Percentages of Students with Disabilities Earning
High School Diplomas by Need/Resource* Capacity of School Districts 2000-01
and 2001-02
*Need is defined by a
weighted average of the 1991 kindergarten through grade 6 percent free/reduced price lunch
percentage and the 1990 Census poverty percentage. Resources are
defined as the ratio of district wealth per pupil to State average wealth per pupil. ** Big
4: Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester, Yonkers.
Students with disabilities in wealthy districts
(low need/relative to resources) earn high school diplomas (Regents, Local and
High School Equivalency diplomas) at a significantly higher rate
than students in districts with higher need/relative to resources.
