ALABAMA (AL): Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB) is a residential state school providing educational and vocational programs for both blind and deaf children. This campus also has an after-graduation vocational training program for young adults. James A. Watterson, known as the father of Alabama Deaf Education, graduated from New York Deaf School and pushed to establish the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind in 1852.

AL: AIDB Dothan Regional Center is an educational regional hub that provides resources and educational programs for deaf and hard of hearing students and their educators and families. This center is affiliated with the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind.

AL: AIDB Montgomery Regional Center regional hub that provides resources and educational program for deaf and hard of hearing children in the Montgomery area, affiliated with the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind.

ALASKA (AK): Clark Middle School (CMS) is a middle school with an educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing students. CMS is under the Alaska School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AKSDHH) umbrella. They operate under the Anchorage School District.

AK: East Anchorage High School is a high school with an educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing students. EHS is under the Alaska School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AKSDHH) umbrella. They operate under the Anchorage School District.

AK: Russian Jack Elementary School is an elementary school with an educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing students. RJES is under the Alaska School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AKSDHH) umbrella. They operate under the Anchorage School District.

AK: Whaley School is a program that specializes in supporting deaf and hard of hearing students who require behavioral support. Whaley School is under the Alaska School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AKSDHH) umbrella. They operate under the Anchorage School District.

ARIZONA (AZ): A residential state school providing educational and vocational programs for both blind and deaf children in Arizona. This school was founded in 1912 by a Deaf man, Henry C. White, who also founded the Utah School for the Deaf. He is known to be the only deaf person in the USA who has successfully established two deaf schools.

AZ: This day educational program serves deaf and hard of hearing children in the Phoenix-wide area and is affiliated with the main campus in Tucson, Arizona. PDSD is a division of the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. PDSD has been providing quality educational programming for over 40 years within the metropolitan Phoenix area.

AZ: This day educational program, serving deaf and hard of hearing children up to 12th grade, teaches their students through American Sign Language (ASL) and written English. Students learn the history of both hearing and Deaf cultures. Sequoia Deaf School provides students with Deaf role models and encourages community involvement.

ARKANSAS (AR): Arkansas School for the Deaf (ASD) is a residential state school providing educational and vocational programs for deaf and hard of hearing children in Arkansas. Arkansas School for the Deaf originally started as a program in 1850; then Joseph Mount founded the permanent campus in 1867. Notable alumni include Benny Fuller, a Black deaf basketball player affectionately known as the "Wilt Chamberlain of the Deaf."

CALIFORNIA (CA): This residential state school provides educational and vocational programs for deaf and hard of hearing children in the northern California area. Originally, the school was located in San Francisco. Notable alumni include Douglas Tilden, a notable deaf sculptor whose work has been featured in San Francisco, Berkeley, and the San Francisco Bay Area.

CA: This residential state school provides educational and vocational programs for deaf and hard of hearing children in the Southern California area. This school is the second deaf school in California to operate in the southern state area since 1953.

CA: The CCHAT Center is California’s only listening and spoken language program north of San Francisco and provides speech therapeutic tools and services for deaf and hard of hearing children in a wide area that includes more than 30 school districts.

CA: Echo Horizon Center is a center that promotes the oral-deaf therapeutic approach for deaf and hard of hearing children, alongside their hearing peers in the classroom. They designed their unique educational model to benefit both hearing and non-hearing students.

CA: Escondido High School is a high school with an educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing students in the San Diego area. The school also offers a dual language immersion program for students who speak Spanish as well.

CA: This elementary school has an educational program that serves deaf and hard of hearing children and has a unique commitment to preparing students for higher education. The Gerber Elementary School is in its 3rd year of No Excuses University, a program designed to make sure every elementary school student is prepared for college.

CA: Santa Clara Unified School district offers a regional program for deaf and hard of hearing students in preschool through fifth grade at Haman Elementary and itinerant services for deaf and hard of hearing students from kindergarten to high school.

CA: This high school educational program in the Kern High School District supports deaf and hard of hearing students with services that allow them to develop effective language and communication skills and provides them with equal access to the general education environment.

CA: An elementary school that has a motto of “Home of the Leopard...Where Everyone Has a Spot.” This school provides educational programs serving deaf and hard of hearing children through American Sign Language. They also provide services for the DeafBlind.

