Table 106.

Number of students with disabilities exiting special education, by basis of exit, age, and type of disability: United States and other jurisdictions, 2003–04 and 2004–05

Age and type of disability	Total exiting special education	Graduated with diploma	Received a certificate of attendance	Reached maximum age1	No longer receives special education2	Died	Moved, known to continue2	Moved, not known to continue	Dropped out3
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	2003–04
Total, 14 and over	396,169	214,751	51,881	5,130	—	1,909	—	44,079	78,419
Age
14	9,946	0	52	†	—	284	—	7,149	2,461
15	14,818	0	48	†	—	307	—	8,306	6,157
16	26,985	1,645	615	†	—	366	—	8,812	15,547
17	119,182	73,383	14,178	†	—	357	—	8,737	22,527
18	142,294	94,966	21,039	0	—	266	—	6,112	19,911
19	51,940	32,599	8,158	0	—	156	—	2,774	8,253
20	16,737	7,863	3,832	1,053	—	91	—	1,356	2,542
21	10,851	3,613	3,086	2,676	—	60	—	668	748
22 and over	3,416	682	873	1,401	—	22	—	165	273
Type of disability
Specific learning disability	237,403	141,418	25,432	889	—	606	—	24,796	44,262
Mental retardation	49,522	18,899	14,642	2,267	—	330	—	4,693	8,691
Emotional disturbance	49,436	18,953	4,077	442	—	177	—	8,957	16,830
Speech or language impairment	9,126	5,579	779	55	—	37	—	1,225	1,451
Multiple disabilities	8,595	4,030	1,702	730	—	297	—	741	1,095
Other health impairment	25,506	15,409	2,651	118	—	253	—	2,598	4,477
Hearing impairment4	4,856	3,270	695	64	—	17	—	333	477
Orthopedic impairment	4,117	2,551	623	153	—	118	—	267	405
Visual impairment	1,702	1,236	189	43	—	18	—	79	137
Autism	3,560	1,984	810	287	—	24	—	199	256
Deaf-blindness	133	66	20	17	—	7	—	11	12
Traumatic brain injury	2,213	1,355	261	65	—	25	—	180	327
	2004–05
Total, 14 through 215	387,789	211,033	60,004	5,199	—	1,897	—	—	109,656
Age
14	7,086	128	41	†	—	263	—	†	6,654
15	11,645	51	44	†	—	334	—	†	11,216
16	24,563	1,718	632	†	—	393	—	†	21,820
17	124,885	78,786	16,074	†	—	389	—	†	29,636
18	142,116	91,080	24,930	703	—	255	—	†	25,148
19	50,510	28,891	10,600	412	—	141	—	†	10,466
20	16,321	7,344	4,241	1,169	—	74	—	†	3,493
21	10,663	3,035	3,442	2,915	—	48	—	†	1,223
22 and over	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	†	—
Type of disability5
Specific learning disability	233,402	139,171	29,710	1,328	—	591	—	†	62,602
Mental retardation	46,571	16,338	16,544	1,915	—	348	—	†	11,426
Emotional disturbance	47,229	18,947	4,737	591	—	198	—	†	22,756
Speech or language impairment	8,670	5,630	789	37	—	26	—	†	2,188
Multiple disabilities	7,992	3,446	1,972	606	—	287	—	†	1,681
Other health impairment	27,637	17,095	3,331	144	—	252	—	†	6,815
Hearing impairment4	4,681	3,260	718	73	—	19	—	†	611
Orthopedic impairment	3,751	2,325	665	108	—	109	—	†	544
Visual impairment	1,799	1,302	243	36	—	14	—	†	204
Autism	3,830	2,129	974	291	—	21	—	†	415
Deaf-blindness	95	51	13	9	—	3	—	†	19
Traumatic brain injury	2,132	1,339	308	61	—	29	—	†	395

—Not available. † 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 Data are not reported for 2003–04 or 2004–05. 3 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." 4 Includes deaf and hard of hearing. 5 Totals for 2004–05 do not include persons over the age of 21. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) database. Retrieved September 22, 2006, from https://www.ideadata.org/arc_toc6.asp#partbEX and https://www.ideadata.org/arc_toc7.asp#part bCC. (This table was prepared September 2006.)