Distribution of Eligible Students Based on the Federal Quota Census of January 2, 1996 (Fiscal Year 1997)

Appropriate Use of Federal Quota Census Data

Grade: Infant Programs

Grade: Preschool

Grade: 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:

Student Totals and Percentages by Program Type:

Student Totals and Percentages by Reading Medium:

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 the Multihandicapped, and Rehabilitation Programs. The students are listed by grade and reading media.

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	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	0	1	1	681	69	752
State DOE	11	28	15	3,336	82	3,472
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	5	0	5
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	207	10	217
Totals	11	29	16	4,229	161	4,446

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	4	6	4	382	22	418
State DOE	36	33	17	5,034	139	5,259
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	16	0	16
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	20	0	20
Totals	40	39	21	5,452	161	5,713

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	12	22	1	45	6	86
State DOE	328	136	11	945	185	1,605
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	1	0	1
Totals	340	158	12	991	191	1,692

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	22	31	2	19	10	84
State DOE	628	202	33	515	179	1,557
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	650	233	35	534	189	1,641

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	20	35	3	22	6	86
State DOE	746	249	34	271	131	1,431
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	766	284	37	293	137	1,517

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	33	33	1	9	3	79
State DOE	838	256	48	179	116	1,437
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	1	0	1
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	871	289	49	189	119	1,517

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	22	38	3	5	5	73
State DOE	957	225	38	107	127	1,454
Multihandicapped	1	0	0	0	0	1
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	980	263	41	112	132	1,528

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	50	47	2	4	2	105
State DOE	947	225	56	69	129	1,426
Multihandicapped	1	0	0	0	1	2
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	998	272	58	73	132	1,533

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	42	37	3	7	1	90
State DOE	981	247	74	49	137	1,488
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	2	2
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1,023	284	77	56	140	1,580

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	57	61	0	0	3	121
State DOE	991	255	65	32	94	1,437
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1,048	316	65	32	97	1,558

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	50	53	1	8	4	116
State DOE	926	215	56	24	77	1,298
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	976	268	57	32	81	1,414

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	79	77	2	8	4	170
State DOE	889	215	83	19	87	1,293
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	968	292	85	27	91	1,463

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	85	67	1	6	7	166
State DOE	850	193	73	25	54	1,195
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	935	260	74	31	61	1,361

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	87	63	5	9	2	166
State DOE	735	194	62	13	43	1,047
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	822	257	67	22	45	1,213

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	89	70	4	7	8	178
State DOE	651	160	62	9	63	945
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	1	1
Rehabilitation	1	13	28	0	0	42
Totals	741	243	94	16	72	1,166

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	87	159	31	54	66	397
State DOE	609	159	146	286	928	2,128
Multihandicapped	2	0	0	1	3	6
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	698	318	177	341	997	2,531

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	35	37	29	4	40	145
State DOE	467	320	1,007	75	3,420	5,289
Multihandicapped	77	20	186	30	1,388	1,701
Rehabilitation	343	761	1,068	43	37	2,252
Totals	922	1,138	2,290	152	4,885	9,387

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	154	173	118	236	618	1,299
State DOE	1,332	288	991	1,136	9,604	13,351
Multihandicapped	5	2	19	14	116	156
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	37	2	39
Totals	1,491	463	1,128	1,423	10,340	14,845

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Residential Schools	948	1027	214	1,507	879	4,575
State DOE	12,963	3,608	2,881	12,128	15,608	47,188
Multihandicapped	86	22	205	67	1,511	1,891
Rehabilitation	344	792	1,128	308	49	2,621
Totals	14,341	5,449	4,428	14,010	18,047	56,275

Residential Schools	4,575	8%
State DOE	47,188	84%
Multihandicapped	1,891	3%
Rehabilitation	2,621	5%

Visual Readers	14,341	25%
Braille Readers	5,449	10%
Auditory Readers	4,428	8%
Prereaders	14,010	25%
Nonreaders	18,047	32%

Visual Readers

Braille Readers

Auditory Readers

Prereaders

Nonreaders

Totals

Schools for the Blind

Multihandicapped

Rehabilitation

Totals

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.