Table 2-4. Children and youth served under IDEA, Part B, in the U.S. and outlying areas, by age group,
educational environment¹ and year: 1995 through 2004
 
 
 

Age group 3-5²
  EC setting
EC spec ed setting
 Home
PT EC/PT spec ed
setting 		Resid facility
 Separate school
 Itinrnt services
outside home		 Reverse mainstream
 All envir
1998 184,739 139,330 23,957 64,192 773 20,602 21,168 5,633 460,394
1999 189,107 180,346 19,334 71,192 725 23,244 37,859 8,961 530,768
2000 208,367 182,001 17,423 88,087 800 19,911 55,985 8,206 580,780
2001 227,989 193,743 19,036 87,849 633 20,958 58,836 8,792 617,836
2002 225,824 204,137 19,547 96,368 571 19,127 63,626 8,470 637,670
2003 227,776 216,750 19,628 109,878 441 18,349 69,688 7,651 670,161
2004 231,747 227,887 22,141 117,034 455 19,616 72,576 8,351 699,807


 
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS),
"Part B, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act implementation of FAPE requirements," 2004. Data updated as of July 30, 2005
Notes: See Part B educational environments data notes for an explanation of individual state differences.
Resid = residential; hosp = hospital; envir = environments; EC = early childhood; spec ed = special education;
PT = part-time; Itinrnt=itinerant. Itinerant services outside the home and reverse mainstream are optional reporting categories.
Prior to 1998, the educational environments of children ages 3 through 5 were collected using categories
not comparable to the categories currently in use. Therefore, these data were excluded.
¹For children under age 6, these are the environments where the children receive their special education and related services.
²California did not report the count of children ages 3 through 5 by educational environment for 1998.

 

Table 2-4. Children and youth served under IDEA, Part B, in the U.S. and outlying areas, by age group,
educational environment¹ and year: 1995 through 2004
 
 
 

Age group 6-11
  -Outside the regular classroom-  
< 21%
21-60%
> 60%
Public separate
facility 		Private separate
facility		 Public resid facility
 Private resid facility Home hosp envir
 All envir
1995 1,424,292 624,063 476,954 34,410 15,539 4,113 2,321 6,308 2,588,000
1996 1,475,542 635,749 478,172 32,696 15,977 3,793 2,287 6,151 2,650,367
1997 1,520,998 660,317 467,830 29,904 16,614 4,055 2,617 6,974 2,709,309
1998 1,542,126 693,761 468,930 30,745 18,089 3,746 2,566 5,959 2,765,922
1999 1,550,038 699,208 484,931 32,729 17,504 4,265 2,776 6,058 2,797,509
2000 1,571,673 705,826 464,437 32,867 23,441 3,785 2,609 5,937 2,810,575
2001 1,614,074 652,865 449,839 29,091 23,308 3,436 3,307 6,246 2,782,166
2002 1,586,527 644,445 435,485 27,589 23,049 2,999 3,420 6,378 2,729,892
2003 1,647,217 608,119 418,791 27,657 19,171 2,673 3,093 6,106 2,732,827
2004 1,744,814 582,173 403,162 28,739 20,120 3,019 2,425 5,982 2,790,434





Age group 12-17
  -Outside the regular classroom-  
< 21%
21-60%
> 60%
Public separate
facility 		Private separate
facility		 Public resid facility
 Private resid facility Home hosp envir
 All envir
1995 793,324 755,875 541,250 54,923 28,719 13,219 8,687 18,379 2,214,376
1996 839,187 782,208 562,905 55,888 29,759 13,391 9,455 18,707 2,311,500
1997 893,335 827,791 551,941 52,423 32,309 13,903 11,293 18,396 2,401,391
1998 927,645 878,095 563,071 54,158 33,585 14,084 11,252 16,861 2,498,751
1999 968,358 903,447 584,727 55,757 33,545 13,759 12,113 17,397 2,589,103
2000 1,026,281 943,888 587,559 56,447 36,053 14,302 12,371 17,140 2,694,041
2001 1,133,459 931,104 596,616 53,531 37,935 13,862 14,823 16,382 2,797,712
2002 1,162,506 971,737 603,824 54,834 38,706 12,540 15,779 17,520 2,877,446
2003 1,231,693 966,548 604,254 55,239 38,881 11,182 16,181 17,343 2,941,321
2004 1,335,713 951,201 584,600 59,769 44,211 11,802 12,857 16,965 3,017,118





Age group 18-21
  -Outside the regular classroom-  
< 21%
21-60%
> 60%
Public separate
facility 		Private separate
facility		 Public resid facility
 Private resid facility Home hosp envir
 All envir
1995 68,862 65,970 70,859 18,897 6,213 3,921 1,848 3,240 239,810
1996 73,152 69,067 75,120 18,725 6,276 3,787 1,881 3,291 251,299
1997 79,821 72,164 76,565 17,058 7,070 3,504 2,121 3,915 262,218
1998 83,127 79,473 79,877 17,973 6,792 3,681 2,123 3,497 276,543
1999 87,691 77,273 78,906 18,053 6,671 4,205 2,167 3,582 278,548
2000 89,967 76,797 78,511 18,639 6,752 4,430 2,131 3,485 280,712
2001 91,898 75,102 80,596 17,725 7,102 4,300 2,497 3,228 282,448
2002 95,467 78,515 82,299 18,066 7,224 3,803 2,570 3,499 291,443
2003 102,292 78,864 83,340 19,256 7,778 3,434 3,051 3,397 301,412
2004 110,931 79,318 83,981 20,118 8,926 3,593 2,497 3,472 312,836





Age group 6-21
  -Outside the regular classroom-  
< 21%
21-60%
> 60%
Public separate
facility 		Private separate
facility		 Public resid facility
 Private resid facility Home hosp envir
 All envir
1995 2,286,478 1,445,908 1,089,063 108,230 50,471 21,253 12,856 27,927 5,042,186
1996 2,387,881 1,487,024 1,116,197 107,309 52,012 20,971 13,623 28,149 5,213,166
1997 2,494,154 1,560,272 1,096,336 99,385 55,993 21,462 16,031 29,285 5,372,918
1998 2,552,898 1,651,329 1,111,878 102,876 58,466 21,511 15,941 26,317 5,541,216
1999 2,606,087 1,679,928 1,148,564 106,539 57,720 22,229 17,056 27,037 5,665,160
2000 2,687,921 1,726,511 1,130,507 107,953 66,246 22,517 17,111 26,562 5,785,328
2001 2,839,431 1,659,071 1,127,051 100,347 68,345 21,598 20,627 25,856 5,862,326
2002 2,844,500 1,694,697 1,121,608 100,489 68,979 19,342 21,769 27,397 5,898,781
2003 2,981,202 1,653,531 1,106,385 102,152 65,830 17,289 22,325 26,846 5,975,560
2004 3,191,458 1,612,692 1,071,743 108,626 73,257 18,414 17,779 26,419 6,120,388