Special Education

By the Numbers: Students With Disabilities

See how many K-12 students there are with certain specific disabilities, and how many of those students drop out or graduate with a regular high school diploma.

By the Numbers: Students With Disabilities

See how many K-12 students there are with certain specific disabilities, and how many of those students drop out or graduate with a regular high school diploma.

Hearing Impairment | Emotional Disturbance | Specific Learning Disability | Autism | Intellectual Disability

Hearing Impairment

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Notes: Because of methodological differences in calculations, data on high school exit status shown here are not comparable to ACGR graduation rates presented elsewhere in this report. Details may not add up to 100 percent because of rounding. | Source: U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs, 2013

Emotional Disturbance

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Notes: Because of methodological differences in calculations, data on high school exit status shown here are not comparable to ACGR graduation rates presented elsewhere in this report. Details may not add up to 100 percent because of rounding. | Source: U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs, 2013

Specific Learning Disability

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Note: Because of methodological differences in calculations, data on high school exit status shown here are not comparable to ACGR graduation rates presented elsewhere in this report. | Source: U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs, 2013

Autism

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Notes: Because of methodological differences in calculations, data on high school exit status shown here are not comparable to ACGR graduation rates presented elsewhere in this report. Details may not add up to 100 percent because of rounding. | Source: U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs, 2013

Intellectual Disability

Related Story: Va. Twin Brothers Find a Place in the Work World

Notes: Because of methodological differences in calculations, data on high school exit status shown here are not comparable to ACGR graduation rates presented elsewhere in this report. Details may not add up to 100 percent because of rounding. | Source: U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs, 2013

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