Distribution of Eligible Students Based on the Federal Quota Census of January 05, 2009 (Fiscal Year 2010)

Appropriate Use of Federal Quota Census Data

INFANT PROGRAMS

PRESCHOOL

KINDERGARTEN

GRADE 1

GRADE 2

GRADE 3

GRADE 4

GRADE 5

GRADE 6

GRADE 7

GRADE 8

GRADE 9

GRADE 10

GRADE 11

GRADE 12

ACADEMIC NONGRADED

POSTGRADUATE

VOCATIONAL

ADULT STUDENTS

OTHER REGISTRANTS

TOTALS

Appropriate Use of Federal Quota Census Data

STUDENT TOTALS AND PERCENTAGES BY PROGRAM TYPE:

STUDENT READERS BY READING MEDIUM:

STUDENT TOTALS AND PERCENTAGES BY PRIMARY READING MEDIUM REPORTING CODES:

STUDENT PERCENTAGES BY SECONDARY READING MEDIUM REPORTING CODES:

EXPLANATION OF READING MEDIA:

This chart lists the numbers of students registered by four major types of programs– Schools for the Blind, State Departments of Education, Programs for Students with Multiple Disabilities, and Rehabilitation Programs. The students are listed by grade and primary reading media.

NOTICE: For Press Members and Researchers: The number of students who read braille in the United States CANNOT be determined from these data.

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The specific purpose of the annual Federal Quota Census is to register students in the United States and Outlying Areas who meet the definition of blindness and are therefore eligible for adapted educational materials from APH through the Act to Promote the Education of the Blind.

Statements regarding student literacy, use of appropriate learning media, and students taught in a specific medium cannot be supported using APH registration data.

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State Departments of Education	33	25	35	3,016	751	3,860
Schools for the Blind	23	9	9	1,122	350	1,513
Rehabilitation Programs	10	10	2	253	11	286
Multiple Disabilities Programs	0	0	0	13	14	27
Totals	66	44	46	4,404	1,126	5,686

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State Departments of Education	267	92	127	3,622	1,055	5,163
Schools for the Blind	12	11	13	326	56	418
Rehabilitation Programs	4	0	1	9	2	16
Multiple Disabilities Programs	0	0	0	8	5	13
Totals	283	103	141	3,965	1,118	5,610

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State Departments of Education	588	203	89	941	510	2,331
Schools for the Blind	16	17	5	70	17	125
Rehabilitation Programs	1	0	0	0	0	1
Multiple Disabilities Programs	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	605	220	94	1,011	527	2,457

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State Departments of Education	855	236	98	523	550	2,262
Schools for the Blind	18	8	1	20	5	52
Rehabilitation Programs	1	0	1	0	0	2
Multiple Disabilities Programs	0	0	0	0	1	1
Totals	874	244	100	543	556	2,317

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State Departments of Education	898	251	126	411	547	2,233
Schools for the Blind	25	29	2	17	13	86
Rehabilitation Programs	2	0	0	1	0	3
Multiple Disabilities Programs	0	0	1	0	1	2
Totals	925	280	129	429	561	2,324

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State Departments of Education	939	267	115	285	479	2,085
Schools for the Blind	38	39	7	10	8	102
Rehabilitation Programs	2	2	0	1	0	5
Multiple Disabilities Programs	0	0	0	0	1	1
Totals	979	308	122	296	488	2,193

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State Departments of Education	974	272	96	226	509	2,077
Schools for the Blind	46	44	7	7	14	118
Rehabilitation Programs	0	0	0	1	0	1
Multiple Disabilities Programs	0	1	0	0	2	3
Totals	1,020	317	103	234	525	2,199

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State Departments of Education	1,004	256	128	160	467	2,015
Schools for the Blind	42	38	6	5	8	99
Rehabilitation Programs	5	0	0	1	0	6
Multiple Disabilities Programs	0	0	1	0	3	4
Totals	1,051	294	135	166	478	2,124

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State Departments of Education	1,020	261	134	130	482	2,027
Schools for the Blind	49	50	12	8	11	130
Rehabilitation Programs	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multiple Disabilities Programs	0	0	1	0	0	1
Totals	1,069	311	147	138	493	2,158

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State Departments of Education	1,006	287	128	104	438	1,963
Schools for the Blind	54	57	10	6	8	135
Rehabilitation Programs	2	0	0	1	0	3
Multiple Disabilities Programs	2	0	0	0	0	2
Totals	1,064	344	138	111	446	2,103

