U.S. Table 11

Students with Disabilities Age 14 to 21 Exiting the Educational System, 1991-92

TOTAL EXITING GRADUATED DIPLOMA GRADUATED CERTIFICATE DROPPED OUT OR OTHER

All disabilities total 229,368 100,742 30,839 97,787

Specific learning disabilities 132,497 65,851 14,318 52,328

Mental retardation 38,993 14,088 10,797 14,108

Serious emotional disturbance 34,001 9,557 2,217 22,227

Speech or language impairments 8,108 3,562 596 3,950

Multiple disabilities 4,028 1,560 977 1,491

Other health impairments 3,642 1,771 614 1,257

Hearing impairments 3,403 1,900 587 916

Othopedic impairments 2,749 1,379 439 931

Visual impairments 1,449 879 172 398

Autism 291 82 75 134

Deaf-blindness 143 72 42 29

Traumatic brain injury 64 41 5 18

	TOTAL EXITING	GRADUATED DIPLOMA	GRADUATED CERTIFICATE	DROPPED OUT OR OTHER
All disabilities total	229,368	100,742	30,839	97,787
Specific learning disabilities	132,497	65,851	14,318	52,328
Mental retardation	38,993	14,088	10,797	14,108
Serious emotional disturbance	34,001	9,557	2,217	22,227
Speech or language impairments	8,108	3,562	596	3,950
Multiple disabilities	4,028	1,560	977	1,491
Other health impairments	3,642	1,771	614	1,257
Hearing impairments	3,403	1,900	587	916
Othopedic impairments	2,749	1,379	439	931
Visual impairments	1,449	879	172	398
Autism	291	82	75	134
Deaf-blindness	143	72	42	29
Traumatic brain injury	64	41	5	18

NOTE: "Dropped Out or Other" includes those who officially dropped out, those who simply stopped coming to school, and those whose exit reason was unknown. Totals may be used to compute percentages (e.g., 9,557/34,001 = 0.281 = 28.1% = the percent of students with serious emotional disturbance who graduated from high school with a diploma.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services, Sixteenth Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.