Students with disabilities exiting the educational system, by age, type of disability, and basis of exit: United States and outlying areas, 1991-92

Table 103.

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                                   |      Total     |   Graduated    |   Graduated   |   Reached    |               |    Other
              Student              |     exiting    |     with       |    through    |   maximum    |    Dropped    |   reasons
          characteristics          |    the system  |    diploma     |  certificate  |    age\1\    |     out\2\    |  for exit\3\
                                   |________________|________________|_______________|______________|_______________|_______________
                                   | Number |Percent| Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number|Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent
___________________________________|________|_______|________|_______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
                 1                 |   2    |   3   |   4    |   5   |   6   |   7   |  8   |   9   |  10   |  11   |  12   |  13
___________________________________|________|_______|________|_______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
             Age group             |        |       |        |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |
14 to 21 (and over) ...............|229,368 | 100.0 |100,742 |  43.9 |30,839 |  13.4 |4,337 |   1.9 |51,489 |  22.4 |41,961 |  18.3
  14 ..............................| 11,403 | 100.0 |    138 |   1.2 |   223 |   2.0 |    8 |   0.1 | 3,460 |  30.3 | 7,574 |  66.4
  15 ..............................| 12,934 | 100.0 |    171 |   1.3 |   158 |   1.2 |   16 |   0.1 | 4,768 |  36.9 | 7,821 |  60.5
  16 ..............................| 20,634 | 100.0 |    505 |   2.4 |   217 |   1.1 |   44 |   0.2 |11,479 |  55.6 | 8,389 |  40.7
  17 ..............................| 36,665 | 100.0 | 14,356 |  39.2 | 1,929 |   5.3 |   70 |   0.2 |12,678 |  34.6 | 7,632 |  20.8
  18 ..............................| 69,081 | 100.0 | 45,063 |  65.2 | 7,263 |  10.5 |  115 |   0.2 |11,060 |  16.0 | 5,580 |   8.1
  19 ..............................| 45,079 | 100.0 | 29,325 |  65.1 | 7,593 |  16.8 |   68 |   0.2 | 5,461 |  12.1 | 2,632 |   5.8
  20 ..............................| 18,131 | 100.0 |  7,444 |  41.1 | 7,190 |  39.7 |  588 |   3.2 | 1,777 |   9.8 | 1,132 |   6.2
  21 ..............................| 10,991 | 100.0 |  2,816 |  25.6 | 5,107 |  46.5 |1,866 |  17.0 |   649 |   5.9 |   553 |   5.0
  Over 21 .........................|  4,450 | 100.0 |    924 |  20.8 | 1,159 |  26.0 |1,562 |  35.1 |   157 |   3.5 |   648 |  14.6
                                   |        |       |        |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |
        Type of disability         |        |       |        |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |
All disabilities, 14 to 21 and over|229,368 | 100.0 |100,742 |  43.9 |30,839 |  13.4 |4,337 |   1.9 |51,489 |  22.4 |41,961 |  18.3
  Specific learning disabilities ..|132,497 | 100.0 | 65,851 |  49.7 |14,318 |  10.8 |  662 |   0.5 |28,257 |  21.3 |23,409 |  17.7
  Mental retardation ..............| 38,993 | 100.0 | 14,088 |  36.1 |10,797 |  27.7 |2,359 |   6.0 | 7,650 |  19.6 | 4,099 |  10.5
  Serious emotional disturbance ...| 34,001 | 100.0 |  9,557 |  28.1 | 2,217 |   6.5 |  338 |   1.0 |11,894 |  35.0 | 9,995 |  29.4
  Speech or language impairments ..|  8,108 | 100.0 |  3,562 |  43.9 |   596 |   7.4 |   87 |   1.1 | 1,633 |  20.1 | 2,230 |  27.5
  Multiple disabilities .......... |  4,028 | 100.0 |  1,560 |  38.7 |   977 |  24.3 |  529 |  13.1 |   546 |  13.6 |   416 |  10.3
  Other health impairments ........|  3,642 | 100.0 |  1,771 |  48.6 |   614 |  16.9 |   67 |   1.8 |   606 |  16.6 |   584 |  16.0
  Hearing impairments .............|  3,403 | 100.0 |  1,900 |  55.8 |   587 |  17.2 |   69 |   2.0 |   444 |  13.0 |   403 |  11.8
  Orthopedic impairments ..........|  2,749 | 100.0 |  1,379 |  50.2 |   439 |  16.0 |  123 |   4.5 |   252 |   9.2 |   556 |  20.2
  Visual impairments ..............|  1,449 | 100.0 |    879 |  60.7 |   172 |  11.9 |   55 |   3.8 |   166 |  11.5 |   177 |  12.2
  Autism ..........................|    291 | 100.0 |     82 |  28.2 |    75 |  25.8 |   29 |  10.0 |    27 |   9.3 |    78 |  26.8
  Deaf-blindness ................  |    143 | 100.0 |     72 |  50.3 |    42 |  29.4 |   15 |  10.5 |     6 |   4.2 |     8 |   5.6
  Traumatic brain injury ..........|     64 | 100.0 |     41 |  64.1 |     5 |   7.8 |    4 |   6.3 |     8 |  12.5 |     6 |   9.4
___________________________________|________|_______|________|_______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______

\1\Upper age limits for service eligibility vary by state.
\2\These figures reflect an estimate of those who were actually known to have dropped out and do not include youth who simply stopped coming to school or whose status was unknown.
\3\Includes students who died or no longer received special education services, but whose exit reason is unknown.

NOTE.--It can be assumed that a substantial proportion of the "Other" category includes students who are no longer in school and have neither graduated nor reached the maximum age. Therefore, the overall dropout figure probably exceeds 23 percent.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Sixteenth Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 1994. (This table was prepared May 1995.)

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