Issue Tracker
Special Education
National and state-by-state trends in IDEA child counts (all disabilities), autism identification, and students with disabilities as a share of total enrollment — from state-reported IDEA Section 618 data, school years 2018–19 through 2024–25 — alongside the special education, enrollment, and deficit stories in the K-12 tracker. The underlying data files are available in your team’s asset room.
State map
National change by disability category · SY 2018–19 → 2024–25click to collapse
IDEA Section 618 child count, ages 5–21 (school age), 50 states + DC. The full data set is available in your team’s asset room.
Special education, enrollment & deficit stories