CA: Marlton School is a day school for the deaf and hard of hearing, serving kindergarten up to secondary education for the Los Angeles area. Marlton is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, the only school district-run school for deaf and hard-of-hearing children in California. It served as the inspiration for Carlton School for the Deaf on ABC Family's television show "Switched at Birth," starring Vanessa Marano and Katie LeClerc.

CA: Red Bluff High School has an educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing students, providing comprehensive, individualized academic instruction using the student’s primary language of sign.

CA: This educational program in Shasta County provides support and resources for deaf and hard of hearing students who benefit educationally from full-time placement in the mainstream setting of their neighborhood schools.

CA: University High School is a high school with the Orange County Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program serving deaf and hard of hearing students in the Southern Los Angeles area. In addition to Venado Middle School, the program serves over 135 Deaf students living in 28 school districts throughout Orange County.

CA: Venado Middle School is a middle school with the Orange County Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program serving deaf and hard of hearing students in the Southern Los Angeles area. In addition to University High School, the program serves over 135 Deaf students living in 28 school districts throughout Orange County.

COLORADO (CO): Aurora Central High School, which opened its doors in 1892, has an educational program that serves deaf and hard of hearing students by providing resources including specially-trained teachers of the deaf, audiologists, sign language Interpreters, and peers who are deaf to create a strong deaf community and identity.

CO: A residential state school providing educational and vocational programs for deaf and hard of hearing children in Colorado. Colorado was still a territory when “The Colorado Institute for the Education of Mutes” was founded by Jonathan R. Kennedy in 1874.

CO: This elementary school houses an educational program that serves deaf and hard of hearing children by providing specially-trained teachers of the deaf, audiologists, sign language Interpreters, and peers who are deaf to create a strong deaf community and identity.

CO: An elementary school with an early childhood education program serving deaf and hard of hearing children, including fun extracurricular activities like Monroe Sign Choir, where students can "hear our hands" and learn American Sign Language.

CO: The Mountain View center-based program serves deaf and hard of hearing children from preschool to 5th grade in a large elementary school of 600 students. Their program is based on the total communication philosophy, which embraces all communication choices and utilizes the most effective approaches for each student.

CO: This public-funded educational program serves deaf and hard of hearing students up to 12th grade and teaches their students through a bilingual education which promotes academic excellence, full proficiency in ASL and English literacy, and supports the home-school connection by offering a language-rich environment that includes the RMDS personnel, the RMDS Board, parents, and the Deaf community.

CO: A middle school that has an educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing students by providing resources that include specially-trained teachers of the deaf, audiologists, sign language Interpreters, and peers who are deaf to create a strong deaf community/identity.

CONNECTICUT (CT): This residential state school, founded in 1816 as the oldest permanent school for the deaf in the United States, is a nationally renowned leader in providing comprehensive educational programs and services for deaf and hard of hearing students. The school currently has educational and vocational programs serving deaf and hard of hearing students in Connecticut.

CT: A regional educational program that provides a full continuum of services designed to meet the varied needs of deaf and hard of hearing children from birth to age 21.

DELAWARE (DE): Delaware Statewide Programs for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and DeafBlind, which opened its doors in 1929, is a day educational and vocational program serving deaf and hard of hearing children in Delaware. This school has changed its name at least 4 times in its history!

WASHINGTON D.C. (DC): Kendall Demonstration Elementary School (KDES), founded in 1857, is a day educational program that serves deaf and hard of hearing children up to 8th grade. This program also gives resources and support to families and educators. KDES is under the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center and is located on the campus of Gallaudet University.

DC: Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD) is a residential federal school that provides educational and vocational programs serving a limited number of international and nationwide deaf and hard of hearing students. The school is under the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center and is located on the Gallaudet University campus.

DC: The River School is an educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing children from 18 months up to 3rd grade in the D.C. area, fostering students' growth in social cognition, independence, communication, creativity, and problem-solving.

FLORIDA (FL): Blossom Montessori School for the Deaf, located in Clearwater, FL, is a charter educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing children 2 ½ – 15 years of age. They also accept a limited number of hearing children whose parents want them to learn in an environment that offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to understand a culture much different from their own and learn American Sign Language (ASL) recognized as a second language by Florida Public Schools.

FL: Clarke School for Hearing and Speech is a center that promotes the oral-deaf therapeutic approach for deaf and hard of hearing children. This school is located in Jacksonville, FL.

