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Table 10. Students with Disabilities by District and School <br />CHCCS* <br /># Students with <br />Disabilities <br />OCS ** <br /># Students with <br />Disabilities <br />Schools <br />-Elementary <br />Carrboro <br />37 <br />Cameron Park <br />79 <br />E hesus <br />72 <br />Central <br />50 <br />Estes Hills <br />53 <br />Efland- Cheeks <br />87 <br />Frank Porter Graham <br />55 <br />Grady Brown <br />73 <br />Glenwood <br />38 <br />Hillsborough <br />49 <br />McDou le <br />75 <br />New Hoe <br />81 <br />Rashkis <br />45 <br />Pathways <br />77 <br />Scroggs <br />51 <br />Seawell <br />33 <br />Middle Schools <br />Culbreth <br />87 <br />Stanback <br />149 <br />McDougle <br />106 <br />Stanford <br />180 <br />Phillips <br />71 <br />Smith <br />80 <br />High Schools <br />Chapel Hill <br />231 <br />Cedar Ridge <br />152 <br />East Chapel Hill <br />136 <br />Orange <br />161 <br />TOTAL CHCCS <br />11%(1170) <br />TOTAL OCS <br />17.6% (1,138) <br />Sources: *CHCCS District Office, December 2004; ** OCS Central Office, December 2004 <br />Table 11. Most Common Disability Categories by District <br />Sources: *CHCCS Opening of Schoo /Report October 2004, ** OCS Central Office, December 2004 <br />Academically Gifted Students <br />As seen in Table 12, the proportion of academically gifted students in CHCCS is <br />substantially higher than for OCS among both elementary (19.1% compared with 10.5 %) and <br />middle (33.3% compared with 17.1 %) schools. The rise in percentages from elementary to <br />middle grades is due to the fact that very few students are identified before second grade. <br />(OCS does not collect data about academically gifted students in high school.) <br />CHCCS /OCS Final Report 19 <br />Total Special <br />% Learning <br />% Other Health <br />% Speech & <br />Needs <br />Disabled <br />Impaired <br />Language <br />Impaired <br />CHCCS` <br />2004 -2005 <br />1,248 <br />42% <br />22% <br />8% <br />OCS ** <br />2004-2005 <br />1,138 <br />43% <br />19% <br />18% <br />Sources: *CHCCS Opening of Schoo /Report October 2004, ** OCS Central Office, December 2004 <br />Academically Gifted Students <br />As seen in Table 12, the proportion of academically gifted students in CHCCS is <br />substantially higher than for OCS among both elementary (19.1% compared with 10.5 %) and <br />middle (33.3% compared with 17.1 %) schools. The rise in percentages from elementary to <br />middle grades is due to the fact that very few students are identified before second grade. <br />(OCS does not collect data about academically gifted students in high school.) <br />CHCCS /OCS Final Report 19 <br />