Special Education Enrolment by Exceptionality

Data includes:

• Academic year
• Areas of exceptionality
• Elementary special education enrolment
• Secondary special education enrolment
• Total special education enrolment Source: as reported by school boards in the Ontario School Information System (OnSIS), October submission. The following school types are included:
• public
• catholic Data excludes private schools, school authorities, provincial/demonstration schools, Education and Community Partnership Program (ECPP) facilities, summer, night and adult continuing education day schools To protect student privacy, numbers are suppressed in categories with less than 10 students and enrolment totals have been rounded to the nearest five. Special education data on the identification of exceptionality and placement can vary by board, as boards may provide special education programs and services to students even if the students have not been identified as exceptional pupils by an Identification, Placement and Review Committee (IPRC). Non-identified category refers to students receiving special education programs and services who are not identified as exceptional pupils by an IPRC. **File format** Please note the data files are provided in machine-readable format as they are intended for software ingestion and not screen readers or manual review. Accessibility formatting is not applied as it may interfere with the file’s intended machine-readability. If you require an accessible format or communication supports, please contact the Ministry of Education.