 3,833 1,169 5,699 399 165 71,085 2000 29,998 14,186 15,902 3,153 1,353 5,885 391 148 71,016 2001 30,774 13,357 17,371 3,137 1,314 4,851 310 136 71,250 2002 30,642 13,741 16,866 2,933 1,795 4,838 278 158 71,251 2003 32,033 13,662 15,851 3,154 1,779 4,403 314 137 71,333

ORTHOPEDIC IMPAIRMENTS

< 21% 21-60% > 60% PUBLIC SEPARATE FACILITY PRIVATE SEPARATE FACILITY PUBLIC RESID FACILITY PRIVATE RESID FACILITY HOME HOSP ENVIR TOTAL 1994 23,604 12,442 19,094 2,654 733 162 90 1,589 60,368 1995 25,355 12,900 18,963 2,634 662 60 87 1,504 62,165 1996 27,430 13,416 20,232 2,511 684 85 61 1,486 65,905 1997 35,281 16,102 19,839 2,185 614 121 84 1,522 75,748 1998 30,983 14,763 18,885 2,533 611 46 80 1,293 69,194 1999 31,118 16,178 19,767 2,490 464 90 102 1,138 71,347 2000 33,889 17,093 17,721 2,568 477 100 101 1,165 73,114 2001 34,331 15,996 20,055 1,505 417 105 94 1,275 73,778 2002 33,701 16,354 20,219 1,540 462 65 100 1,146 73,587 2003 31,704 14,177 17,750 2,426 475 91 88 1,107 67,818

OTHER HEALTH IMPAIRMENTS

< 21% 21-60% > 60% PUBLIC SEPARATE FACILITY PRIVATE SEPARATE FACILITY PUBLIC RESID FACILITY PRIVATE RESID FACILITY HOME HOSP ENVIR TOTAL 1994 45,439 30,952 19,750 1,210 608 120 215 8,522 106,816 1995 58,495 40,813 24,932 1,483 798 103 219 8,412 135,255 1996 68,522 57,304 28,675 1,585 964 134 224 8,420 165,828 1997 75,864 61,913 33,494 1,749 1,280 188 283 8,540 183,311 1998 98,123 73,878 38,220 2,024 1,600 200 408 7,435 221,888 1999 113,283 84,186 43,531 2,233 1,867 325 512 6,756 252,693 2000 133,256 100,092 49,270 2,472 2,397 433 647 7,044 295,611 2001 169,136 104,951 53,746 3,100 2,681 470 781 6,481 341,346 2002 193,599 122,640 59,669 3,433 3,126 490 972 6,867 390,796 2003 229,568 136,940 67,371 3,660 3,299 526 1,002 7,124 449,490

VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS

< 21% 21-60% > 60% PUBLIC SEPARATE FACILITY PRIVATE SEPARATE FACILITY PUBLIC RESID FACILITY PRIVATE RESID FACILITY HOME HOSP ENVIR TOTAL 1994 11,533 5,294 4,321 729 474 2,384 234 132 25,101 1995 12,021 5,186 4,296 869 488 1,978 201 145 25,184 1996 12,526 4,972 4,560 990 597 1,897 268 159 25,969 1997 12,535 5,233 4,504 1,263 493 1,522 337 172 26,059 1998 12,768 5,366 4,339 1,226 554 1,589 277 147 26,266 1999 12,393 5,298 4,556 1,178 289 1,665 238 166 25,783 2000 13,176 5,238 4,162 1,221 319 1,543 242 170 26,071 2001 13,679 4,350 4,307 1,089 298 1,746 234 158 25,861 2002 13,429 4,419 4,213 1,010 466 1,604 241 150 25,532 2003 13,851 4,284 3,966 999 504 1,369 230 156 25,359

AUTISM

< 21% 21-60% > 60% PUBLIC SEPARATE FACILITY PRIVATE SEPARATE FACILITY PUBLIC RESID FACILITY PRIVATE RESID FACILITY HOME HOSP ENVIR TOTAL 1994 2,434 2,127 12,518 3,433 1,479 152 505 125 22,773 1995 3,212 2,840 14,357 3,707 1,788 168 480 123 26,675 1996 4,893 4,011 18,214 4,193 2,123 121 507 192 34,254 1997 7,757 5,384 22,054 3,671 2,523 109 655 203 42,356 1998 10,881 7,082 27,446 4,209 3,054 116 646 241 53,675 1999 13,515 9,499 32,727 5,178 3,537 112 710 295 65,573 2000 19,525 12,312 37,254 5,752 4,166 247 754 314 80,324 2001 23,968 16,577 45,655 6,252 4,808 166 937 393 98,756 2002 29,208 21,144 53,946 6,912 5,490 122 1,167 513 118,502 2003 37,650 24,906 61,684 7,933 6,444 157 1,298 503 140,575

DEAF-BLINDNESS

< 21% 21-60% > 60% PUBLIC SEPARATE FACILITY PRIVATE SEPARATE FACILITY PUBLIC RESID FACILITY PRIVATE RESID FACILITY HOME HOSP ENVIR TOTAL 1994 129 120 500 265 50 248 36 34 1,382 1995 158 146 591 223 55 223 44 27 1,467 1996 213 178 571 218 71 177 44 23 1,495 1997 183 152 523 201 67 148 51 20 1,345 1998 242 161 597 324 64 248 50 30 1,716 1999 229 156 614 213 53 189 65 27 1,546 2000 240 132 453 193 58 165 59 25 1,325 2001 277 303 474 183 142 147 54 38 1,618 2002 265 313 496 161 94 131 61 18 1,539 2003 356 223 540 138 128 131 67 23 1,606

TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

< 21% 21-60% > 60% PUBLIC SEPARATE FACILITY PRIVATE SEPARATE FACILITY PUBLIC RESID FACILITY PRIVATE RESID FACILITY HOME HOSP ENVIR TOTAL 1994 1,883 1,748 2,203 226 812 21 141 212 7,246 1995 2,566 2,236 2,751 232 801 29 161 214 8,990 1996 3,050 2,754 3,240 306 788 25 148 260 10,571 1997 3,534 3,103 3,571 317 845 31 157 290 11,848 1998 4,011 3,448 3,865 341 826 31 146 292 12,960 1999 4,184 3,664 4,304 347 627 51 120 313 13,610 2000 4,826 4,171 4,396 422 630 42 127 328 14,942 2001 6,129 6,844 5,842 572 857 37 141 320 20,742 2002 6,080 7,431 5,953 623 752 40 145 355 21,379 2003 7,772 6,728 6,100 598 739 57 151 339 22,484

DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY

< 21% 21-60% > 60% PUBLIC SEPARATE FACILITY PRIVATE SEPARATE FACILITY PUBLIC RESID FACILITY PRIVATE RESID FACILITY HOME HOSP ENVIR TOTAL 1998 4,942 3,448 3,389 117 29 9 2 47 11,983 1999 8,854 5,889 4,800 153 40 8 7 60 19,811 2000 13,428 8,654 6,444 181 119 7 14 70 28,917 2001 20,560 14,766 9,326 270 212 19 13 97 45,263 2002 26,935 18,844 11,458 295 493 42 14 107 58,188 2003 33,920 18,644 12,325 405 722 44 18 146 66,224

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Please see data notes for an explanation of individual state differences.

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, 2003 count, updated as of July 31, 2004.

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