NCEO Data Analytics: Number and Percentage of Students with Disabilities by Disability Category from 2005-06 to 2020-21 (#17)

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Part of the NCEO Data Analytics series.

Author(s)

Yi-Chen Wu, Martha L Thurlow, Sheryl Lazarus

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Free

Description

This interactive report presents information on the percentage of students with disabilities ages 6-17, and the percentage of these students by category for school years 2005-06 to 2020-21. Students with disabilities are students who receive special education services as indicated in an Individualized Education Program (IEP). The U.S. Department of Education receives data from states on the number of these students in each of 13 disability categories, and the number and percentage of students with disabilities varies over time, by category, and by state. The data in this report allow users to view trends over time, disability categories, and provides data by state.

Details

Date

April 2023 

Type

Report 

Edition

Number 17

Publisher

National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)