FL: Florida School for the Deaf and Blind (FSDB), established in 1885, is a residential state school providing educational and vocational programs for the blind, deaf, and hard of hearing children in Florida. Ida "Gray" Hampton, the first black deaf woman to graduate from Gallaudet University, taught at FSDB until her retirement.

GEORGIA (GA): Atlanta Area School for the Deaf (AASD) is a day educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing children in the Atlanta area in Georgia. It is believed to be one of the longest operating day schools for the deaf in the USA since 1972.

GA: Berkmar High School is a high school with an educational program for deaf and hard of hearing students in the Northwestern area of Atlanta, Georgia. They mainly serve Gwinnett County.

GA: Georgia School for the Deaf (GSD), which opened in 1846, is a residential state school providing educational and vocational programs for deaf and hard of hearing children in Georgia. John Flournoy, a deaf man who studied under notable French deaf educator Laurent Clerc in Hartford, CT, advocated for GSD's establishment.

GA: Harvest Christian Academy For the Deaf is a Christian charter educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing children in the northwestern area in Georgia, nearby Chattanooga, TN.

GA: Starr's Mill High School is a high school with an educational program for deaf and hard of hearing students. It serves the southern area of Atlanta.

HAWAII (HI): Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind (HSDB), which opened in 1914, is a residential state school that provides educational and vocational programs serving deaf and hard of hearing students. After going through several names, the school finally settled on the HSDB name in 1969. They reside on the Oahu island of the state of Hawaii.

HI: Pearl City High School is a high school with an educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing students. The high school is also located on the Oahu island of the state of Hawaii.

IDAHO (ID): Boise School District is a centralized hub with advocates that promote the total communication philosophy and support educational programs for deaf and hard of hearing students in the southwestern area of Idaho.

ID: Coeur D'Alene Public Schools is a network supporting deaf and hard of hearing students in the neighboring educational programs in the northwestern area of Idaho.

ID: Idaho Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind is a centralized service provider that gives educational support and resources to parents, school districts, and state agencies involving deaf and hard of hearing children in the southern area of Idaho.

ILLINOIS (IL): Alexander Graham Bell Montessori School is a center that serves the oral-deaf therapeutic approach for deaf and hard of hearing children between ages 6 weeks to 15 years old.

IL: Grayslake North High School is a high school located in the northern suburbs of Chicago, housing an educational program that serves deaf and hard of hearing students. This school is under the John Powers Center program.

IL: Hinsdale South High School (HSHS) is a high school with an educational program for deaf and hard of hearing students. They coordinate after-school programs like ASL Club, Academic Bowl Team, Jr. Illinois Association of the Deaf, and others for their students.

IL: Illinois School for the Deaf (ISD), a residential state school founded in 1839, provides educational and vocational programs for deaf and hard of hearing children in Illinois. Senator Orville H. Browning met a deaf-educated man while traveling and impressed him to push for the ISD establishment. Notable alumni include professional deaf baseball player Dick Sipek, who was coached by a former deaf professional baseball player, Luther Taylor.

IL: John Hersey High School, located in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago, houses an educational program for deaf and hard of hearing students.

IL: John Powers Center is a centralized hub providing sign language services and oral-approached assistance in Northern Chicago suburbs.

IL: Philip J. Rock Center and School for the DeafBlind serves DeafBlind individuals and youth in the Chicago suburbs. This school also accepts out-of-state students.

INDIANA (IN): Indiana School for the Deaf (ISD) is a residential state school providing educational and vocational programs for deaf and hard of hearing children in Indiana. Before a deaf man named William Willard founded the permanent school in 1843, a deaf man named James McLean first ran a class for the deaf in a barn on the west side of Indiana in 1842.

IOWA (IA): Iowa School for the Deaf (ISD) is a residential state school that provides two different educational and vocational programs serving blind, deaf, and hard of hearing students. Two individuals are credited with its establishment, which formerly occurred in 1855 in Iowa City. Edmund Booth, who was deaf and a noted writer, first began appealing to legislators. Later, William Ijams continued the work, and under him, the act to establish a state school for the deaf was passed.

KANSAS (KS): Kansas School for the Deaf (KSD), founded in 1866, is a residential state school that provides educational and vocational programs serving deaf and hard of hearing students in Kansas. KSD also serves as a statewide resource center. Not affiliated with KSD, the Museum of Deaf History, Art, and Culture, a one-of-a-kind establishment that archives and exhibits the history of the deaf community, is right across KSD.

