Best Elementary Schools in Ohio for Special Education Students

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

Every year, the Ohio 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 Ohio 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 Ohio State Tests test scores by the Ohio Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 17, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 935)	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
935	North Avondale Montessori School	Public	PK, KG-6	615 Clinton Springs Ave	Cincinnati	45229	Hamilton County	Cincinnati Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 363-3900	568	30	18.6		97 (17.1%)	413 (72.7%)	11 (1.9%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (7.4%)	$14,215							0.0%	23.0%	23.04%			390437500353
934	Westbrooke Village	Public	3-5	6500 Westford Rd	Trotwood	45426	Montgomery County	Trotwood-Madison City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 854-3196	330	23	14.3		23 (7.0%)	267 (80.9%)	15 (4.5%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.7%)	$15,159							0.1%	11.5%	11.38%			390486905707
933	Highland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	40 S Highland Ave	Columbus	43223	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-5935	313	15	20.8		60 (19.2%)	97 (31.0%)	118 (37.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (12.1%)	$14,094							0.2%	0.9%	0.68%			390438000649
932	Willson School	Public	PK, KG-8	1122 Ansel Rd	Cleveland	44108	Cuyahoga County	Cleveland Municipal	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 838-1850	333	20	16.6		17 (5.1%)	281 (84.4%)	24 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.0%)	$17,331							0.3%	4.7%	4.43%			390437805637
931	Academy Of World Languages School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-9	2030 Fairfax Ave	Cincinnati	45207	Hamilton County	Cincinnati Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 363-7800	548	38	14.3		32 (5.8%)	354 (64.6%)	129 (23.5%)	11 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	20 (3.6%)	$13,955							0.4%	9.0%	8.56%			390437504280
930	Stambaugh Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	2420 Donald Ave	Youngstown	44509	Mahoning County	Stambaugh Charter Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 792-4806	472	40	11.8		46 (9.7%)	233 (49.4%)	118 (25.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	74 (15.7%)	$14,168							0.5%	13.2%	12.62%			390046705026
929	Mt. Healthy South Elementary School	Public	1-6	1743 Adams Rd	Cincinnati	45231	Hamilton County	Mt Healthy City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 728-4683	604	24	25.1		62 (10.3%)	408 (67.5%)	63 (10.4%)	10 (1.7%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	55 (9.1%)	$12,093							0.6%	5.2%	4.56%			390444101345
928	Finneytown Elementary	Public	K-6	8850 Winton Rd	Cincinnati	45231	Hamilton County	Finneytown Local	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(513) 728-3737	648	35	18.5		152 (23.5%)	284 (43.8%)	46 (7.1%)	68 (10.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	97 (15.0%)	$11,177							0.7%	17.2%	16.45%			390473310843
927	North College Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	6955 Grace Ave	North College Hill	45239	Hamilton County	North College Hill City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 728-4787	472	25	18.8		33 (7.0%)	359 (76.1%)	26 (5.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (11.0%)	$11,168							0.9%	7.4%	6.59%			390445101423
926	Frank Jacinto Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2515 Marshall Ave	Lorain	44052	Lorain County	Lorain City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(440) 960-5800	307	20	15.7		38 (12.4%)	93 (30.3%)	152 (49.5%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.5%)	$12,318							1.0%	4.4%	3.47%			390442605106

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Ohio State Tests Mathematics, Ohio State Tests English Language Arts, Ohio State Tests Science test scores released by the Ohio Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 17, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Ohio 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 Ohio 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 Ohio Department of Education.