Table 111.

Number of 14- through 21-year-old students served under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part B, who exited school, by exit reason, age, and type of disability: United States and other jurisdictions, 2004–05 and 2005–06

Age and type of disability	Exiting school						Transferred to regular education3	Moved, known to be continuing
	Total	Graduated with diploma	Received a certificate of attendance	Reached maximum age1	Dropped out2	Died
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
2004-054
Total	393,579	214,986	60,123	5,214	111,343	1,913	67,707	207,797
Age
14	7,101	128	41	†	6,669	263	18,794	43,814
15	11,767	51	44	†	11,338	334	15,781	47,947
16	24,833	1,718	632	†	22,088	395	14,320	47,521
17	125,619	79,091	16,079	†	30,056	393	11,149	38,731
18	145,129	93,411	24,970	703	25,783	262	5,686	20,629
19	51,530	29,707	10,621	412	10,647	143	1,452	6,285
20	16,604	7,572	4,259	1,169	3,529	75	373	2,102
21	10,996	3,308	3,477	2,930	1,233	48	152	768
Type of disability
Specific learning disability	236,592	141,372	29,754	1,335	63,534	597	38,802	108,907
Mental retardation	47,025	16,684	16,573	1,915	11,505	348	2,342	20,731
Emotional disturbance	47,602	19,093	4,740	595	22,975	199	6,842	46,887
Speech or language impairment	8,769	5,714	789	37	2,203	26	9,973	5,060
Multiple disabilities	8,159	3,566	1,986	607	1,709	291	339	4,514
Other health impairment	28,883	17,939	3,353	146	7,189	256	7,418	15,803
Hearing impairment5	4,758	3,324	719	74	622	19	623	1,663
Orthopedic impairment	3,792	2,359	666	108	549	110	699	1,421
Visual impairment	1,813	1,312	243	36	208	14	183	488
Autism	3,909	2,196	978	291	423	21	267	1,499
Deaf-blindness	99	52	13	9	22	3	9	36
Traumatic brain injury	2,178	1,375	309	61	404	29	210	788
2005-06
Total	396,857	224,343	60,864	5,424	104,101	2,125	71,397	210,984
Age
14	5,935	93	23	†	5,490	329	19,591	45,635
15	11,067	75	54	†	10,567	371	17,111	49,035
16	27,713	4,810	623	†	21,885	395	15,526	48,667
17	142,510	94,529	17,466	†	30,103	412	11,478	39,079
18	141,364	91,785	25,028	749	23,517	285	5,576	19,859
19	42,605	23,694	9,857	372	8,509	173	1,489	5,923
20	15,397	6,585	4,272	1,471	2,969	100	422	1,971
21	10,266	2,772	3,541	2,832	1,061	60	204	815
Type of disability
Specific learning disability	236,135	145,558	29,491	1,184	59,221	681	39,634	109,527
Mental retardation	46,588	17,111	16,562	2,125	10,409	381	2,301	21,050
Emotional disturbance	47,519	20,634	4,728	592	21,331	234	8,080	46,908
Speech or language impairment	8,923	6,005	825	43	2,028	22	10,512	5,139
Multiple disabilities	8,251	3,615	2,110	682	1,544	300	379	4,556
Other health impairment	32,274	20,464	3,781	178	7,545	306	8,251	17,389
Hearing impairment5	4,674	3,211	770	55	626	12	672	1,738
Orthopedic impairment	3,455	2,131	663	133	405	123	707	1,203
Visual impairment	1,766	1,273	245	28	201	19	217	581
Autism	4,876	2,783	1,297	326	446	24	409	2,038
Deaf-blindness	150	98	21	13	13	5	14	56
Traumatic brain injury	2,246	1,460	371	65	332	18	221	799

† Not applicable. 1 Students may exit special education services due to maximum age beginning at age 18 depending on state law or practice or order of any court. 2 "Dropped out" is defined as the total who were enrolled at some point in the reporting year, were not enrolled at the end of the reporting year, and did not exit through any of the other bases described. Beginning in 2004–05, includes students previously categorized as "moved, not known to continue." 3 "Transferred to regular education" was previously labeled "no longer receives special education." 4 Data have been revised from previously reported figures. 5 Includes deaf and hard of hearing. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) database. Retrieved July 21, 2008, from https://www.ideadata.org/StateLevelFiles.asp. (This table was prepared July 2008.)