Fact · Accessibility and health
32percent of students served under IDEA
Specific learning disabilities were the most common disability category among US students served under IDEA in 2022-23, at 32 percent.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Among students receiving special education and/or related services, the most common category of disability was specific learning disabilities (32 percent).”
Students With Disabilities (Condition of Education indicator), National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), US Department of Education, 2024, Introduction.
Open the original- What it measures
- IDEA's definition of a specific learning disability includes conditions such as dyslexia. The figure is the share of the 7.5 million students aged 3 to 21 served under IDEA in school year 2022-23.
- What it does not show
- The quote does not name dyslexia or dysgraphia. Many students with dyslexia have only a Section 504 plan or no plan, and are not in this count.