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, sex, race/ethnicity, age, and type of disability: 2011-12 and 2012-13

Year, sex, race/ethnicity, age, and type of disability	Exited school						Transferred to regular education4	Moved, known to be continuing5
	Total	Graduated with regular diploma	Received alternative certificate1	Reached maximum age2	Dropped out3	Died
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
2011-12
Total number	392,200	250,672	53,914	5,567	80,469	1,578	64,709	175,719
Percentage distribution of total	100.0	63.9	13.7	1.4	20.5	0.4	†	†
Number by sex
Male	256,276	161,429	34,184	3,709	55,866	1,088	43,014	118,347
Female	135,924	89,243	19,730	1,858	24,603	490	21,695	57,372
Number by race/ethnicity
White	207,262	147,512	22,073	2,945	33,945	787	36,934	85,875
Black	87,018	46,782	15,744	1,281	22,839	372	11,060	46,587
Hispanic	77,201	42,954	13,578	989	19,351	329	12,714	32,690
Asian	6,131	4,297	1,002	213	591	28	1,388	1,701
Pacific Islander	1,542	1,026	180	32	297	7	404	452
American Indian/Alaska Native	6,105	3,634	536	46	1,863	26	895	3,723
Two or more races	6,941	4,467	801	61	1,583	29	1,314	4,691
Number by type of disability
Autism	16,732	10,806	3,791	847	1,224	64	1,815	4,958
Deaf-blindness	83	39	15	12	12	5	6	28
Emotional disturbance	40,966	21,190	3,671	362	15,589	154	6,072	32,505
Hearing impairment	4,704	3,452	696	60	482	14	726	1,505
Intellectual disability	38,622	15,546	13,388	2,197	7,243	248	2,210	14,196
Multiple disabilities	8,712	4,235	2,121	717	1,375	264	338	3,048
Orthopedic impairment	3,737	2,308	731	183	425	90	505	1,183
Other health impairment6	54,515	38,080	5,439	270	10,443	283	9,712	25,030
Specific learning disability	209,813	144,445	22,520	768	41,667	413	34,197	87,482
Speech or language impairment	9,997	7,462	910	51	1,563	11	8,736	4,651
Traumatic brain injury	2,583	1,771	412	60	319	21	204	671
Visual impairment	1,735	1,337	220	40	127	11	188	460
2012-13
Total number	396,292	258,028	56,404	5,846	74,575	1,439	57,677	162,901
Percentage distribution of total	100.0	65.1	14.2	1.5	18.8	0.4	†	†
Number by sex
Male	258,321	166,023	35,705	3,786	51,810	997	38,328	109,036
Female	137,971	92,005	20,699	2,060	22,765	442	19,349	53,865
Number by race/ethnicity
White	208,030	149,809	22,314	3,035	32,105	767	33,817	79,442
Black	84,905	46,520	16,360	1,296	20,391	338	9,795	42,779
Hispanic	82,015	47,671	15,032	1,062	18,007	243	10,548	30,722
Asian	6,450	4,547	1,054	264	555	30	1,263	1,638
Pacific Islander	1,617	1,061	159	50	338	9	300	474
American Indian/Alaska Native	5,645	3,559	518	51	1,498	19	754	3,092
Two or more races	7,630	4,861	967	88	1,681	33	1,200	4,754
Number by age7
14	2,687	13	21	†	2,461	192	15,210	33,807
15	5,280	46	32	†	4,974	228	13,229	34,883
16	15,964	3,537	560	†	11,574	293	12,766	35,506
17	147,525	111,224	15,493	5	20,525	278	10,158	31,521
18	149,844	107,060	22,095	1	20,467	221	4,464	18,570
19	43,275	25,284	8,319	73	9,483	116	1,126	5,915
20	18,536	7,624	5,512	1,588	3,741	71	506	1,981
21	13,181	3,240	4,372	4,179	1,350	40	218	718
Number by type of disability
Autism	19,429	12,467	4,506	1,027	1,375	54	1,802	5,276
Deaf-blindness	82	46	13	9	12	2	2	18
Emotional disturbance	39,493	21,249	3,787	344	13,984	129	5,557	29,392
Hearing impairment	4,623	3,335	768	70	441	9	637	1,470
Intellectual disability	40,690	17,384	13,438	2,315	7,302	251	1,781	15,880
Multiple disabilities	9,205	4,184	2,602	718	1,397	304	320	2,901
Orthopedic impairment	3,586	2,268	708	165	382	63	414	1,093
Other health impairment6	58,413	41,526	5,814	267	10,550	256	9,245	24,801
Specific learning disability	206,054	144,530	23,260	754	37,191	319	28,869	76,001
Speech or language impairment	10,488	7,990	907	45	1,525	21	8,622	4,845
Traumatic brain injury	2,525	1,741	405	81	280	18	219	758
Visual impairment	1,704	1,308	196	51	136	13	209	466

†Not applicable.

1 Received a certificate of completion, modified diploma, or some similar document, but did not meet the same standards for graduation as those for students without disabilities.

2 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.

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

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

5 "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.

6 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.

7 Age data are as of fall of the school year, so some students may have been 1 year older at the time they exited school.

NOTE: Data are for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Bureau of Indian Education, American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Data on number by age are not available for 2011-12, so these rows have been omitted. 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) Section 618 Data Products: State Level Data Files. Retrieved November 30, 2015, from http://www2.ed.gov/programs/osepidea/618-data/state-level-data-files/index.html. (This table was prepared December 2015.)