Virginia Child Count, 2022
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)
Children with IEPs, by Age
- Ages 0-2: 917 children with IEPs
- Age 3: 4,598 children with IEPs
- Age 4: 6,409 children with IEPs
- Age 5: 1,465 children with IEPs
- TOTAL PRESCHOOL: 13,389 children with IEPs
2-5 Year Olds (TOTAL: 13,389)
- Developmental Delay: 7, 993 (+24%)
- Speech Language Impairment: 3,194 (+46%)
- Autism: 1,812 (+38%)
- Other Health Impairments: 184
- Hearing Impairments: 80
- Visual Impairment: 26
- Multiple Disabilities: 37
- Orthopedic Impairment: 40
- Traumatic Brain Injured: Number too low to report
- 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.