KENTUCKY (KY): Kentucky School for the Deaf (KSD), founded in 1823, is a residential state school providing educational and vocational programs for deaf and hard of hearing children in Kentucky. KSD became the first State-operated Deaf School, any deaf school before KSD was either semi-private or private.

LOUISIANA (LA): Louisiana School for the Deaf (LSD) is a residential state school providing educational and vocational programs for deaf and hard of hearing children in Louisiana. Originally, they were founded in 1852 as a part of the joint program with blind students, but separated in 1898 and renamed Louisiana School for the Deaf in 1908. Notable alumni include Joseph Labrans, a prominent deaf artist in New Orleans.

ME: A residential state school that provides educational and vocational programs serving deaf and hard of hearing students in Maine.

MARYLAND (MD): Carroll Springs School is an educational program providing support for multi-disabled students, including deaf and hard of hearing students. This school is located in the northern area of Maryland.

MD: Flower Valley Elementary School is an elementary school with an educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing children in Montgomery County, Maryland. The school offers specialized programs for cued speech and students with emotional disabilities.

MD: Howard County Public Schools is a network that provides support and resources for deaf and hard of hearing students in Columbia, MD.

MD: Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary School is an elementary school with an educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing children in Montgomery County, Maryland. They have a classroom that is specialized for the learning of deaf and hard of hearing students.

MD: The Columbia campus of Maryland School for the Deaf (MSD) was founded in 1973 and provides educational and vocational programs serving deaf, hard of hearing, and multi-disabled children in Maryland. This school is near the Clarkville farm where deaf man Jamie Clark launched one of the earliest Internet Service Providers (ISP) called ClarkNet for the Baltimore area.

MD: The Frederick campus of Maryland School for the Deaf (MSD) was founded in 1868 and is a residential state school that provides educational and vocational programs serving deaf and hard of hearing students in Maryland. MSD was the alumna mater of George W. Veditz, one of the most notable deaf leaders across the nation and known for his advocacy for sign language documentation.

MD: Prince George's County Public School is an educational network that provides support and resources serving deaf and hard of hearing students in the eastern area of Maryland.

MD: Rockville High School's Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program is an educational program in Maryland, serving deaf and hard of hearing students in the DMV (D.C., Maryland, and Virginia) area. This high school has been a longtime participant in Gallaudet University's Academic Bowl competition.

MD: St. Mary's County Public Schools is an educational network that provides support and resources serving deaf and hard of hearing students in the southern area of Maryland.

MD: Wicomico Public Schools is an educational network that provides support and resources serving deaf and hard of hearing students in the Salisbury, MD area.

MASSACHUSETTS (MA): Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech, located in Northampton, MA in Worcester County, is a school that promotes the oral-deaf therapeutic approach for deaf and hard of hearing children.

MA: EDCO Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, affiliated with Newton Public School, is an educational program that serves deaf and hard of hearing middle and high school students in the Boston and greater Metrowest area.

MA: Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, founded in 1869, is a day educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing children. They were formerly called "The Boston School for Deaf-Mutes," then changed its name in 1877. In 1978, they added secondary education to their offered programs.

MA: The Marie Philip School, under The Learning Center for the Deaf, was founded in 1970; it is a residential private school with educational and vocational programs serving deaf and hard of hearing students in Massachusetts. Named after bilingual champion Marie Philip, the school promotes its bilingual-bicultural approach for its students.

MA: This educational program serves deaf and hard of hearing students aged from Pre-K to 2 and supports their transition to local mainstreamed programs.

MA: This educational program serves deaf and hard of hearing students in northern Massachusetts from birth to age 22. This program offers outreach programming serving as a centralized network for other educational programs and the community.

MA: Willie Ross School for the Deaf (WRSD), founded in 1967, is a day educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing children in western Massachusetts.

MICHIGAN (MI): Michigan School for the Deaf (MSD), founded in 1848, is a residential state school providing educational and vocational programs for deaf and hard of hearing children in Michigan. Now used as a museum, the superintendent's cottage was used for vocational training in the early years. Students built the stairs, carved and created the furniture, and left their mark through different flooring projects in each room.

MINNESOTA (MN): Metro Deaf School (MDS) is a charter educational day program serving deaf and hard of hearing children in the St. Paul area in Minnesota. It is the second charter deaf school in the USA with a bilingual deaf education program. It opened its doors in 1993.

