 In December 2012, the Lancaster School District administration reported that 1,987 pupils, or 18.3% of the district's pupils, received special education services, with 42% of the identified students having a specific learning disability.Special education services in the Commonwealth are provided to students from ages three years to 21 years old.In the 2010–2011 school year, the total student enrollment was more than 1.78 million students with approximately 275,000 students eligible for special education services.