Best High Schools in Indiana for Special Education Students

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

Every year, the Indiana 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.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Indiana 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.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the SAT and ILEARN test scores by the Indiana Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 298)	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)	ID
1	Burris Laboratory School	Public, Alternative	K-12	2000 University Ave	Muncie	47306	Delaware County	Burris Laboratory School	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 285-8600	676	50	13.5	25.0%	482 (71.3%)	63 (9.3%)	40 (5.9%)	21 (3.1%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (9.8%)	$12,960			$1,426			$11,533	99.7%	93.2%	6.42%			180003800185
2	Zionsville Community High School	Public	9-12	1000 Mulberry St	Zionsville	46077	Boone County	Zionsville Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(317) 873-3355	2,338	124	18.8	8.5%	1,835 (78.5%)	87 (3.7%)	130 (5.6%)	155 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	131 (5.6%)	$11,122			$251			$10,871	99.3%	98.8%	0.49%			180283000341
3	Speedway Senior High School	Public	9-12	5357 W 25th St	Speedway	46224	Marion County	School Town of Speedway	No	No	No	No	(317) 244-7238	602	37	16.4	56.0%	242 (40.2%)	140 (23.3%)	151 (25.1%)	31 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (6.3%)	$12,926			$612			$12,314	99.0%	92.5%	6.45%			181092001785
4	Carmel High School	Public	9-12	520 E Main St	Carmel	46032	Hamilton County	Carmel Clay Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 846-7721	5,239	313	16.7	13.3%	3,385 (64.6%)	259 (4.9%)	397 (7.6%)	944 (18.0%)	10 (0.2%)	7 (0.1%)	237 (4.5%)	$11,447			$287			$11,160	98.7%	99.1%	0.41%			180120000193
5	Fishers High School	Public	9-12	13000 Promise Rd	Fishers	46038	Hamilton County	Hamilton Southeastern Schools	No	No	No	No	(317) 915-4290	3,590	174	20.6	22.3%	2,337 (65.1%)	361 (10.1%)	421 (11.7%)	269 (7.5%)	10 (0.3%)	1 (0.0%)	191 (5.3%)	$11,014			$472			$10,542	98.3%	98.4%	0.05%			181065002392
6	Herron High School	Public, Charter	9-12	110 E 16th St	Indianapolis	46202	Marion County	Herron Charter	Yes	No	No	Yes	(317) 231-0010	981	98	10	43.8%	448 (45.7%)	242 (24.7%)	202 (20.6%)	20 (2.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (6.9%)	$12,031			$1,297			$10,734	98.0%	96.7%	1.25%			180005802315
7	Plainfield High School	Public	9-12	1 Red Pride Dr	Plainfield	46168	Hendricks County	Plainfield Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(317) 839-7711	1,856	86	21.5	29.7%	1,408 (75.9%)	177 (9.5%)	128 (6.9%)	61 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	82 (4.4%)	$9,813			$368			$9,445	97.7%	90.7%	6.98%			180897001494
8	Triton Central High School	Public	9-12	4774 W 600 N	Fairland	46126	Shelby County	Northwestern Con School Corp	No	No	No	No	(317) 835-3000	472	26	18.1	34.7%	433 (91.7%)	7 (1.5%)	13 (2.8%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.8%)	$12,338			$282			$12,055	97.3%	90.0%	7.34%			180831001423
9	Valparaiso High School	Public	9-12	2727 N Campbell St	Valparaiso	46385	Porter County	Valparaiso Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(219) 531-3070	2,089	113	18.4	30.3%	1,521 (72.8%)	100 (4.8%)	324 (15.5%)	50 (2.4%)	1 (0.0%)	1 (0.0%)	92 (4.4%)	$9,990			$237			$9,753	97.0%	93.0%	3.97%			181197001891
10	West Lafayette Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	1105 N Grant St	West Lafayette	47906	Tippecanoe County	West Lafayette Com School Corp	No	No	No	No	(765) 746-0400	1,116	77	14.5	20.5%	617 (55.3%)	54 (4.8%)	84 (7.5%)	281 (25.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	78 (7.0%)	$14,927			$777			$14,150	96.6%	98.6%	1.96%			181287002048

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing, SAT Mathematics, ILEARN Biology test scores released by the Indiana Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on July 16, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Indiana 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 Indiana 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 Indiana Department of Education.