Table 2
Among Children with Special Needs,* percentage of Children in Grades K through 3 Receiving Special Services through an Individualized Education Plan,  2003
Total	28.0
Gender
Male	32.4
Female	21.0
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	28.8
Non-Hispanic black	27.1
Hispanic	25.6
Asian or Pacific Islander	24.4
Other	29.8
Parental Education
Less than a high school degree	22.1
High school degree/equivalent	27.0
Some college/technical vocational degree	29.4
Bachelor's degree or more	28.9
Immigrant Status
Native born with native born parents	28.8
Native born with a foreign born parent	23.0
Foreign born	19.3
Primary Language Spoken in the Home
Both parents' main language is English	28.9
One parent's main language is not English	35.1
Neither parent's main language is English	13.1
Poverty level
Household income at or below poverty line	29.7
Household income above poverty line	27.5
WIC benefits
Received WIC benefits in the past 12 months	27.3
Did not receive WIC benefits in the past 12 months	28.1
TANF/AFDC benefits
Received TANF/AFDC benefits in the past 12 months	42.5
Did not receive TANF/AFDC benefits in the past 12 months	26.3
Medicaid Receipt
Received Medicaid in the past 12 months	34.1
Did not receive Medicaid in the past 12 months	25.7
Food Stamp Receipt
Received food stamps in the past 12 months	31.2
Did not receive food stamps in the past 12 months	27.3
Urbanicity
Urban, inside urbanized area	28.2
Urban, outside urbanized area	27.7
Rural	27.4
Region
Northeast	29.5
Midwest	31.7
South	25.5
West	26.5
Neighborhood Poverty (of those under 18)
Less than 5 percent	32.5
5 to 9 percent	27.6
10 to 19 percent	19.8
20 percent and more	23.5
Type of School
Public	29.4
Private	22.9
Church-related	12.9
Home schooled	28.8
Grade level
K through 1	28.6
2 through 3	27.5
*Special needs include those children whose were told the child had any of the following disabilities: a specific learning disability, mental retardation, a speech or language delay, a serious emotional disturbance, deafness or another hearing impairment, blindness or another visual impairment, another health impairment lasting 6 months or more, autism, attention deficit disorder (ADD or ADHD), or Pervasive Development Disorder.
Source: Child Trends' original analyses of National Household Education Survey data.