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Special Education Data

Reports and data about students with disabilities, including enrollment by program setting data disaggregated by race/ethnicity, disability category, age range, grade span, gender, and English learner status.

Data Reports

  • Special Education Enrollment by Program Setting
    The latest statewide DataQuest report for Special Education Enrollment by Program Setting data, including Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), disaggregated by race/ethnicity, disability category, age range, grade span, gender, and English learner status. This report includes a report description, a report glossary, and several report options and filters. Reports are also available at the county-level (county of attendance), Reporting District (district of attendance), District of Special Education Accountability (DSEA), and school-level (school of attendance) from within the expandable (+) "Report Options and Filters" section.

  • Special Education Enrollment by Program Setting (With County Data)
    The latest statewide DataQuest report for Special Education Enrollment by Program Setting (with County Data), including Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), disaggregated by county of enrollment. The report includes a report description, a report glossary, and several report options and filters. Reports are also available at the county-level (county of attendance) disaggregated by Reporting District (district of attendance), and by the Reporting District disaggregated by the school of attendance from within the expandable (+) "Report Options and Filters" section. The DSEA reports do not drill down to the school-level (school of attendance) or roll up to the county-level (county of attendance). As the district responsible for ensuring that special education services are provided for a student, DSEAs are sometimes different than the Reporting District (district of attendance) and therefore have no consistent organizational relationship with the school or county of attendance where the student is enrolled.

Downloadable Date Files

  • Special Education Downloadable Data Files
    These downloadable data files include data at the state, county, Reporting District, District of Special Education Accountability (DSEA), and school of attendance levels about Special Education Enrollment by Program Setting, including Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), disaggregated by race/ethnicity, disability category, age range, grade span, gender, and English learner status. Information about the data elements included in these files and how the data are structured is included in the Special Education Downloadable File Structure web page.

Resources

  • Special Education
    Information and resources to serve the unique needs of persons with disabilities so that each person will meet or exceed high standards of achievement in academic and nonacademic skills.

  • Information about the Special Education Enrollment Reports
    Overview of the Special Education Enrollment data, including data sources, DataQuest reports, downloadable files, definitions, and other information helpful to understanding the data, reports, and downloadable files.

Contacts for Questions

Questions: Data Reporting Office | dro@cde.ca.gov | 916-327-0219 
Last Reviewed: Tuesday, January 30, 2024
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