Virginia Child Count, 2023
Description:
Children with IEPs, Ages 2-5
- In 2015, 12,111 children
- In 2016, 12,515 children
- In 2017, 13,035 children
- In 2018, 13,497 children
- In 2019, 13,799 children
- In 2020 (Covid-19), 11,021 children (2020 total decreased of 2,778, 20%)
- In 2021, 11,535 children (2021 total decrease of 2,264 from 2019, 16%)*Prior years were increasing by 3%
- In 2022, 13,389 children (16% increase from 2021)
- In 2023, 14,494 children (8% increase from 2022)
Children with IEPs, by Age
- Ages 0-2: 914 children with IEPs
- Age 3: 4,530 children with IEPs
- Age 4: 7,334 children with IEPs
- Age 5: 1,716 children with IEPs
- TOTAL PRESCHOOL: 14,494 children with IEPs
2-5 Year Olds (TOTAL: 14,494)
- Developmental Delay: 8,504 (+6%)
- Speech Language Impairment: 3,457 (+8%)
- Autism: 2,128 (+17%)
- Other Health Impairments: 203 (+10%)
- Hearing Impairments: 77
- Visual Impairment: 30
- Multiple Disabilities: 42
- Orthopedic Impairment: 33
- Traumatic Brain Injured: 10
- Intellectual Disability: 6
- Deaf-Blindness: 2
- Specific Learning Disability: 1
- Emotional Disturbance: 1
This is preliminary data and will be reviewed and confirmed by the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) and Office of Special Education Programs.
Please see attached document for tables depicting the data above.