Distribution of Eligible Students Based on the Federal Quota Census of January 5, 1998 (Fiscal Year 1999)

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
Residential Schools	0	0	0	874	0	874
State DOE	1	0	0	3,728	5	3,734
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	6	0	6
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	215	0	215
Totals	1	0	0	4,823	5	4,829

Grade: Preschool

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Residential Schools	1	1	0	403	0	405
State DOE	21	18	1	5,111	28	5,179
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	17	0	17
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	16	0	16
Totals	22	19	1	5,547	28	5,617

Grade: Kindergarten

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Residential Schools	25	24	2	50	3	104
State DOE	334	153	6	908	229	1,630
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	359	177	8	958	232	1,734

Grade: 1

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Residential Schools	29	26	1	24	3	83
State DOE	677	209	32	589	227	1,734
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	706	235	33	613	230	1,817

Grade: 2

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Residential Schools	18	25	0	9	4	56
State DOE	787	272	36	344	162	1,601
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	805	297	36	353	166	1,657

Grade: 3

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Residential Schools	34	35	0	12	7	88
State DOE	853	243	42	201	150	1,489
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	887	278	42	213	157	1,577

Grade: 4

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Residential Schools	26	41	2	4	3	76
State DOE	869	275	51	164	141	1,500
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	895	316	53	168	144	1,576

Grade: 5

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Residential Schools	34	43	0	5	1	83
State DOE	912	231	55	97	142	1,437
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	1	1
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	946	274	55	102	144	1,521

Grade: 6

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Residential Schools	44	44	1	2	4	95
State DOE	908	243	51	65	151	1,418
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	2	2
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	952	287	52	67	157	1,515

Grade: 7

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Residential Schools	59	49	3	5	8	124
State DOE	929	256	65	47	146	1,443
Multihandicapped	1	0	0	0	0	1
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	989	305	68	52	154	1,568

Grade: 8

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Residential Schools	58	44	3	1	3	109
State DOE	941	243	89	37	144	1,454
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	999	287	92	38	147	1,563

Grade: 9

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Residential Schools	74	72	0	2	4	152
State DOE	957	256	88	26	128	1,455
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1,031	328	88	28	132	1,607

Grade: 10

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Residential Schools	82	64	2	5	5	158
State DOE	874	221	76	26	91	1,288
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	1	1
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	956	285	78	31	97	1,447

Grade: 11

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Residential Schools	74	70	4	4	3	155
State DOE	837	217	81	14	92	1,241
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	911	287	85	18	95	1,396

Grade: 12

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Residential Schools	70	68	2	7	2	149
State DOE	744	203	67	17	86	1,117
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	1	1
Rehabilitation	11	18	13	0	0	42
Totals	825	289	82	24	89	1,309

Academic Nongraded:

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Residential Schools	82	128	30	56	61	357
State DOE	627	160	174	309	1,156	2,426
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	1	12	13
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	709	288	204	366	1,229	2,796

Postgraduate:

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Residential Schools	2	6	0	0	0	8
State DOE	15	2	1	0	10	28
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	13	23	28	0	0	64
Totals	30	31	29	0	10	100

Vocational:

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Residential Schools	9	10	2	0	4	25
State DOE	35	3	3	0	15	56
Multihandicapped	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	44	13	5	0	19	81

Adult Students:

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Residential Schools	24	33	33	3	56	149
State DOE	449	358	936	73	3,167	4,983
Multihandicapped	79	19	183	35	1,393	1,709
Rehabilitation	583	623	900	37	59	2,202
Totals	1,135	1,033	2,052	148	4,675	9,043

Other Registrants:

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Residential Schools	143	171	168	171	655	1,308
State DOE	1,115	261	810	1,165	9,835	13,186
Multihandicapped	0	0	10	8	125	143
Rehabilitation	1	0	0	31	3	35
Totals	1,259	432	988	1,375	10,618	14,672

Totals:

	Visual Readers	Braille Readers	Auditory Readers	Prereaders	Nonreaders	Totals
Residential Schools	888	954	253	1,637	826	4,558
State DOE	12,885	3,824	2,664	12,921	16,105	48,399
Multihandicapped	80	19	193	67	1,535	1,894
Rehabilitation	608	664	941	299	62	2,574
Totals	14,461	5,461	4,051	14,924	18,528	57,425

Student Totals and Percentages by Program Type:

Residential Schools	4,558	8%
State DOE	48,399	84%
Multihandicapped	1,894	3%
Rehabilitation	2,574	5%

Student Totals and Percentages by Reading Medium:

Visual Readers	14,461	25%
Braille Readers	5,461	10%
Auditory Readers	4,051	7%
Prereaders	14,924	26%
Nonreaders	18,528	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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