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: 2013-14 and 2014-15

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
2013-14
Total number	391,785	259,036	53,031	5,937	72,351	1,430	56,590	167,195
Percentage distribution of total	100.0	66.1	13.5	1.5	18.5	0.4	†	†
Number by sex
Male	254,942	166,488	33,583	3,841	50,045	985	37,358	110,925
Female	136,843	92,548	19,448	2,096	22,306	445	18,573	56,270
Number by race/ethnicity
White	201,726	146,881	21,241	2,984	29,876	744	32,764	80,238
Black	83,052	47,739	14,306	1,226	19,452	329	8,910	44,113
Hispanic	85,231	50,112	14,723	1,320	18,812	264	11,017	33,003
Asian	6,622	4,712	1,092	243	543	32	1,369	1,579
Pacific Islander	1,489	1,003	117	12	343	14	357	432
American Indian/Alaska Native	5,666	3,432	521	49	1,646	18	857	3,063
Two or more races	7,999	5,157	1,031	103	1,679	29	1,316	4,767
Number by age6
14	2,957	7	2	†	2,742	206	15,025	35,562
15	5,602	46	23	†	5,296	237	12,809	37,607
16	15,621	3,560	483	†	11,309	269	12,434	36,450
17	146,276	112,169	14,232	1	19,587	287	9,883	31,268
18	147,787	107,542	20,758	2	19,289	196	4,571	17,574
19	41,667	24,336	8,078	16	9,124	113	1,086	5,893
20	18,054	7,931	4,740	1,571	3,738	74	533	2,061
21	13,821	3,445	4,715	4,347	1,266	48	249	780
Number by type of disability
Autism	21,584	14,148	4,630	1,173	1,565	68	1,942	6,016
Deaf-blindness	125	65	30	9	16	5	9	31
Emotional disturbance	37,595	20,570	3,373	278	13,238	136	5,315	29,468
Hearing impairment	4,555	3,382	674	59	430	10	607	1,541
Intellectual disability	34,992	14,273	12,296	2,328	5,873	222	1,431	13,059
Multiple disabilities	8,831	4,059	2,417	799	1,255	301	328	2,994
Orthopedic impairment	3,289	2,157	548	154	361	69	380	968
Other health impairment7	60,384	43,552	5,664	280	10,625	263	9,492	26,450
Specific learning disability	205,753	145,627	21,972	674	37,178	302	28,027	80,501
Speech or language impairment	10,278	7,998	826	58	1,376	20	8,620	5,058
Traumatic brain injury	2,616	1,811	380	84	319	22	223	654
Visual impairment	1,783	1,394	221	41	115	12	216	455
2014-158
Total number	395,139	274,240	43,663	5,259	70,475	1,502	56,979	162,248
Percentage distribution of total	100.0	69.4	11.1	1.3	17.8	0.4	†	†
Number by sex
Male	256,709	175,824	27,675	3,414	48,766	1,030	37,508	107,611
Female	138,430	98,416	15,988	1,845	21,709	472	19,445	54,637
Number by race/ethnicity
White	199,133	147,869	18,623	2,524	29,379	738	32,736	75,783
Black	83,467	51,828	11,915	1,128	18,227	369	8,763	41,354
Hispanic	89,345	58,578	10,903	1,260	18,318	286	11,433	34,442
Asian	6,786	5,160	865	217	506	38	1,556	1,781
Pacific Islander	1,618	1,068	143	23	371	13	357	467
American Indian/Alaska Native	5,963	3,859	292	37	1,752	23	695	3,298
Two or more races	8,827	5,878	922	70	1,922	35	1,439	5,123
Number by age6
14	3,075	53	15	†	2,810	197	15,637	36,067
15	5,560	99	33	†	5,183	244	13,189	36,236
16	17,028	4,516	471	†	11,752	289	12,733	36,311
17	153,819	123,496	10,915	4	19,092	312	9,560	29,295
18	145,885	110,910	16,449	10	18,317	199	4,211	16,311
19	38,560	23,198	6,733	19	8,498	112	1,035	5,379
20	18,384	8,298	4,976	1,371	3,649	90	407	1,938
21	12,828	3,670	4,071	3,854	1,174	59	207	711
Number by type of disability
Autism	23,603	16,100	4,662	1,010	1,767	64	2,135	6,622
Deaf-blindness	95	52	18	8	13	4	7	18
Emotional disturbance	37,199	21,274	2,522	274	12,990	139	5,119	25,833
Hearing impairment	4,446	3,558	450	55	375	8	641	1,555
Intellectual disability	35,151	14,857	11,996	2,117	5,949	232	1,343	12,085
Multiple disabilities	8,555	4,011	2,421	573	1,232	318	329	2,715
Orthopedic impairment	3,208	2,079	573	165	312	79	420	924
Other health impairment7	63,318	46,994	4,647	284	11,120	273	9,492	28,229
Specific learning disability	204,701	153,433	15,362	633	34,938	335	27,249	77,943
Speech or language impairment	10,454	8,487	537	40	1,379	11	9,838	5,165
Traumatic brain injury	2,649	1,949	324	65	281	30	219	685
Visual impairment	1,760	1,446	151	35	119	9	187	474

†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 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.

7 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.

8 Data for 2014-15 include imputations for missing or unavailable data from Ohio and Illinois.

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. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. 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 July 14, 2017, from http://www2.ed.gov/programs/osepidea/618-data/state-level-data-files/index.html. (This table was prepared July 2017.)