A Closer Look: Students with Disabilities (SD)

 In 2009, graduates who did not complete at least a standard curriculum, 45 percent of students with disabilities and 38 percent of students without disabilities lacked only the science requirements needed to attain a standard curriculum.

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Percentage distribution of graduates who did not attain a standard curriculum, by missing requirement and student disability status: 2009

Student disability status	Why the graduate did not attain a standard curriculum
	Science only			Mathematics only			English only			Social studies only			More than one
	Percentage of graduates		Standard error	Percentage of graduates		Standard error	Percentage of graduates		Standard error	Percentage of graduates		Standard error	Percentage of graduates		Standard error
Students with disabilities	45.2	*	(2.00)	5.3	*	(0.72)	10.3	*	(1.76)	2.7	*	(0.40)	36.6	*	(2.07)
Students without disabilities	38.3		(1.84)	8.3		(0.56)	24.9		(2.02)	5.0		(0.72)	23.4		(1.08)

 

* Significantly different (p<.05) from students without disabilities.

NOTE: Details may not sum to total because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), 2009.