MN: Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf (MSAD) is a residential state school founded in 1863 and located in Fairbault, MN, that provides educational and vocational programs serving deaf and hard of hearing students. Olof Hanson, a prominent deaf architect, designed the earliest buildings on the campus, and he is honored in the campus address. Additionally, Blanche Wilkins, a pioneer in Black Deaf history, graduated from this school. Recently, the school named a building after Wilkins.

MS: Mississippi School for the Deaf (MSD), founded in 1854, is a residential state school providing educational and vocational programs for deaf and hard of hearing children in Mississippi. The campus was closed in 1861-1871 during the Civil War to serve as one of the Confederate Army's hospitals.

MISSOURI (MO): Missouri School for the Deaf (MSD) is a residential state school providing educational and vocational programs for deaf and hard of hearing children in Missouri. They were established in 1851 but had to close their doors temporarily in 1861-1863 for military purposes in the Civil War.

MO: Moog Center for Deaf Education is a center that promotes the oral-deaf therapeutic approach for deaf and hard of hearing children. Moog Center for Deaf Education is in Town and Country, MO.

MONTANA (MT): Montana School for the Deaf and Blind, founded in 1893, is an educational and vocational program for both blind and deaf and hard of hearing children in Montana. This school in the early period was run by Edward S. and Sarah A. Tillinghast, CODAs (child of deaf adult) from the Tillinghast family, in North Carolina, who was well known in the New York School for the Deaf and North Carolina School for the Deaf communities.

MT: Missoula County Public Schools is an educational centralized service providing educational support and resources in collaboration with Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams for mainstreamed deaf and hard of hearing students in the western area of Montana.

NEBRASKA (NE): Beveridge Middle School is an Omaha School District-operated middle school that houses a Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program.

NE: Educational Service Unit 13: Central Western Program Hub is a centralized educational hub that provides support and resources to the Central West region neighborhood educational programs serving deaf and hard of hearing children.

NE: Harry A. Burke High School is an Omaha School District-operated, high school that houses a Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program.

NE: Karen Western Elementary School is a Lincoln School District-operated elementary that houses a Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program.

NE: Maxey Elementary is a Ralston School District-operated elementary that houses a Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program.

NE: Ralston High School is a Ralston School District-operated high school that houses a Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program.

NE: Ralston Middle School is a Ralston School District-operated middle school that houses a Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program.

NE: Washington Elementary is an Omaha School District-operated elementary school that houses deaf and hard of hearing students.

NE: Western Hills Elementary is an Omaha School District-operated elementary that houses a Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program.

NEW JERSEY (NJ): Bruce Street School for the Deaf is a day educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing children in Newark, NJ, with a total communication philosophy. This program serves children from ages 3 to 15.

NJ: Gloucester County Special Services—Center for Regional Education Support Services (CRESS) is a center in Sewell, NJ that provides tools and resources for families of deaf and hard of hearing children.

NJ: Governor Livingston High School is a high school with an educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing students and offers them a half-day at a different location with a vocational program. The high school is located in Berkeley Heights, NJ, just outside the Greater NYC area of New Jersey.

NJ: Hackensack High School is one of the high schools that operate under the Bergen County Special Services. They house a Deaf and Hard of Hearing program there.

NJ: Highland Avenue Elementary School is the elementary school that operates under the Bergen County Special Services. They house a Deaf and Hard of Hearing program there.

NJ: Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf (MKSD), founded in 1882, is a residential school that provides educational and vocational programs for deaf and hard of hearing students. This school was named after Katzenbach, a long-time advocate on the State Board of Education. In 1991, the school appointed Dr. Gertrude Galloway as superintendent of the school, who became the first deaf woman appointed as superintendent of a residential deaf school in the U.S. This school is formerly known as NJSD.

NJ: Lake Drive Program / Mountain Lakes School District is an educational network that provides support for deaf and hard of hearing students in the northern area of New Jersey.

NJ: Midland Park High School is one of the high schools that operate under the Bergen County Special Services. They house a Deaf and Hard of Hearing program there.

NJ: Neptune Middle School is Neptune's School District-operated middle school that includes a Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program. Neptune is located nearby to Asbury Park, NJ.

NJ: Neptune Sr. High School in Neptune's School District-operated high school includes a Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program. Neptune is located nearby to Asbury Park, NJ.

NJ: Summit Speech School is a center that promotes the oral-deaf therapeutic approach for deaf and hard of hearing children. They are located in New Providence, NJ.

NJ: Technology High School is a high school in Newark, NJ, with an educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing students with a total communication philosophy.

