Worldwide Special Educational Need Statistics :: texthelp

Worldwide Special Educational Need Statistics

texthelp: 1.19.2016

In the United States . . .

5.7 million students (8.4%) have special educational needs (under an IDEA)

2.3 million of these (almost 40%) have specific learning disability

Almost 40% of students with disabilities don’t graduate

In the United Kingdom…

Over 15% (1.3million, or average 3 children per classroom) of pupils in England have SEN (identified): 649,605 of these are in primary school, 454,140 are in secondary school

Almost 24% of these pupils have a moderate LD (as their primary need)

About 60% of SEN children are educated in mainstream school