{"id":26926,"date":"2026-04-06T15:50:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/?p=26926"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:58:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:58:32","slug":"school-district-of-philadelphia-special-education-landscape-2024-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/2026\/04\/06\/school-district-of-philadelphia-special-education-landscape-2024-25\/","title":{"rendered":"School District of Philadelphia Special Education Landscape, 2024-25"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]This report provides a descriptive summary of the specialized service support types provided to students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) in the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) during the 2024-25 school year.<\/p>\n<p>The report provides the following information about students who were identified to receive special education supports in 2024-25:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What special education supports did SDP students have in their IEPs in 2024-25 and in what amounts?<\/li>\n<li>Who are the students that have special education supports in their IEPs with respect to their demographic backgrounds?<\/li>\n<li>Where do the students who have special education supports in their IEPs live and go to school?<\/li>\n<li>How did students with IEPs perform on other metrics, including attendance, suspensions, and test results?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_btn title=&#8221;CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE REPORT&#8221; style=&#8221;gradient-custom&#8221; gradient_custom_color_1=&#8221;#0b315b&#8221; gradient_custom_color_2=&#8221;#398635&#8243; align=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; button_block=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Ffile%2Fd%2F16yqmyQfIJfi80AM_DDgOkN45lurV6li1%2Fview%3Fusp%3Dsharing&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<em>This report complements the Office of Research and Evaluation\u2019s previous Special Education in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/2021\/10\/18\/special-education-in-the-school-district-of-philadelphia-recognizing-the-landscape-2019-20\/\">School District of Philadelphia: Recognizing the Landscape, 2019-20<\/a> report.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40px&#8221;][vc_separator style=&#8221;shadow&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<em><strong>Addendum<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Out of District Placements (Approved Private School Students), 2024-25<\/h3>\n<p>If the special education supports available at District schools cannot meet a student\u2019s unique needs, the IEP team for the student can decide to place the student in a specialized educational setting. These Approved Private Schools provide full time support and education programs around specific special needs.<\/p>\n<p>This addendum provides a descriptive summary of District students enrolled in Approved Private Schools in 2024-25, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How does Approved Private School enrollment compare to overall District enrollment, including students with IEPs?<\/li>\n<li>What are the types of support, disability designation, and service levels identified in the IEPs of students enrolled in Approved Private Schools?<\/li>\n<li>What are the demographic characteristics of the students enrolled in Approved Private Schools?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE ADDENDUM&#8221; style=&#8221;gradient-custom&#8221; gradient_custom_color_1=&#8221;#0b315b&#8221; gradient_custom_color_2=&#8221;#398635&#8243; align=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; button_block=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Ffile%2Fd%2F1xzCWUr7OmYJr4F0qjIVZ0Swp804k1RBn%2Fview%3Fusp%3Dsharing&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This report provides a descriptive summary of the specialized service support types provided to students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) in the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) during the 2024-25 school year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103956,"featured_media":26936,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,341],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-enrollment","category-special-education"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103956"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26926"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27000,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26926\/revisions\/27000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}