NJ: Union Street School is a Bergen County Special Services program-operated school. The program focuses on Bergen County in New Jersey, which covers most of the northeastern area in NJ.

NJ: Upper Township Middle School is a centralized educational hub that provides ASL and Total Communication philosophies to serve deaf and hard of hearing students. They serve the southernmost area of New Jersey.

NJ: Vineland Public Schools is an educational network that provides support and resources for deaf and hard of hearing students. They serve the southern area of New Jersey.

NEW MEXICO (NM): This residential state school provides educational and vocational programs for deaf and hard of hearing children in New Mexico. The school also provides advocates across the state focused on support systems and educational resources. Officially established in 1887, the school was founded by deaf man Lars M. Larson, who settled in New Mexico with his deaf wife Belle and established the school with his own funds.

NEW YORK (NY): Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech is a center that promotes the oral-deaf therapeutic approach for deaf and hard of hearing children. This school is located in New York, NY.

NY: Cleary School for the Deaf, founded in 1925, is a private educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing students ranging from birth to 21 age in the middle of Long Island.

NY: Lexington School For The Deaf, located in Queens, NY and founded in 1864, is a day educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing students.

NY: Monroe #1 BOCES is an educational program that supports deaf, hard of hearing and DeafBlind children. The program participates and competes in Gallaudet's Academic Bowl program for many years. They serve the Greater Rochester area.

NY: This private educational program in the historic Mill Neck Manor, founded in 1947 by Lutheran Friends of the Deaf, serves deaf and hard of hearing students in the Long Island area. This school is part of the Mill Neck Family of Organizations, which serves the greater deaf and hard of hearing community.

NY: New York School for the Deaf (NYSD) is a residential state school that provides educational and vocational programs serving deaf and hard of hearing students in White Plains, NY. The establishment happened on the very same day American School for the Deaf, the oldest permanent deaf school in the U.S., opened its doors on April 15, 1817. NYSD opened its doors a year later, in 1818.

NY: New York State School for the Deaf (NYSSD) is a residential state school that provides educational and vocational programs serving deaf and hard of hearing students in Rome, New York, also enrolling students from the upstate region. NYSSD was founded in 1874 by a deaf individual named Alphonso Johnson.

NY: “47” The American Sign Language and English Secondary School is a day educational program that serves deaf and hard of hearing children in the New York City area.

NY: Rochester School For The Deaf (RSD), founded in 1876, is a residential private school that provides educational and vocational programs serving deaf and hard of hearing students in the greater Rochester area.

NY: St. Joseph's School for the Deaf, founded in 1869, is a day educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing students in Bronx, NY.

NY: St. Francis de Sales School for the Deaf is a day educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing children, including multi-disabled students in Brooklyn, NY. The school was established in 1960 and offers students from ages 0-3, 3-5, and K-8.

NY: St. Mary's School for the Deaf (SMSD), established in 1898, is a residential private school that provides educational and vocational programs serving deaf and hard of hearing students in the greater Buffalo area in NY.

NORTH CAROLINA (NC): Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf (ENCSD) is a residential state school founded in 1964, providing educational and vocational programs for deaf and hard of hearing children in the 54 easternmost counties of North Carolina. The NCSD Library/Media Center is home to over 54,000 books and professional resources.

NC: Governor Morehead School is a school in North Carolina that serves the special needs of visually impaired students in a unique residential setting. Roger D. O’Kelly, the first black DeafBlind lawyer in the USA, graduated from this school. Also, historically speaking, this is considered the first state black deaf school across the USA.

NC: North Carolina School for the Deaf (NCSD) is a residential state school established in 1894, providing educational and vocational programs for deaf and hard of hearing children in the western North Carolina area. NCSD is also home to a nonprofit deaf school museum.

NORTH DAKOTA (ND): A centralized educational hub that provides support and resources for educational programs and families of deaf and hard of hearing children and students statewide.

OHIO (OH): Ohio Center for DeafBlind Education (OCDBE) is an educational center that provides services for the statewide area serving DeafBlind students from birth to age 21. The program is under the University of Cincinnati, but the center is located in Columbus, OH.

OH: Ohio School for the Deaf (OSD) is a residential state school that provides educational and vocational programs serving deaf and hard of hearing students in Columbus, OH. Notable alumni include the nation's first deaf professional baseball player and umpire, Edward J. Dundon, and notable professional baseball player, William E. "Dummy Hoy" Hoy.

