Distribution of Eligible Students Based on the Federal Quota Census of January 5, 2004 (Fiscal Year 2005)

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	12	17	5	3,686	241	3,961
Schools for the Blind	1	3	1	1,177	106	1,288
Rehabilitation	0	2	0	123	2	127
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	11	14	25
Totals	13	22	6	4,997	363	5,401

Preschool

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	112	75	65	4,602	400	5,254
Schools for the Blind	3	7	8	307	76	401
Rehabilitation	1	1	0	13	0	15
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	12	9	21
Totals	116	83	73	4,934	435	5,691

Kindergarten

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	409	148	31	985	280	1,853
Schools for the Blind	23	15	5	41	24	108
Rehabilitation	2	1	1	2	0	6
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	1	3	4
Totals	434	164	37	1,029	307	1,971

Grade 1

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	658	224	43	572	250	1,747
Schools for the Blind	19	12	5	24	5	65
Rehabilitation	1	0	0	0	0	1
Multihandicapped	0	0	1	0	1	2
Totals	678	236	49	596	256	1,815

Grade 2

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	727	251	56	353	247	1,634
Schools for the Blind	25	25	2	9	3	64
Rehabilitation	2	1	0	0	0	3
Multihandicapped	0	0	1	1	0	2
Totals	754	277	59	363	250	1,703

Grade 3

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	846	255	58	201	226	1,586
Schools for the Blind	28	31	5	10	6	80
Rehabilitation	3	0	0	0	0	3
Multihandicapped	1	0	1	0	0	2
Totals	878	286	64	211	232	1,671

Grade 4

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	911	255	56	144	187	1,553
Schools for the Blind	41	43	2	7	7	100
Rehabilitation	2	0	0	0	0	2
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	954	298	58	151	194	1,655

Grade 5

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	971	283	46	129	230	1,659
Schools for the Blind	53	44	8	3	7	115
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1,024	327	54	132	237	1,774

Grade 6

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	994	269	76	76	248	1,663
Schools for the Blind	47	64	5	5	7	128
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	1	0	0	1
Totals	1,041	333	82	81	255	1,792

Grade 7

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	956	274	90	65	217	1,602
Schools for the Blind	72	67	8	3	7	157
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1,028	341	98	68	224	1,759

Grade 8

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	947	283	74	51	202	1,557
Schools for the Blind	62	64	5	7	10	148
Rehabilitation	1	0	0	0	0	1
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1,010	347	79	58	212	1,706

Grade 9

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	912	278	88	40	176	1,494
Schools for the Blind	60	86	12	3	9	170
Rehabilitation	1	0	1	0	0	2
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	973	364	101	43	185	1,666

Grade 10

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	916	287	72	36	182	1,493
Schools for the Blind	83	92	10	0	6	191
Rehabilitation	1	0	1	0	0	2
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1,000	379	83	36	188	1,686

Grade 11

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	839	240	75	23	172	1,349
Schools for the Blind	94	79	9	0	14	196
Rehabilitation	1	0	1	0	0	2
Multihandicapped	0	0	1	0	0	1
Totals	934	319	86	23	186	1,548

Grade 12

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	874	230	99	16	269	1,488
Schools for the Blind	90	113	16	4	25	248
Rehabilitation	2	0	3	0	0	5
Multihandicapped	0	0	2	0	1	3
Totals	966	343	120	20	295	1,744

Academic Nongraded

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	423	98	138	270	1,014	1,943
Schools for the Blind	58	98	57	70	68	351
Rehabilitation	0	2	1	0	2	5
Multihandicapped	1	0	0	0	9	10
Totals	482	198	196	340	1,093	2,309

Postgraduate

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	19	8	4	30	21	82
Schools for the Blind	7	10	1	1	4	23
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	26	18	5	31	25	105

Vocational

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	30	6	13	1	10	60
Schools for the Blind	11	9	3	2	2	27
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	41	15	16	3	12	87

Adult Students

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	372	217	693	46	2,721	4,049
Schools for the Blind	31	40	20	1	80	172
Rehabilitation	932	470	806	0	154	2,362
Multihandicapped	30	14	56	11	1,235	1,346
Totals	1,365	741	1,575	58	4,190	7,929

Other Registrants

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	799	200	470	1,283	9,192	11,944
Schools for the Blind	107	129	117	115	615	1,083
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	26	26
Multihandicapped	3	2	14	7	108	134
Totals	909	331	601	1,405	9,941	13,187

Totals

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Pre-readers	Non-readers	Totals
State DOE	12,727	3,898	2,252	12,609	16,485	47,971
Schools for the Blind	915	1,031	299	1,789	1,081	5,115
Rehabilitation	949	477	814	138	184	2,562
Multihandicapped	35	16	77	43	1,380	1,551
Reading Media Totals	14,626	5,422	3,442	14,579	19,130	57,199

Student Totals and Percentages by Program Type:

State DOE	47,971	84%
Schools for the Blind	5,115	9%
Rehabilitation	2,562	4%
Multihandicapped	1,551	3%

Student Totals and Percentages by Reading Medium:

Visual Readers	14,626	26%
Braille Readers	5,422	9%
Auditory Readers	3,442	6%
Prereaders	14,579	25%
Nonreaders	19,130	33%

Student Readers by Reading Medium:

Visual	62%
Braille	23%
Auditory	15%

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