Distribution of Eligible Students Based on the Federal Quota Census of January 6, 1997 (Fiscal Year 1998)

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
Schools for the Blind	0	0	0	805	38	843
State DOE	4	0	0	3,536	40	3,580
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	5	0	5
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	215	0	215
Totals	4	0	0	4,561	78	4,643

Grade: Preschool

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	1	0	0	391	1	393
State DOE	29	15	0	5,100	45	5,189
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	18	1	19
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	17	0	17
Totals	30	15	0	5,526	47	5,618

Grade: Kindergarten

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	21	28	1	42	8	100
State DOE	345	135	16	921	222	1,639
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	366	163	17	963	230	1,739

Grade: 1

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	20	26	1	17	5	69
State DOE	604	236	22	561	187	1,610
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	624	262	23	578	192	1,679

Grade: 2

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	31	30	1	9	9	80
State DOE	743	234	46	311	156	1,490
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	774	264	47	320	165	1,570

Grade: 3

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	38	33	2	10	6	89
State DOE	820	270	43	227	133	1,493
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	858	303	45	237	139	1,582

Grade: 4

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	30	44	0	3	2	79
State DOE	930	234	45	144	117	1,470
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	960	278	45	147	119	1,549

Grade: 5

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	35	39	2	2	2	80
State DOE	926	239	52	90	154	1,461
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	1	1
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	961	278	54	92	157	1,542

Grade: 6

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	44	45	4	5	4	102
State DOE	950	242	60	62	158	1,472
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	1	1
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	2	2
Totals	994	287	64	67	164	1,576

Grade: 7

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	53	48	3	3	1	108
State DOE	969	235	88	50	114	1,456
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1022	283	91	53	115	1,564

Grade: 8

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	60	53	1	1	4	119
State DOE	930	231	74	33	118	1,386
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	990	284	75	34	122	1,505

Grade: 9

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	62	64	1	5	7	139
State DOE	932	213	81	16	80	1,322
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	994	277	82	21	87	1,461

Grade: 10

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	69	74	4	7	3	157
State DOE	875	226	76	29	90	1,296
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	944	300	80	36	93	1,453

Grade: 11

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	82	70	2	8	5	167
State DOE	809	206	64	20	48	1,147
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	891	276	66	28	53	1,314

Grade: 12

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	69	77	5	9	2	162
State DOE	663	181	80	15	69	1,008
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	1	1
Rehabilitation	8	14	7	0	0	29
Totals	740	272	92	24	72	1,200

Academic Nongraded

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	93	144	23	44	55	359
State DOE	620	163	181	317	1,131	2,412
Multihandicapped	2	0	0	3	8	13
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	715	307	204	364	1,194	2,784

Postgraduate

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	1	5	1	0	0	7
State DOE	13	1	0	1	2	17
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	15	24	14	0	0	53
Totals	29	30	15	1	2	77

Vocational

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	19	14	2	0	3	38
State DOE	30	6	6	1	9	52
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	49	20	8	1	12	90

Adult Students

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	35	27	29	4	46	141
State DOE	395	338	1,073	63	3,264	5,133
Multihandicapped	73	22	172	30	1,451	1,748
Rehabilitation	484	712	757	37	36	2,026
Totals	987	1,099	2,031	134	4,797	9,048

Other Registrants

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Schools for the Blind	159	181	178	185	653	1,356
State DOE	1,292	256	896	1,215	9,495	13,154
Multihandicapped	5	4	20	11	109	149
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	34	3	37
Totals	1,456	441	1,094	1,445	10,260	14,696

Totals:

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Residential Schools	922	1002	260	1,550	854	4,588
State DOE	12,879	3,661	2,903	12,712	15,632	47,787
Multihandicapped	80	26	192	67	1,573	1,938
Rehabilitation	507	750	778	303	39	2,377
Totals	14,388	5,439	4,133	14,632	18,098	56,690

Student Totals and Percentages by Program Type:

Residential Schools	4,558	8%
State DOE	47,787	84%
Multihandicapped	1,938	4%
Rehabilitation	2,377	4%

Student Totals and Percentages by Reading Medium:

Visual Readers	14,388	25%
Braille Readers	5,439	10%
Auditory Readers	4,133	7%
Prereaders	14,632	26%
Nonreaders	18,098	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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