OH: St. Rita School for the Deaf, founded in 1915 to serve the Cincinnati area, is a residential Catholic school for students of all faiths in Christ-centered education. This school also houses vocational programs for deaf and hard of hearing students up to 12th grade.

OKLAHOMA (OK): Happy Hands Education Center, located in Tulsa, OK, has been operating since 1994 and strives to empower deaf and hard of hearing children and children with communication disorders from ages birth to 6.

OK: Oklahoma School for the Deaf, established in 1907, is a residential state school providing educational and vocational programs for deaf and hard of hearing children in Oklahoma. Monroe Ingram, the class valedictorian of his class in Kansas School for the Deaf and a notable baseball player in the semi-pro leagues, became one of the first black deaf principals in the U.S. when he ran the segregated deaf school in Oklahoma before it closed.

OREGON (OR): High Desert Education Service District is an educational network providing resources and referrals for deaf and hard of hearing children and adults from birth to age 21 in the surrounding area of Bend, OR.

OR: Intermountain ESD is an educational network supporting deaf and hard of hearing students in the northwestern area of Oregon (Umatilla, Morrow, Grant, Baker, Union, and Malheur counties). They also provide services to DeafBlind individuals.

OR: Lane Education Service District - Regional Program is an educational program that provides resources for neighborhood programs serving multi-disabled students, including deaf and hard of hearing students in the surrounding area of Eugene, OR.

OR: Linn Benton Lincoln Education Service District is an educational network with specialists on homeschooling and services. The district also supports educational programs serving deaf and hard of hearing students in the surrounding area of Albany, OR.

OR: Northwest Regional Education Service District is an educational network with specialists on homeschooling and services. The hub also supports educational programs serving deaf and hard of hearing students in the northwestern area of Oregon.

OR: Oregon School for the Deaf (OSD) is a residential state school providing educational and vocational programs for deaf and hard of hearing children in Oregon. OSD is the home to one of the nation's best-haunted houses. The annual haunted house has been the school's biggest source of fundraising for over 30 years. The building on campus is decorated by the students, staff, and volunteers every year, and tickets typically sell out fast!

OR: Southern Oregon Education Service District is an educational network providing support and resources for neighborhood programs serving multi-disabled students, including deaf and hard of hearing students.

PENNSYLVANIA (PA): Barber National Institute holds an early childhood education program in Erie, PA. The preschool program also offers evening sign language courses and community-based instruction.

PA: DePaul School for Hearing & Speech is a private day school that provides educational programs through an oral approach serving deaf and hard of hearing children in Pittsburgh, PA.

PA: Pressley Ridge School for the Deaf is a private day school that serves deaf, hard of hearing, and multi-disabled students in Pittsburgh, PA.

PA: Pennsylvania School For Deaf (PSD), founded in 1820, is a residential private school that provides educational and vocational programs serving deaf and hard of hearing students in the Greater Philadelphia area. Laurent Clerc, one of the first deaf teachers in the nation, ran PSD as a principal.

PA: The Scranton School for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Children, established in 1880, is a residential private school that provides educational and vocational programs serving deaf and hard of hearing students in the Scranton area. The school is currently under the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf and has been since 2009.

PA: The Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf (WPSD), founded in 1869, is a residential private school that provides educational and vocational programs serving deaf and hard of hearing students in Western Pennsylvania. Students can learn all sorts of skills. In the past, Henry Bardes, a deaf shoemaker and alumni of Ohio School for the Deaf, taught the students how to make leather baseball gloves for their WPSD baseball team.

RHODE ISLAND (RI): Rhode Island School for the Deaf (RISD) is a residential state school with educational and vocational programs serving deaf and hard of hearing students in Rhode Island. Jeannie Lippitt, a deaf woman, founded RISD in 1876, while many deaf men across the nation were pushing for deaf education establishments. The school opened in 1877 with five pupils.

SOUTH CAROLINA (SC): South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind (SCSDB) is a residential state school providing educational and vocational programs for deaf and hard of hearing children in South Carolina. Founded in 1849, they were formerly named Cedar Springs Institute for the Deaf and Blind.

SOUTH DAKOTA (SD): A centralized educational program to provide specialized educational services and resources serving families of deaf and hard of hearing children.

TENNESSEE (TN): The main campus of Tennessee School for the Deaf (TSD) in Knoxville was first established in 1844 and started serving the students in 1845. This campus is a residential school providing educational and vocational programs for deaf and hard of hearing children in the state.

