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: 2016-17 and 2017-18

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 certifi cate1	Reached maximum age2	Dropped out3	Died
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
2016-17
Total number	413,353	293,096	42,857	5,219	70,636	1,545	64,962	157,645
Percentage distribution of total	100.0	70.9	10.4	1.3	17.1	0.4	†	†
Number by sex
Male	268,210	187,865	27,314	3,433	48,518	1,080	42,570	103,784
Female	145,140	105,229	15,543	1,786	22,117	465	22,392	53,860
Number by race/ethnicity
White	203,362	151,159	19,663	2,357	29,433	750	36,414	72,481
Black	86,180	54,857	11,714	984	18,258	367	9,584	40,169
Hispanic	96,796	68,017	9,114	1,448	17,907	310	12,932	34,662
Asian	7,365	5,634	885	252	559	35	1,629	1,724
Pacific Islander	1,736	1,205	110	37	372	12	353	513
American Indian/Alaska Native	6,511	4,449	271	35	1,726	30	1,817	2,381
Two or more races	11,403	7,775	1,100	106	2,381	41	2,233	5,715
Number by age6
14	3,468	18	2	†	3,236	211	16,805	36,133
15	5,989	64	40	†	5,647	238	15,302	36,814
16	18,179	4,876	455	†	12,536	312	15,179	36,156
17	172,682	141,114	11,815	1	19,428	324	11,406	27,703
18	149,070	115,314	15,630	1	17,919	206	4,601	14,061
19	34,341	20,738	5,735	10	7,730	128	1,006	4,414
20	16,986	7,563	5,037	1,242	3,062	82	457	1,686
21	12,638	3,409	4,143	3,964	1,078	44	206	678
Number by type of disability
Autism	29,295	20,568	5,596	1,083	1,985	63	2,966	7,972
Deaf-blindness	77	42	19	9	4	3	3	34
Emotional disturbance	37,891	22,017	2,355	250	13,128	141	5,844	23,402
Hearing impairment	4,667	3,734	468	52	404	9	733	1,293
Intellectual disability	35,338	15,180	12,446	2,069	5,407	236	1,773	12,313
Multiple disabilities	8,506	3,878	2,684	649	969	326	404	2,671
Orthopedic impairment	2,697	1,730	562	149	198	58	246	528
Other health impairment7	71,481	53,396	4,940	279	12,558	308	11,463	30,029
Specific learning disability	207,649	159,563	12,910	540	34,282	354	31,558	73,438
Speech or language impairment	11,314	9,600	388	30	1,283	13	9,473	4,898
Traumatic brain injury	2,641	1,933	317	74	295	22	282	645
Visual impairment	1,797	1,455	172	35	123	12	217	422
2017-18
Total number	414,051	301,035	40,313	4,948	66,301	1,454	60,474	159,665
Percentage distribution of total	100.0	72.7	9.7	1.2	16.0	0.4	†	†
Number by sex
Male	268,660	192,705	26,156	3,251	45,541	1,007	39,673	104,974
Female	145,385	108,329	14,157	1,697	20,755	447	20,801	54,690
Number by race/ethnicity
White	199,998	153,184	17,265	2,265	26,612	672	34,598	71,788
Black	86,203	56,745	10,651	832	17,602	373	8,209	39,870
Hispanic	99,834	70,593	10,245	1,399	17,311	286	12,445	36,992
Asian	7,623	6,017	816	248	508	34	1,565	1,859
Pacific Islander	1,779	1,209	102	43	415	10	432	512
American Indian/Alaska Native	6,229	4,429	225	48	1,493	34	1,088	2,508
Two or more races	12,385	8,858	1,009	113	2,360	45	2,137	6,136
Number by age6
14	3,675	3	1	0	3,464	207	15,650	38,731
15	5,749	60	13	0	5,429	247	13,237	36,702
16	16,954	4,862	400	0	11,415	277	13,300	35,511
17	172,234	142,437	11,067	1	18,451	279	11,001	27,120
18	146,347	115,063	14,680	11	16,373	220	5,152	14,039
19	38,517	25,938	5,208	29	7,227	115	1,203	4,895
20	17,980	8,657	5,050	1,301	2,900	72	634	1,909
21	12,595	4,016	3,894	3,606	1,042	37	297	758
Number by type of disability
Autism	32,617	23,494	5,837	1,113	2,090	83	3,196	9,385
Deaf-blindness	82	56	14	6	4	2	5	31
Emotional disturbance	36,754	22,204	2,238	246	11,934	132	5,159	22,299
Hearing impairment	4,502	3,753	353	45	340	11	691	1,230
Intellectual disability	35,194	16,760	11,136	1,967	5,141	190	1,600	12,583
Multiple disabilities	8,672	4,041	2,734	562	1,042	293	397	2,816
Orthopedic impairment	2,444	1,637	484	114	159	50	221	528
Other health impairment7	74,103	56,183	4,832	289	12,496	303	11,161	31,832
Specific learning disability	203,805	159,620	11,918	483	31,440	345	28,942	72,981
Speech or language impairment	11,429	9,820	303	30	1,256	20	8,647	4,897
Traumatic brain injury	2,667	1,990	321	66	274	16	256	663
Visual impairment	1,782	1,478	143	27	125	9	199	420

†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 Each state determines its maximum age to receive special education services. At the time these data were collected, the maximum age across states generally ranged from 20 to 22 years old.

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.

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. Includes imputations for missing or unavailable data from Illinois in 2016-17 and Vermont in 2017-18. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of reporting anomalies and 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 February 20, 2020, from http://www2.ed.gov/programs/osepidea/618-data/state-level-data-files/index.html. (This table was prepared February 2020.)