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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: 2018-19 and 2019-20 |
Year, sex, race/ethnicity, age, and type of disability | Exited school | Transferred to regular education | Moved, known to be continuing4 | ||||||
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Total | Graduated with regular diploma | Received alternative certificate1 | Reached maximum age2 | Dropped out3 | Died | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
2018-19 |
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Total number | 422,564 | 304,019 | 42,835 | 5 | 4,705 | 69,476 | 1,529 | 58,282 | 164,243 |
Percentage distribution of total | 100.0 | 71.9 | 10.1 | 1.1 | 16.4 | 0.4 | † | † | |
Number by sex |
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Male | 273,591 | 194,183 | 27,804 | 3,053 | 47,485 | 1,066 | 37,924 | 107,358 | |
Female | 148,936 | 109,811 | 15,030 | 1,653 | 21,979 | 463 | 20,356 | 56,873 | |
Number by race/ethnicity |
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White | 197,487 | 150,483 | 18,123 | 2,199 | 25,942 | 740 | 33,023 | 72,007 | |
Black | 88,909 | 58,232 | 10,502 | 696 | 19,103 | 376 | 7,689 | 41,513 | |
Hispanic | 107,203 | 74,125 | 11,833 | 1,351 | 19,603 | 291 | 12,871 | 38,778 | |
Asian | 7,897 | 6,154 | 892 | 277 | 541 | 33 | 1,554 | 2,050 | |
Pacific Islander | 1,639 | 1,163 | 124 | 37 | 297 | 18 | 337 | 516 | |
American Indian/Alaska Native | 6,345 | 4,515 | 227 | 41 | 1,540 | 22 | 781 | 2,820 | |
Two or more races | 13,085 | 9,347 | 1,134 | 105 | 2,450 | 49 | 2,027 | 6,559 | |
Number by age6 |
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14 | 3,874 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3,641 | 207 | 15,181 | 40,209 | |
15 | 6,327 | 136 | 31 | 0 | 5,885 | 275 | 13,547 | 38,202 | |
16 | 17,700 | 5,214 | 440 | 0 | 11,799 | 247 | 12,846 | 36,383 | |
17 | 166,767 | 135,729 | 12,191 | 0 | 18,510 | 337 | 10,090 | 27,725 | |
18 | 151,854 | 118,364 | 15,949 | 0 | 17,324 | 217 | 4,780 | 14,542 | |
19 | 43,538 | 30,276 | 5,261 | 16 | 7,863 | 122 | 1,063 | 4,820 | |
20 | 18,621 | 8,976 | 5,165 | 1,121 | 3,282 | 77 | 487 | 1,685 | |
21 | 13,883 | 5,303 | 3,793 | 3,568 | 1,172 | 47 | 288 | 677 | |
Number by type of disability |
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Autism | 36,221 | 25,844 | 6,659 | 1,211 | 2,422 | 86 | 3,318 | 9,857 | |
Deaf-blindness | 91 | 62 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 26 | |
Emotional disturbance | 37,130 | 22,331 | 2,282 | 194 | 12,200 | 123 | 4,748 | 22,715 | |
Hearing impairment | 4,684 | 3,865 | 383 | 55 | 369 | 12 | 657 | 1,300 | |
Intellectual disability | 35,487 | 16,944 | 11,513 | 1,774 | 5,025 | 231 | 1,295 | 12,008 | |
Multiple disabilities | 8,919 | 3,978 | 2,858 | 565 | 1,194 | 322 | 397 | 2,902 | |
Orthopedic impairment | 2,585 | 1,648 | 541 | 135 | 202 | 60 | 223 | 514 | |
Other health impairment7 | 77,015 | 57,791 | 5,118 | 258 | 13,530 | 318 | 11,047 | 34,102 | |
Specific learning disability | 204,193 | 158,056 | 12,638 | 387 | 32,784 | 329 | 27,928 | 74,146 | |
Speech or language impairment | 11,722 | 9,985 | 341 | 44 | 1,337 | 14 | 8,214 | 5,635 | |
Traumatic brain injury | 2,743 | 2,045 | 340 | 51 | 270 | 27 | 228 | 604 | |
Visual impairment | 1,773 | 1,460 | 141 | 25 | 137 | 8 | 217 | 435 | |
2019-20 |
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Total number | 428,175 | 325,051 | 42,581 | 8 | 5,172 | 53,836 | 1,535 | 50,364 | 145,732 |
Percentage distribution of total | 100.0 | 75.9 | 9.9 | 1.2 | 12.6 | 0.4 | † | † | |
Number by sex |
