Distribution of Eligible Students Based on the Federal Quota Census of January 3, 2000 (Fiscal Year 2001)

This chart lists the numbers of students registered by four major types of programs-- Schools for the Blind, State Departments of Education, Programs for the Multihandicapped, and Rehabilitation Programs. The students are listed by grade and reading media.

Grade: Infant Programs

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	0	2	3	3,732	8	3,795
Schools for the Blind	0	0	0	1,005	2	1,007
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	186	0	186
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	5	0	5
Totals	0	2	3	4,928	10	4,943

Grade: Preschool

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	11	9	2	5,001	24	5,047
Schools for the Blind	3	2	1	420	13	439
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	23	0	23
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	12	0	12
Totals	14	11	3	5,456	37	5,521

Grade: Kindergarten

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	377	154	10	994	190	1,725
Schools for the Blind	14	10	1	48	10	83
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	391	164	11	1,042	200	1,808

Grade: 1

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	727	260	24	528	191	1,730
Schools for the Blind	26	24	2	26	2	80
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	753	284	26	554	193	1,810

Grade: 2

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	816	300	33	307	167	1,623
Schools for the Blind	23	27	4	8	4	66
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	839	327	37	315	171	1,689

Grade: 3

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	930	293	56	188	175	1,642
Schools for the Blind	31	33	0	9	4	77
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	961	326	56	197	179	1,719

Grade: 4

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	926	275	47	119	176	1,543
Schools for the Blind	30	33	1	6	5	75
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	956	308	48	125	181	1,618

Grade: 5

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	916	235	52	99	156	1,458
Schools for the Blind	29	46	3	5	3	86
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	1	1
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	1	1	2
Totals	945	281	55	105	161	1,547

Grade: 6

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	959	274	63	74	148	1,518
Schools for the Blind	41	52	2	1	3	99
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	2	2
Totals	1,000	326	65	75	153	1,619

Grade: 7

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	930	226	73	43	130	1,402
Schools for the Blind	38	55	4	2	3	102
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	1	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	969	281	77	45	133	1,505

Grade: 8

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	877	235	67	32	152	1,363
Schools for the Blind	72	77	1	2	7	159
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	949	312	68	34	159	1,522

Grade: 9

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	934	246	93	29	152	1,454
Schools for the Blind	90	73	9	5	5	182
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	1	0	1
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1,024	319	102	35	157	1,637

Grade: 10

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	898	227	96	16	136	1,373
Schools for the Blind	86	64	6	3	3	162
Rehabilitation	1	0	0	0	0	1
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	1	1
Totals	985	291	102	19	140	1,537

Grade: 11

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	792	245	96	17	94	1,244
Schools for the Blind	81	75	6	2	8	172
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	873	320	102	19	102	1,416

Grade: 12

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	737	225	87	11	155	1,215
Schools for the Blind	75	71	4	1	4	155
Rehabilitation	9	14	7	0	0	30
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	1	1
Totals	821	310	98	12	160	1,401

Academic Nongraded

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	568	142	164	262	1,072	2,208
Schools for the Blind	88	120	44	64	90	406
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	9	9
Totals	656	262	208	326	1,171	2,623

Postgraduate

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	11	3	2	8	4	28
Schools for the Blind	3	11	1	5	1	21
Rehabilitation	1	5	3	0	0	9
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	15	19	6	13	5	58

Vocational

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	37	7	5	4	15	68
Schools for the Blind	11	12	5	1	0	29
Rehabilitation	4	3	2	0	2	11
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	52	22	12	5	17	108

Adult Students

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	298	212	833	56	2,982	4,381
Schools for the Blind	37	40	22	1	58	158
Rehabilitation	632	509	769	17	35	1,962
Multihandicapped	79	18	147	17	1,278	1,539
Totals	1,046	779	1,771	91	4,353	8,040

Other Registrants

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	1,016	251	673	1,303	10,008	13,251
Schools for the Blind	127	175	193	134	651	1,280
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	28	6	34
Multihandicapped	2	1	8	10	107	128
Totals	1,145	427	874	1,475	10,772	14,693

Totals:

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	12,760	3,821	2,479	12,823	16,135	48,018
Schools for the Blind	905	1,000	309	1,748	876	4,838
Rehabilitation	647	531	781	255	44	2,258
Multihandicapped	82	19	155	45	1,399	1,700
Totals	14,394	5,371	3,724	14,871	18,454	56,814

Student Totals and Percentages by Program Type:

State DOE	48,018	85%
Schools for the Blind	4,838	9%
Rehabilitation	2,258	4%
Multihandicapped	1,700	3%

Student Totals and Percentages by Reading Medium:

Visual Readers	14,394	25%
Braille Readers	5,371	9%
Auditory Readers	3,724	7%
Prereaders	14,871	26%
Nonreaders	18,454	32%

Explanation of Reading Media:

• Visual Reader: primarily uses print
• Braille Reader: primarily uses Braille
• Auditory Reader: primarily uses a reader or auditory material
• Prereader: all infants and preschoolers; students working on or toward a readiness level; older students with reading potential
• Nonreader: student who does not fall in any of the above categories

These data collected and prepared by the Department of Educational and Advisory 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.

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