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State Departments of Education	997	278	148	91	382	1,896
Schools for the Blind	76	76	7	8	12	179
Rehabilitation Programs	1	0	0	0	0	1
Multiple Disabilities Programs	0	0	0	0	3	3
Totals	1,074	354	155	99	397	2,079

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State Departments of Education	1,036	265	119	78	399	1,897
Schools for the Blind	87	70	19	12	7	195
Rehabilitation Programs	1	0	0	0	0	1
Multiple Disabilities Programs	1	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	1,125	335	138	90	406	2,094

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State Departments of Education	1,073	261	161	52	339	1,886
Schools for the Blind	84	92	12	4	11	203
Rehabilitation Programs	0	0	1	1	0	2
Multiple Disabilities Programs	0	0	1	1	0	2
Totals	1,157	353	175	58	350	2,093

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State Departments of Education	995	239	139	37	366	1,776
Schools for the Blind	87	103	21	6	15	232
Rehabilitation Programs	4	0	0	2	0	6
Multiple Disabilities Programs	1	0	0	0	1	2
Totals	1,087	342	160	45	382	2,016

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State Departments of Education	1,023	281	205	63	529	2,101
Schools for the Blind	112	149	31	6	23	321
Rehabilitation Programs	15	6	5	0	0	26
Multiple Disabilities Programs	0	1	0	0	1	2
Totals	1,150	437	241	69	553	2,450

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State Departments of Education	323	75	144	151	673	1,366
Schools for the Blind	47	78	55	40	128	348
Rehabilitation Programs	0	0	0	0	2	2
Multiple Disabilities Programs	1	0	1	0	6	8
Totals	371	153	200	191	809	1,724

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State Departments of Education	30	16	13	31	31	121
Schools for the Blind	1	4	3	2	2	12
Rehabilitation Programs	0	0	0	35	0	35
Multiple Disabilities Programs	0	0	1	1	0	2
Totals	31	20	17	69	33	170

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State Departments of Education	340	209	601	44	2,269	3,463
Schools for the Blind	42	35	17	0	96	190
Rehabilitation Programs	959	428	863	62	332	2,644
Multiple Disabilities Programs	36	18	102	26	1,229	1,411
Totals	1,377	690	1,583	132	3,926	7,708

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State Departments of Education	638	158	596	880	6,531	8,803
Schools for the Blind	69	67	91	87	433	747
Rehabilitation Programs	0	1	16	1	7	25
Multiple Disabilities Programs	7	1	10	6	112	136
Totals	714	227	713	974	7,083	9,711

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State Departments of Education	14,075	3,941	3,218	10,847	17,317	49,398
Schools for the Blind	945	1,002	336	1,756	1,218	5,257
Rehabilitation Programs	1,007	447	889	368	354	3,065
Multiple Disabilities Programs	48	21	118	55	1,379	1,621
Totals	16,075	5,411	4,561	13,026	20,268	59,341

The specific purpose of the annual Federal Quota Census is to register students in the United States and Outlying Areas who meet the definition of blindness and are, therefore, eligible for adapted educational materials from APH through the Act to Promote the Education of the Blind.

Statements regarding student literacy, use of appropriate learning media, and students taught in a specific medium cannot be supported using APH registration data.

State Departments of Education	49,398	83.2%
Schools for the Blind	5,257	8.9%
Rehabilitation Programs	3,065	5.2%
Multiple Disabilities Programs	1,621	2.7%

Visual	61.7%
Braille	20.8%
Auditory	17.5%

Visual Readers	15,914	27.1%
Braille Readers	5,560	9.1%
Auditory Readers	4,630	7.7%
Pre-Readers	13,005	22.0%
Non-Readers	20,246	34.1%

Visual Readers	2.8%
Braille Readers	4.7%
Auditory Readers	24.9%
Not Applicables	67.6%

Visual Readers

Braille Readers

Auditory Readers

Pre-readers

Non-readers

State Departments of Education

Schools for the Blind

Rehabilitation Programs

Multiple Disabilities Programs

Totals

Visual Reader: Students primarily using print
Braille Reader: Students primarily using braille
Auditory Reader: Students primarily using a reader or auditory material
Pre-reader: Students working on or toward a readiness level; infants, preschoolers, or older students with reading potential
Non-reader: Students who show no reading potential; students who do not fall in any of the above categories.
Primary Reading Medium indicates the student’s preferred medium for accessing educational materials and other information.
Secondary Reading Medium indicates the medium used in addition to a student’s primary reading medium to access educational materials and other information.

Note: These data were collected and prepared by the Department of Field Services of the American Printing House for the Blind in the administration of the Federal Act to Promote the Education of the Blind of 1879.