Table 204.60.

Percentage distribution of students 6 to 21 years old served under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part B, by educational environment and type of disability: Selected years, fall 1989 through fall 2012

Type of disability	All environments	Regular school, time inside general class			Separate school for students with disabilities	Separate residential facility	Parentally placed in regular private schools1	Homebound/ hospital placement	Correctional facility
		Less than 40 percent	40-79 percent	80 percent or more
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
All students with disabilities
1989	100.0	24.9	37.5	31.7	4.5	1.0	—	0.6	—
1990	100.0	25.0	36.4	33.1	4.2	0.9	—	0.5	—
1994	100.0	22.4	28.5	44.8	3.0	0.7	—	0.6	—
1995	100.0	21.5	28.5	45.7	3.1	0.7	—	0.5	—
1996	100.0	21.4	28.3	46.1	3.0	0.7	—	0.5	—
1997	100.0	20.4	28.8	46.8	2.9	0.7	—	0.5	—
1998	100.0	20.0	29.9	46.0	2.9	0.7	—	0.5	—
1999	100.0	20.3	29.8	45.9	2.9	0.7	—	0.5	—
2000	100.0	19.5	29.8	46.5	3.0	0.7	—	0.5	—
2001	100.0	19.2	28.5	48.2	2.9	0.7	—	0.4	—
2002	100.0	19.0	28.7	48.2	2.9	0.7	—	0.5	—
2003	100.0	18.5	27.7	49.9	2.8	0.7	—	0.5	—
2004	100.0	17.9	26.5	51.5	3.0	0.6	—	0.4	—
2005	100.0	16.7	25.1	54.2	2.9	0.6	—	0.4	—
2006	100.0	16.4	23.8	54.8	2.9	0.4	1.0	0.4	0.4
2007	100.0	15.4	22.4	56.8	3.0	0.4	1.1	0.4	0.4
2008	100.0	14.9	21.4	58.5	2.9	0.4	1.1	0.4	0.4
2009	100.0	14.6	20.7	59.4	3.0	0.4	1.2	0.4	0.4
2010
All students with disabilities	100.0	14.2	20.0	60.5	3.0	0.4	1.2	0.4	0.3
Autism	100.0	34.1	18.1	38.5	7.9	0.5	0.6	0.3	#
Deaf-blindness	100.0	33.4	11.9	22.9	18.2	9.6	0.7	3.3	#
Developmental delay	100.0	16.1	19.6	62.5	0.9	0.1	0.6	0.2	#
Emotional disturbance	100.0	21.3	18.3	42.2	13.1	2.0	0.2	1.1	1.9
Hearing impairment	100.0	14.1	16.7	56.2	8.2	3.4	1.2	0.2	0.1
Intellectual disability	100.0	47.7	26.8	17.9	6.2	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.3
Multiple disabilities	100.0	46.0	15.9	13.0	19.7	1.8	0.4	3.1	0.2
Orthopedic impairment	100.0	22.9	16.2	53.3	4.9	0.2	0.8	1.7	0.1
Other health impairment2	100.0	10.6	23.0	62.5	1.6	0.2	1.0	0.9	0.3
Specific learning disability	100.0	7.4	25.5	65.2	0.6	0.1	0.9	0.2	0.3
Speech or language impairment	100.0	4.7	5.5	86.5	0.3	#	2.9	0.1	#
Traumatic brain injury	100.0	20.9	23.6	47.4	5.1	0.5	0.7	1.7	0.1
Visual impairment	100.0	11.8	13.3	63.8	5.5	3.7	1.3	0.6	#
2011
All students with disabilities	100.0	14.0	19.8	61.1	3.0	0.3	1.1	0.4	0.3
Autism	100.0	33.7	18.2	39.0	7.7	0.5	0.6	0.3	#
Deaf-blindness	100.0	32.5	10.5	27.0	18.1	8.4	0.7	2.8	#
Developmental delay	100.0	16.3	19.6	62.5	0.8	0.1	0.6	0.2	#
Emotional disturbance	100.0	20.6	18.0	43.2	13.2	1.9	0.2	1.1	1.8
Hearing impairment	100.0	13.0	16.8	56.7	8.6	3.4	1.3	0.2	0.1
Intellectual disability	100.0	48.8	26.6	17.0	6.2	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.2
Multiple disabilities	100.0	46.2	16.4	13.0	19.2	1.7	0.3	3.0	0.1
Orthopedic impairment	100.0	22.2	16.3	54.0	4.7	0.2	0.8	1.7	0.1
Other health impairment2	100.0	10.0	22.7	63.5	1.6	0.2	1.0	0.9	0.3
Specific learning disability	100.0	6.8	25.1	66.2	0.5	0.1	0.8	0.1	0.3
Speech or language impairment	100.0	4.5	5.5	86.9	0.3	#	2.6	0.1	#
Traumatic brain injury	100.0	20.5	22.8	48.5	5.2	0.5	0.8	1.7	0.1
Visual impairment	100.0	11.3	13.1	64.3	5.9	3.8	1.1	0.6	#
2012
All students with disabilities	100.0	13.9	19.7	61.2	3.0	0.3	1.2	0.4	0.3
Autism	100.0	33.3	18.1	39.5	7.7	0.5	0.7	0.3	#
Deaf-blindness	100.0	34.7	11.4	21.0	19.8	8.2	1.5	2.7	0.7
Developmental delay	100.0	16.6	19.5	62.3	0.8	0.1	0.6	0.2	#
Emotional disturbance	100.0	20.4	17.8	44.0	13.0	1.8	0.2	1.1	1.7
Hearing impairment	100.0	12.6	16.4	57.6	8.3	3.4	1.4	0.2	0.1
Intellectual disability	100.0	49.1	27.0	16.5	6.1	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.2
Multiple disabilities	100.0	46.4	16.3	12.9	19.1	1.7	0.4	3.1	0.1
Orthopedic impairment	100.0	21.8	16.2	54.6	4.5	0.2	0.9	1.7	0.1
Other health impairment2	100.0	9.8	22.4	63.7	1.7	0.2	1.1	0.8	0.3
Specific learning disability	100.0	6.4	25.0	66.7	0.5	0.1	0.9	0.1	0.3
Speech or language impairment	100.0	4.3	5.4	86.8	0.3	#	3.0	#	#
Traumatic brain injury	100.0	20.1	22.4	49.0	5.3	0.6	0.8	1.8	0.1
Visual impairment	100.0	11.3	13.3	64.0	6.0	3.6	1.2	0.6	0.1

—Not available.

#Rounds to zero.

1 Students who are enrolled by their parents or guardians in regular private schools and have their basic education paid through private resources, but receive special education services at public expense. These students are not included under "Regular school, time inside general class" (columns 3 through 5).

2 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 October 3, 2014, from https://inventory.data.gov/dataset/8715a3e8-bf48-4eef-9deb-fd9bb76a196e/resource/a68a23f3-3981-47db-ac75-98a167b65259. (This table was prepared October 2014.)