1. Anne Arundel County Public School District Profile October, 2013
By: Melanie Page

2. Total Number of Students Enrolled with Disabilities (Ages 3-21)
Total = 7,932 students (10.1 % of total population)
Intellectual Disability = 344 students
Hearing Impaired = 26 students
Deaf= 13 students
Speech/Language= 1,558 students
Visually Impaired= 15 students
Emotional Disability= 459 students
Orthopedically Impaired= 11 students

3. Total Number of Students Enrolled with Disabilities (Ages 3-21)
Other Health Impaired= 1,093 students
Specific Learning Disabilities= 1,938 students
Multiple Disabilities= 934 students
Autism= 881 students
Traumatic Brain Injury= 576 students
Development Delay= 576 students
Developmental Delay- Extended IFSP= 63 students

4. Disabilities by Gender
Total = 7,869 students
Male = 5,416 students
Female = 2,453 students

5. Disabilities by Race American Indian or Alaska Native= 24 students
Asian= 144 students
Black or African American= 2,134 students
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander= 20 students
White= 4,448 students
Hispanic or Latino= 710 students
Two or More Races= 389 students

6. Students with Disabilities by Least Restrictive Environment Ages 6-21
Grand Total = 6,659 students
Inside Regular Education Classroom 80% or
More = 4,461 students
Inside Regular Education Classroom 79-40% = 617 students
Inside Regular Classroom <40% = 695 students
Home = 4 students
Hospital = 0 students

7. Students with Disabilities by Least Restrictive Environment Ages 6-21
CONTINUED…
Public (Day) = 91 students
Private (Day)= 322 students
Correctional Facilities = 0 students
Parentally Placed= 59 students

8. Number of Students Suspended
Total Number of Students Suspended= 4,061 students
Total number of Students with Disabilities Suspended= 1,634 students
Total number suspended for more than 10 days= 11 students

9. Anne Arundel County Strengths
Compared to other school districts in Maryland, Anne Arundel County Public Schools are strong in having a lower suspension rate than 16 other counties in Maryland.
Another strength is the graduation rate, 41.3% of student graduate with a diploma and 8.6% graduate with a certificate.

10. Anne Arundel County Weaknesses
A weakness for Anne Arundel County Public Schools is that 13.7 % of students with disabilities end up dropping out of school.

11. Recommendations
My biggest recommendation for Anne Arundel County Schools is to decrease the drop out rate for students in special education. There are more programs that could be implemented to make sure students are finishing and gradating high school.
Students need to complete with a diploma or a certificate. There should be a higher rate of students graduating and a lower rate of drop out students.
Schools should include more certificate-career based programs, this will give the students another outlet other than an diploma or college.

12. Recommendations Continued
Schools should include real life scenarios into the classes that are being taught to special education. They need to be aware of the students needs in the classroom and make sure they are being met at all times.
All the high schools in Anne Arundel County need to improve their drop out rates for students with disabilities.

13. Resources Maryland Department of Education Maryland Public Schools
Maryland Public Schools
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