Best High 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.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 14)	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)
090153001379	1	Fairfield Ludlowe High School	Public	9-12	785 Unquowa Rd.	Fairfield	06824	Fairfield County	Fairfield School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 255-7201	1,525	129	11.8	12.7%	1,203 (78.9%)	27 (1.8%)	153 (10.0%)	88 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (3.5%)	$19,431							92.9%	91.5%	1.31%
090462000937	2	Trumbull High School	Public	9-12	72 Strobel Rd.	Trumbull	06611	Fairfield County	Trumbull School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 452-4555	2,139	148	14.4	18.3%	1,433 (67.0%)	135 (6.3%)	328 (15.3%)	189 (8.8%)	3 (0.1%)	3 (0.1%)	48 (2.2%)	$18,304							85.7%	90.1%	4.43%
090171000300	3	Greenwich High School	Public	9-12	10 Hillside Rd.	Greenwich	06830	Fairfield County	Greenwich School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 625-8000	2,673	205	13	18.3%	1,624 (60.8%)	85 (3.2%)	633 (23.7%)	215 (8.0%)	5 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	109 (4.1%)	$23,642							78.6%		(n/a)%
090000201142	4	H. C. Wilcox Technical High School	Public	9-12	298 Oregon Rd.	Meriden	06450	New Haven County	Connecticut Technical Education and Career System	No	No	No	No	(203) 238-6260	788	65	12.1	39.7%	347 (44.0%)	35 (4.4%)	357 (45.3%)	9 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (4.9%)								71.4%	41.5%	29.88%
090153000256	5	Fairfield Warde High School	Public	9-12	755 Melville Ave.	Fairfield	06825	Fairfield County	Fairfield School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 255-8449	1,395	135	10.3	22.2%	948 (68.0%)	47 (3.4%)	239 (17.1%)	96 (6.9%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	62 (4.4%)	$20,177							64.3%		(n/a)%
090228000411	6	Daniel Hand High School	Public	9-12	286 Green Hill Rd.	Madison	06443	New Haven County	Madison School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 245-6350	874	82	10.6	3.7%	746 (85.4%)	7 (0.8%)	49 (5.6%)	30 (3.4%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	39 (4.5%)	$22,526							57.1%	88.7%	31.59%
090492001013	7	Conard High School	Public	9-12	110 Beechwood Rd.	West Hartford	06107	Hartford County	West Hartford School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 231-5000	1,434	103	13.8	28.7%	779 (54.3%)	114 (7.9%)	307 (21.4%)	178 (12.4%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	53 (3.7%)	$17,441							50.0%	81.7%	31.69%
090423000838	8	Southington High School	Public	9-12	720 Pleasant Street	Southington	06489	Hartford County	Southington School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 628-3229	1,952	142	13.7	21.6%	1,552 (79.5%)	57 (2.9%)	202 (10.3%)	75 (3.8%)	4 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	59 (3.0%)	$16,220							42.9%	71.1%	28.27%
090180000332	9	Guilford High School	Public	9-12	605 New England Rd.	Guilford	06437	New Haven County	Guilford School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 453-2741	1,089	89	12.2	10.5%	880 (80.8%)	15 (1.4%)	92 (8.4%)	55 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	45 (4.1%)	$18,804							35.7%	86.6%	50.91%
090447000904	10	Suffield High School	Public	9-12	1060 Sheldon Street	West Suffield	06093	Hartford County	Suffield School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 668-3810	718	59	12.2	15.3%	593 (82.6%)	28 (3.9%)	61 (8.5%)	29 (4.0%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	$17,529							28.6%	74.6%	46.08%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SAT English Language Arts, SAT Math, 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.

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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.