Table 2-4. Children and students served under IDEA, Part B, in the U.S. and outlying areas, by age group,
educational environmentª and year: Fall 1996 through fall 2005
 
 
 
 
 

Age group 3-5b,c
  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 227,804 216,806 19,638 109,830 439 18,352 69,691 7,651 670,211
2004 231,725 228,542 22,650 116,355 459 19,616 72,560 8,362 700,269
2005 239,082 232,255 20,429 117,770 434 15,344 70,889 5,422 701,625


Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS), OMB# 1820-0517:
"Part B, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Implementation of FAPE Requirements," 2005. Data updated as of July 17, 2006
Note: See Part B educational environments data notes for an explanation of individual state differences.
ªFor children under age 6, these are the environments where the children receive their special education and related services.
bCalifornia did not report the count of children ages 3 through 5 by educational environment for 1998.
cPrior 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.
EC = early childhood; spec ed = special education; PT = part-time; Resid = residential; hosp = hospital; envir = environments;
Itinrnt=itinerant. Itinerant services outside the home and reverse mainstream are optional reporting categories.

 

Table 2-4. Children and students served under IDEA, Part B, in the U.S. and outlying areas, by age group,
educational environmentª and year: Fall 1996 through fall 2005
 
 
 
 
 

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
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 1,647,391 608,130 418,795 27,677 19,192 2,652 3,093 6,112 2,733,042
2004 1,734,243 582,052 413,302 28,905 20,127 3,030 2,429 5,987 2,790,075
2005 1,760,317 568,003 389,864 27,390 19,224 2,495 2,208 6,346 2,775,847





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
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 1,231,849 966,525 604,223 55,295 38,883 11,159 16,181 17,349 2,941,464
2004 1,326,353 951,272 592,828 59,863 44,136 11,814 12,846 16,991 3,016,103
2005 1,400,569 929,033 544,609 59,561 43,013 11,066 12,224 17,573 3,017,648





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
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 102,325 78,865 83,340 19,262 7,778 3,428 3,053 3,398 301,449
2004 109,901 79,250 84,665 20,078 8,886 3,595 2,497 3,462 312,334
2005 116,626 79,135 81,111 21,755 8,845 3,471 2,584 3,807 317,334





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
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 2,981,565 1,653,520 1,106,358 102,234 65,853 17,239 22,327 26,859 5,975,955
2004 3,170,497 1,612,574 1,090,795 108,846 73,149 18,439 17,772 26,440 6,118,512
2005 3,277,512 1,576,171 1,015,584 108,706 71,082 17,032 17,016 27,726 6,110,829