in december 2010, solanco school district administration reported that 471 pupils or 12.5% of the district's pupils received special education services, with 40.6% of the identified students having a specific learning disability. in december 2009, the district administration reported that 457 pupils or 12.2% of the district's pupils received special education services, with 45.5% 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 2010-11 school year, the total student enrollment was more than 1.78 million students with approximately 275,000 students eligible for special education services. among these students 18,959 were identified with mental retardation and 21,245 students with autism. the largest group of students are identified as specific learning disabilities 126,026 students (46.9 percent) and speech or language impairments with 43,542 students (16.2 percent).