Table 219.90.

Number and percentage distribution of 14- through 21-year-old students served under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part B, who exited school, by exit reason, age, and type of disability: 2009-10 and 2010-11

Year, age, and type of disability	Exiting school						Transferred to regular education3	Moved, known to be continuing4
	Total	Graduated with diploma	Received a certifi-cate of attendance	Reached maximum age1	Dropped out2	Died
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
2009-10
Total number	408,642	255,800	59,973	5,071	86,244	1,554	66,782	199,833
Percentage distribution of total	100.0	62.6	14.7	1.2	21.1	0.4	†	†
Number by age
14	3,226	5	5	†	3,024	192	16,898	38,790
15	6,741	44	26	†	6,445	226	15,247	43,303
16	19,878	3,243	823	†	15,504	308	14,785	44,988
17	149,616	108,083	16,664	†	24,542	327	12,141	39,687
18	153,432	107,004	23,524	8	22,670	226	5,715	22,826
19	46,315	26,623	9,703	65	9,796	128	1,369	7,119
20	17,908	7,766	5,299	1,354	3,392	97	430	2,401
21	11,526	3,032	3,929	3,644	871	50	197	719
Number by type of disability
Autism	12,295	8,145	2,730	567	816	37	1,820	3,852
Deaf-blindness	90	54	17	5	12	2	8	35
Emotional disturbance	45,659	22,806	4,706	365	17,654	128	7,084	40,578
Hearing impairments	4,768	3,421	793	52	488	14	660	1,649
Intellectual disability	41,709	16,966	14,389	2,101	7,987	266	1,854	16,521
Multiple disabilities	8,919	4,245	2,511	626	1,238	299	286	3,826
Orthopedic impairments	3,762	2,361	691	151	467	92	432	1,282
Other health impairments5	49,743	34,400	5,383	200	9,515	245	9,890	24,428
Specific learning disabilities	227,048	153,017	26,899	871	45,846	415	33,983	100,786
Speech or language
impairments	10,357	7,287	1,256	37	1,760	17	10,321	5,564
Traumatic brain injury	2,480	1,687	397	66	309	21	229	798
Visual impairments	1,812	1,411	201	30	152	18	215	514
2010-11
Total number	402,038	255,512	58,938	5,245	80,839	1,504	61,102	181,554
Percentage distribution of total	100.0	63.6	14.7	1.3	20.1	0.4	†	†
Number by age
14	3,023	1	4	†	2,808	210	15,836	35,708
15	6,051	35	29	†	5,735	252	13,769	38,361
16	18,118	3,429	658	†	13,743	288	13,386	40,515
17	145,037	105,110	16,384	†	23,225	318	10,996	35,885
18	152,198	107,659	23,017	0	21,323	199	5,160	21,103
19	47,013	28,176	9,102	29	9,589	117	1,346	6,899
20	18,595	7,845	5,659	1,548	3,458	85	441	2,251
21	12,003	3,257	4,085	3,668	958	35	168	832
Number by type of disability
Autism	14,162	9,179	3,366	685	892	40	1,366	4,297
Deaf-blindness	93	48	21	8	14	2	6	35
Emotional disturbance	42,889	22,423	4,160	308	15,866	132	6,207	34,844
Hearing impairments	4,707	3,439	737	42	479	10	620	1,469
Intellectual disability	40,439	16,137	14,446	2,122	7,480	254	1,556	15,383
Multiple disabilities	8,523	4,019	2,456	665	1,116	267	267	3,133
Orthopedic impairments	3,605	2,243	673	172	416	101	458	1,141
Other health impairments5	52,682	36,883	5,598	238	9,683	280	9,806	23,862
Specific learning disabilities	220,902	150,974	25,806	861	42,894	367	31,676	91,302
Speech or language
impairments	9,795	7,111	1,060	45	1,564	15	8,776	4,899
Traumatic brain injury	2,536	1,717	431	73	289	26	178	706
Visual impairments	1,705	1,339	184	26	146	10	186	483

†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 for any of the other reasons described. Includes students previously categorized as "moved, not known to continue."

3 "Transferred to regular education" was previously labeled "no longer receives special education."

4 "Moved, known to be continuing" is the total number of students who moved out of the administrative area or transferred to another district and are known to be continuing in an educational program.

5 Other health impairments include having limited strength, vitality, or alertness due to chronic or acute health problems such as a heart condition, tuberculosis, rheumatic fever, nephritis, asthma, sickle cell anemia, hemophilia, epilepsy, lead poisoning, leukemia, or diabetes.

NOTE: Data are for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Bureau of Indian Education schools. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) database. Retrieved June 6, 2013, from http://tadnet.public.tadnet.org/pages/712. (This table was prepared June 2013.)