Fewer than one-quarter of students with disabilities in NYC graduated with a Regents or local diploma after 5 years; statewide almost 50 percent did. Many received an IEP diploma.
Need/ Resource Category |
Cohort Enroll-ment |
Regents/Local Diploma |
IEP diploma |
Still enrolled |
Transfer to GED |
Dropout |
New York City |
5,618 |
22.7% |
27.1% |
13.6% |
5.4% |
31.2% |
Rest of State |
18,165 |
56.0% |
15.6% |
5.3% |
6.7% |
16.4% |
Total Public |
23,783 |
48.1% |
18.3% |
7.3% |
6.4% |
19.9% |
The Percentage of Students with Disabilities in the 2000 Cohort by Outcomes as of June 30, 2005 after 5 years