Virginia Child Count, 2021
Description:
Children with IEPs, Ages 2-5 (5 year olds in Kindergarten Removed)
- 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%
Children with IEPs, by Age:
- Ages 0-2: 940 children with IEPs
- Age 3: 3,722 children with IEPs
- Age 4: 5,497 children with IEPs
- Age 5: 1,376 children with IEPs
- TOTAL PRESCHOOL: 11,535 children with IEPs
2-5 Year Olds (TOTAL: 11,535)
- Developmental Delay: 6,989
- Speech Language Impairment: 2,847
- Autism: 1,312
- Other Health Impairments: 171
- Hearing Impairments: 92
- Visual Impairment: 18
- Multiple Disabilities: 48
- Orthopedic Impairment: 36
- Traumatic Brain Injured: 11
- Intellectual Disability: Number too low to report
- Deaf-Blindness: Number too low to report
- Specific Learning Disability: Number too low to report
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.