Distribution of Eligible Students Based on the Federal Quota Census of January 7, 2002 (Fiscal Year 2003)

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.

Infant Programs

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	0	0	0	3,828	0	3,828
Schools for the Blind	0	0	0	1,300	0	1,300
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	184	0	184
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	6	0	6
Totals	0	0	0	5,318	0	5,318

Preschool

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	0	0	0	5,212	0	5,212
Schools for the Blind	0	0	0	354	0	354
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	9	0	9
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	18	0	18
Totals	0	0	0	5,593	0	5,593

Kindergarten

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	345	136	15	1,157	202	1,855
Schools for the Blind	8	5	0	50	8	71
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	1	0	1
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	1	0	1
Totals	353	141	15	1,209	210	1,928

Grade 1

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	720	227	29	534	235	1,745
Schools for the Blind	17	24	4	28	2	75
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	737	251	33	562	237	1,820

Grade 2

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	852	247	28	284	191	1,602
Schools for the Blind	35	39	2	10	3	89
Rehabilitation	1	0	0	0	0	1
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	888	286	30	294	194	1,692

Grade 3

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	953	296	38	181	163	1,631
Schools for the Blind	31	24	1	5	4	65
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	984	320	39	186	167	1,696

Grade 4

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	991	286	51	145	205	1,678
Schools for the Blind	29	43	2	5	6	85
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1,020	329	53	150	211	1,763

Grade 5

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	1,018	278	50	93	204	1,643
Schools for the Blind	35	47	3	4	0	89
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	1	0	1
Totals	1,053	325	53	98	204	1,733

Grade 6

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	1,000	287	70	69	179	1,605
Schools for the Blind	47	46	1	3	1	98
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	2	2
Totals	1,047	333	71	72	182	1,705

Grade 7

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	983	278	62	60	171	1,154
Schools for the Blind	44	55	2	4	0	105
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1,027	333	64	64	171	1,659

Grade 8

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	899	253	63	29	190	1,434
Schools for the Blind	60	73	8	1	3	145
Rehabilitation	2	0	0	0	0	2
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	961	326	71	30	193	1,581

Grade 9

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	996	248	54	37	156	1,491
Schools for the Blind	95	77	9	0	3	184
Rehabilitation	0	1	0	0	0	1
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1,091	326	63	37	159	1,676

Grade 10

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	936	240	66	25	137	1,404
Schools for the Blind	85	95	8	2	5	195
Rehabilitation	1	1	0	0	0	2
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1,022	336	74	27	142	1,601

Grade 11

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	844	260	66	16	149	1,335
Schools for the Blind	84	78	14	0	4	180
Rehabilitation	2	0	0	0	0	2
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	930	338	80	16	153	1,517

Grade 12

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	837	229	72	14	243	1,395
Schools for the Blind	94	75	11	1	8	189
Rehabilitation	7	6	1	0	0	14
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	2	2
Totals	938	310	84	15	253	1,600

Academic Nongraded

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	498	128	162	319	1,200	2,307
Schools for the Blind	83	134	52	60	96	425
Rehabilitation	0	2	0	0	0	2
Multihandicapped	0	0	1	1	6	8
Totals	581	264	215	380	1,302	2,742

Postgraduate

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	11	4	2	8	15	40
Schools for the Blind	5	11	0	0	0	16
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	16	15	2	8	15	56

Vocational

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	32	9	3	1	14	59
Schools for the Blind	13	12	3	0	0	28
Rehabilitation	5	0	2	0	0	7
Multihandicapped	0	1	0	0	0	1
Totals	50	22	8	1	14	95

Adult Students

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	373	244	849	51	2,846	4,363
Schools for the Blind	46	44	32	2	67	191
Rehabilitation	544	393	529	6	71	1,543
Multihandicapped	53	16	118	15	1,272	1,474
Totals	1,016	697	1,528	74	4,256	7,571

Other Registrants

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	838	231	575	1,245	9,566	12,455
Schools for the Blind	116	147	151	152	625	1,191
Rehabilitation	2	0	1	0	31	34
Multihandicapped	3	2	7	8	102	122
Totals	959	380	734	1,405	10,324	13,802

Totals

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	13,126	3,881	2,255	13,308	16,066	48,636
Schools for the Blind	927	1,029	303	1,981	835	5,075
Rehabilitation	564	403	533	200	102	1,802
Multihandicapped	56	19	126	50	1,384	1,635

Student Totals and Percentages by Program Type:

State DOE	48,636	85%
Schools for the Blind	5,075	9%
Rehabilitation	1,802	3%
Multihandicapped	1,635	3%

Student Totals and Percentages by Reading Medium:

Visual Readers	14,673	26%
Braille Readers	5,332	9%
Auditory Readers	3,217	6%
Prereaders	15,539	27%
Nonreaders	18,387	32%

Student Readers by Reading Medium:

Visual	63%
Braille	23%
Auditory	14%

Total Number of Students	57,148

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