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Secondary School Experiences and Academic Performance of Students With Mental Retardation
NCSER 2009-3020
July 2009

Table 1.  Types and grade levels of schools attended by students with mental retardation, overall and by parent-reported levels of cognitive functioning


  Overall High Moderate Low
Percentage who attended a:        
Regular school serving general population 94 96 96 84
Special School serving only students with disabilities 4 1 2 15
Charter, magnet, alternative hospital, or homeschooling 2 3 2 1
Percentage who attended school with grade level:        
Ungraded 7 3 7 13
Middle or junior high school 16 16 14 19
High school 76 81 79 68
NOTE: Percentages are population estimates based on weighted samples that range from approximately 90 to 550 across variables.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Special Education Research, National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2), Wave 1 student's school program survey, 2002.