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Male | 276,086 | 206,883 | 27,676 | 3,338 | 37,115 | 1,074 | 32,847 | 95,515 | |
Female | 152,034 | 118,123 | 14,903 | 1,833 | 16,714 | 461 | 17,513 | 50,191 | |
Number by race/ethnicity |
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White | 196,634 | 155,639 | 16,938 | 2,850 | 20,519 | 688 | 28,579 | 64,583 | |
Black | 86,394 | 62,083 | 9,617 | 831 | 13,454 | 409 | 6,917 | 35,708 | |
Hispanic | 114,338 | 84,097 | 13,174 | 1,063 | 15,696 | 308 | 10,723 | 34,190 | |
Asian | 8,849 | 6,748 | 1,358 | 199 | 502 | 42 | 1,331 | 2,414 | |
Pacific Islander | 1,730 | 1,241 | 148 | 50 | 279 | 12 | 256 | 478 | |
American Indian/Alaska Native | 6,067 | 4,556 | 238 | 58 | 1,186 | 29 | 719 | 2,203 | |
Two or more races | 14,163 | 10,687 | 1,108 | 121 | 2,200 | 47 | 1,839 | 6,156 | |
Number by age6 |
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14 | 3,080 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2,861 | 207 | 13,184 | 37,500 | |
15 | 4,811 | 105 | 11 | 0 | 4,424 | 271 | 11,530 | 33,729 | |
16 | 16,104 | 6,816 | 371 | 0 | 8,629 | 288 | 11,300 | 31,880 | |
17 | 168,268 | 141,327 | 12,341 | 0 | 14,281 | 319 | 9,011 | 23,790 | |
18 | 161,417 | 130,998 | 16,207 | 1 | 13,999 | 212 | 3,772 | 12,276 | |
19 | 42,389 | 30,929 | 5,237 | 16 | 6,103 | 104 | 917 | 4,034 | |
20 | 18,283 | 9,668 | 4,872 | 1,066 | 2,589 | 88 | 420 | 1,756 | |
21 | 13,823 | 5,198 | 3,540 | 4,089 | 950 | 46 | 230 | 767 | |
Number by type of disability |
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Autism | 40,815 | 29,529 | 7,838 | 1,122 | 2,252 | 75 | 3,050 | 10,783 | |
Deaf-blindness | 106 | 62 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 26 | |
Emotional disturbance | 36,100 | 23,923 | 2,128 | 246 | 9,645 | 159 | 4,274 | 20,239 | |
Hearing impairment | 4,729 | 3,973 | 408 | 44 | 297 | 7 | 556 | 1,142 | |
Intellectual disability | 36,797 | 18,130 | 12,411 | 1,855 | 4,185 | 217 | 1,364 | 11,073 | |
Multiple disabilities | 9,202 | 4,039 | 3,080 | 861 | 914 | 308 | 397 | 2,759 | |
Orthopedic impairment | 2,328 | 1,524 | 504 | 77 | 179 | 45 | 213 | 553 | |
Other health impairment7 | 80,072 | 63,804 | 4,738 | 328 | 10,883 | 319 | 9,982 | 31,041 | |
Specific learning disability | 202,235 | 166,428 | 10,669 | 506 | 24,278 | 354 | 23,327 | 62,242 | |
Speech or language impairment | 11,282 | 10,014 | 293 | 39 | 912 | 25 | 6,825 | 4,930 | |
Traumatic brain injury | 2,593 | 1,993 | 334 | 61 | 186 | 20 | 204 | 570 | |
Visual impairment | 1,915 | 1,633 | 158 | 15 | 103 | 6 | 166 | 375 |
†Not applicable. | |||||||||
1Received 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. | |||||||||
2Each 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. | |||||||||
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. | |||||||||
5In 2018–19, includes 2 students from one state who exited an educational program through receipt of an alternate diploma. | |||||||||
6Age data are as of the most recent child count prior to the students exiting special education, so some students may have been 1 year older at the time they exited school. | |||||||||
7Other 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. | |||||||||
8In 2019–20, includes 96 students from two states who exited an educational program through receipt of an alternate diploma. | |||||||||
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 Louisiana and Iowa in 2018–19 and from Iowa in 2019–20. 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 25, 2022, from https://data.ed.gov/dataset/idea-section-618-data-products-state-level-data-files. (This table was prepared February 2022.) |