Best Middle Schools in Connecticut for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Connecticut!

Every year, the Connecticut Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

JUST IN! Connecticut NGSS and SBAC test scores and updated rankings for the 2022-23 school year were recently posted to SchoolDigger!

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Connecticut test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 20)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
090270000532	1	Saxe Middle School	Public	5-8	468 South Ave.	New Canaan	06840	Fairfield County	New Canaan School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 594-4564	1,327	111	11.9	0.2%	1,078 (81.2%)	23 (1.7%)	70 (5.3%)	98 (7.4%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	53 (4.0%)	$22,066							95.0%	98.4%	3.39%
090411000811	2	Henry James Memorial School	Public	7-8	155 Firetown Rd.	Simsbury	06070	Hartford County	Simsbury School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 651-3341	636	56	11.3	14.6%	468 (73.6%)	34 (5.3%)	66 (10.4%)	38 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (4.7%)	$19,779							90.0%	91.6%	1.57%
090180000331	3	E. C. Adams Middle School	Public	7-8	233 Church St.	Guilford	06437	New Haven County	Guilford School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 453-2755	465	42	11	14.2%	371 (79.8%)	5 (1.1%)	35 (7.5%)	21 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (6.9%)	$19,698							85.0%	88.0%	2.95%
090352000727	4	Har-Bur Middle School	Public	5-8	26 Lyon Rd.	Burlington	06013	Hartford County	Regional School District 10	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 673-6163	690	55	12.5	14.1%	497 (72.0%)	3 (0.4%)	38 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	151 (21.9%)	$16,165							80.0%	77.9%	2.09%
090462000930	5	Hillcrest Middle School	Public	6-8	530 Daniels Farm Rd.	Trumbull	06611	Fairfield County	Trumbull School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 452-4466	743	59	12.5	18.6%	481 (64.7%)	51 (6.9%)	117 (15.7%)	74 (10.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	17 (2.3%)	$16,506							75.0%	90.8%	15.76%
090153000258	6	Fairfield Woods Middle School	Public	6-8	1115 Fairfield Woods Rd.	Fairfield	06824	Fairfield County	Fairfield School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 255-8334	800	77	10.3	16.0%	555 (69.4%)	26 (3.3%)	115 (14.4%)	67 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (4.6%)	$21,136							70.0%	79.9%	9.92%
090303000632	7	North Haven Middle School	Public	6-8	55 Bailey Rd.	North Haven	06473	New Haven County	North Haven School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 239-1683	709	57	12.4	19.7%	510 (71.9%)	32 (4.5%)	91 (12.8%)	58 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.5%)	$17,802							65.0%	70.7%	5.68%
090456000915	8	Tolland Middle School	Public	6-8	1 Falcon Way	Tolland	06084	Tolland County	Tolland School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 870-6860	532	43	12.5	14.8%	448 (84.2%)	17 (3.2%)	46 (8.6%)	12 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.7%)	$17,668							60.0%	79.1%	19.12%
090075000125	9	Dodd Middle School	Public	7-8	100 Park Place	Cheshire	06410	New Haven County	Cheshire School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 272-3249	614	53	11.5	15.5%	464 (75.6%)	19 (3.1%)	48 (7.8%)	70 (11.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.0%)	$17,130							55.0%	89.6%	34.56%
090291000616	10	Newtown Middle School	Public	7-8	11 Queen St.	Newtown	06470	Fairfield County	Newtown School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 426-7638	582	52	11.1	12.4%	479 (82.3%)	14 (2.4%)	52 (8.9%)	18 (3.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (2.9%)	$20,302							50.0%	81.9%	31.93%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SBAC English Language Arts, SBAC Mathematics, NGSS Science test scores released by the Connecticut Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 29, 2023, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Connecticut Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Connecticut Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Public School Districts and Their Services: A Comprehensive Guide

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Connecticut Department of Education. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.