TN: West Tennessee School for the Deaf (WTSD), established in 1986, is an educational program for deaf and hard of hearing children based in Jackson, TN, and is affiliated with the main campus of Tennessee School for the Deaf.

TEXAS (TX): Bonham Middle School is a school under the Temple ISD Regional Day School Program for the Deaf (RDSPD). The RDPSD program serves the Temple, TX area.

TX: Denton Regional Day School Program for the Deaf is a day educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing children in the Denton, TX neighborhood.

TX: Jean Massieu Academy is a day educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing children in the Fort Worth and Dallas area. Jean Massieu Academy is named after one of the notable deaf teachers in Paris, France, in deaf education history.

TX: Meredith - Dunbar Elementary School is an elementary school under the Temple ISD Regional Day School Program for the Deaf (RDSPD). The RDPSD program serves the Temple, TX area.

TX: Temple High School is a school under the Temple ISD Regional Day School Program for the Deaf (RDSPD). The RDPSD program serves the Temple, TX area.

TX: Thornton Elementary School is an elementary school under the Temple ISD Regional Day School Program for the Deaf (RDSPD). The RDPSD program serves the Temple, TX area.

TX: Texas School for the Deaf (TSD) is a residential state school founded in 1856, providing educational and vocational programs for deaf and hard of hearing children of all ages up to 12th grade. Notable alumni include Azie Taylor Morton, a Child of Deaf Adults (CODA), who was class valedictorian at TSD and became the first Black female Treasurer of the United States of America under Jimmy Carter Administration.

UTAH (UT): Jean Massieu Academy is a charter educational day program serving deaf and hard of hearing in Utah. This school partnered with the Utah residential state school serving blind, deaf, and hard of hearing children. This program was founded in 1999 and was honorably named after a notable deaf teacher in France, Jean Massieu.

UT: The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (USDB), a residential state school that provides educational and vocational programs, has been serving students who are deaf, blind, or DeafBlind throughout Utah for more than 100 years. The school was founded by Henry C. White, who was pivotal to establishing two deaf schools in the USA, Arizona School for the Deaf, and this school, and is the only deaf person in history to have founded two deaf schools.

VIRGINIA (VA): Canterbury Woods Elementary, located in Annandale, VA, which is in the DMV (D.C., Maryland, Virginia) area, is an elementary school that has an educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing children.

VA: Frost Middle School is a middle school with an educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing students in Fairfax, VA, which is in the DMV (D.C., Maryland, Virginia) area.

VA: Virginia Heights Elementary School is an elementary school with an educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing children. The school, located in Roanoke, VA, also provides after-school activities.

VA: Woodson High School is a high school with an educational program serving both multi-disabled and deaf and hard of hearing students in Fairfax, VA, which is in the DMV (D.C., Maryland, Virginia) area.

WASHINGTON (WA): Edmonds-Woodway High School is a high school with an educational program that assists multi-disabled children, including deaf and hard of hearing students. Their specialists also provide resources for parents and educators. The program is located in the northern area of greater Seattle.

WA: Hearing, Speech & Deaf Center is a center that provides educational programs for deaf and hard of hearing children in preschool in Seattle, WA.

WA: Madrona K - 8 is an educational program that assists multi-disabled children, including deaf and hard of hearing students, between kindergarten to 8th grade. The program is located in the northern area of greater Seattle.

WA: Northwest School for Hearing is an educational program that provides speech therapeutic tools for deaf and hard of hearing children in Seattle, WA. They embrace signing in their curriculum by using S.E.E. (Signed Exactly English).

WA: Roosevelt High School is a high school that provides an educational program for deaf and hard of hearing students in Seattle, WA.

WA: Salish Sea Deaf School is a charter educational program serving deaf and hard of hearing children in the northwestern area of Washington.

WA: Washington State School for the Deaf (WSD), located in Vancouver and founded in 1886, is a residential state school providing educational and vocational programs for deaf and hard of hearing children in Washington.

WA: TOPS K - 8 School is a public school that provides an educational program and support for deaf and hard of hearing students in Seattle, WA.

WISCONSIN (WI): Wisconsin School for the Deaf (WSD), which opened in 1852, is a residential state school that provides educational and vocational programs serving deaf and hard of hearing students in Wisconsin. The campus is located southwestern of Milwaukee, WI, serving as the only residential school for the deaf and hard of hearing in Wisconsin.