Civic Report No. 42 July 2004

Table 2. Enrollment in Special Education: Public and Private Schools
	New York City		Rest of State		State Total
Year	#	% of enrollment	#	% of enrollment	#	% of enrollment
1982–83	94,736	7.8%	151,793	7.4%	246,529	7.5%
1983–84	104,239	8.5%	155,700	7.8%	259,939	8.0%
1984–85	107,885	11.6%	150,726	8.8%	258,611	9.8%
1985–86	106,363	8.7%	159,794	8.3%	266,157	8.5%
1986–87	104,483	8.6%	155,570	8.3%	260,053	8.4%
1987–88	103,342	8.5%	155,809	8.4%	259,151	8.4%
1988–89	104,985	8.8%	157,497	8.6%	262,482	8.7%
1989–90	106,034	11.6%	160,757	10.1%	266,791	10.6%
1990–91	107,944	9.0%	169,223	9.2%	277,167	9.1%
1991–92	111,331	9.2%	177,400	9.5%	288,731	9.4%
1992–93	108,183	8.8%	187,986	9.5%	296,169	9.5%
1993–94	110,003	8.8%	183,549	9.6%	293,552	9.3%
1994–95	118,003	11.7%	212,512	12.3%	330,513	12.1%
1995–96	124,209	9.6%	222,917	11.4%	347,126	10.7%
1996–97	137,009	10.4%	239,817	12.2%	376,826	11.5%
1997–98	141,856	10.7%	242,582	12.2%	384,432	11.6%
1998–99	147,674	11.1%	245,338	12.2%	393,012	11.8%
1999–2000	146,949	11.1%	247,920	12.3%	394,869	11.9%
2000–01	149,525	11.3%	250,961	12.4%	400,386	12.0%
2001–02	146,328	11.1%	252,041	12.6%	398,369	12.0%
Change
82–01	51,592		100,248		151,840
% Change	54.5%		66.0%		61.6%
Source: New York State Education Department

[figure 1] [figure 2] [figure 3] [figure 4] [figure 5] [table 1] [table 2]
[table 3] [table 4] [table 5] [table 6] [table 7] [table 8] [table 9]
[table 10] [table 11] [table 12]