Distribution of Eligible Students Based on the Federal Quota Census of January 2, 2001 (Fiscal Year 2002)

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	0	0	3,836	0	3,836
Schools for the Blind	0	0	0	1,129	0	1,129
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	144	0	144
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	6	0	6
Totals	0	0	0	5,115	0	5,115

Grade: Preschool

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	0	0	0	4,840	0	4,840
Schools for the Blind	0	0	0	456	0	456
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	18	0	18
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	13	0	13
Totals	0	0	0	5,327	0	5,327

Grade: Kindergarten

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	402	161	9	1060	232	1,864
Schools for the Blind	11	13	0	50	10	84
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	413	174	9	1,110	242	1,948

Grade: 1

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	794	243	27	478	215	1,757
Schools for the Blind	28	24	2	20	5	79
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	822	267	29	498	220	1,836

Grade: 2

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	871	291	24	301	178	1,665
Schools for the Blind	32	28	1	13	2	76
Rehabilitation	1	0	0	0	0	1
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	904	319	25	314	180	1,742

Grade: 3

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	939	317	29	199	185	1,669
Schools for the Blind	31	44	0	8	3	86
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	970	361	29	207	188	1,755

Grade: 4

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	1,010	276	46	115	185	1,632
Schools for the Blind	32	36	2	6	0	76
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	1	0	0	0	1
Totals	1042	313	48	121	185	1,709

Grade: 5

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	1,004	283	53	94	193	1,627
Schools for the Blind	33	31	1	7	1	73
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	1	1	2
Totals	1,037	314	54	102	195	1,702

Grade: 6

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	966	258	56	75	172	1,527
Schools for the Blind	43	54	1	5	1	104
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	2	2
Totals	1,009	312	57	80	175	1,633

Grade: 7

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	944	277	49	54	161	1,485
Schools for the Blind	57	66	5	4	1	133
Rehabilitation	1	0	0	0	0	1
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1,002	343	54	58	162	1,619

Grade: 8

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	923	239	45	37	180	1,424
Schools for the Blind	60	58	4	3	4	129
Rehabilitation	3	0	0	0	0	3
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	986	297	49	40	184	1,556

Grade: 9

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	978	243	56	27	159	1,463
Schools for the Blind	82	94	3	1	6	186
Rehabilitation	0	1	0	0	0	1
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1,060	338	59	28	165	1,650

Grade: 10

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	900	270	57	29	154	1,410
Schools for the Blind	92	64	12	1	6	175
Rehabilitation	2	0	0	0	0	2
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	994	334	69	30	160	1,587

Grade: 11

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	848	251	72	13	148	1,332
Schools for the Blind	89	67	5	2	9	172
Rehabilitation	1	0	0	0	0	1
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	938	318	77	15	157	1,505

Grade: 12

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	765	239	73	12	199	1,288
Schools for the Blind	74	64	11	2	7	158
Rehabilitation	6	11	3	0	0	20
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	1	1
Totals	845	314	87	14	207	1,467

Academic Nongraded

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	521	142	182	311	1,184	2,340
Schools for the Blind	91	120	47	61	106	425
Rehabilitation	0	1	1	0	0	2
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	9	9
Totals	612	263	230	372	1,299	2,776

Postgraduate

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	14	9	0	2	9	34
Schools for the Blind	2	13	1	7	0	23
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	16	22	1	9	9	57

Vocational

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	30	5	6	1	10	52
Schools for the Blind	18	15	2	1	0	36
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	48	20	8	2	10	88

Adult Students

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	338	243	814	52	2,857	4,304
Schools for the Blind	40	31	29	2	65	167
Rehabilitation	582	439	572	7	65	1,665
Multihandicapped	78	23	137	17	1,312	1,567
Totals	1,038	736	1,552	78	4,299	7,703

Other Registrants

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	911	255	553	1,262	9,569	12,550
Schools for the Blind	104	150	173	143	646	1,216
Rehabilitation	1	0	1	0	28	30
Multihandicapped	3	1	9	10	105	128
Totals	1,019	406	736	1,415	10,348	13,924

Totals:

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
State DOE	13,158	4,002	2,151	12,798	15,990	48,099
Schools for the Blind	919	972	299	1,921	872	4,983
Rehabilitation	597	452	577	169	93	1,888
Multihandicapped	81	25	146	47	1,430	1,729
Totals	14,755	5,451	3,173	14,935	18,385	56,699

Student Totals and Percentages by Program Type:

State DOE	48,099	85%
Schools for the Blind	4,983	9%
Rehabilitation	1,888	3%
Multihandicapped	1,729	3%

Student Totals and Percentages by Reading Medium:

Visual Readers	14,755	26%
Braille Readers	5,451	10%
Auditory Readers	3,173	6%
Prereaders	14,935	26%
Nonreaders	18,385	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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