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.

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.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the NGSS and SAT test scores by the Connecticut Department of Education. The most recent update was on Tuesday, August 27, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 11)	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)
090105000164	1	Darien High School	Public	9-12	80 High School Ln.	Darien	06820	Fairfield County	Darien School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 655-3981	1,398	122	11.4		1,151 (82.3%)	9 (0.6%)	113 (8.1%)	81 (5.8%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	40 (2.9%)	$24,718							90.9%	95.9%	4.95%
090171000300	2	Greenwich High School	Public	9-12	10 Hillside Rd.	Greenwich	06830	Fairfield County	Greenwich School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 625-8000	2,633	197	13.3	21.7%	1,530 (58.1%)	70 (2.7%)	653 (24.8%)	222 (8.4%)	5 (0.2%)	1 (0.0%)	149 (5.7%)	$26,306							81.8%		(n/a)%
090411000813	3	Simsbury High School	Public	9-12	34 Farms Village Rd.	Simsbury	06070	Hartford County	Simsbury School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 658-0451	1,246	101	12.3	16.9%	903 (72.5%)	73 (5.9%)	122 (9.8%)	83 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	59 (4.7%)	$21,764							72.7%	96.6%	23.82%
090000501215	4	E. O. Smith High School	Public	9-12	1235 Storrs Rd.	Storrs	06268	Tolland County	Regional School District 19	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 487-0877	1,033	93	11	27.4%	742 (71.8%)	37 (3.6%)	150 (14.5%)	75 (7.3%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (1.5%)	$20,694							63.6%		(n/a)%
090054000109	5	Brookfield High School	Public	9-12	45 Long Meadow Hill Rd.	Brookfield	06804	Fairfield County	Brookfield School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 775-7725	871	67	13	23.8%	611 (70.1%)	30 (3.4%)	150 (17.2%)	71 (8.2%)	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	$19,964							54.5%	73.8%	19.25%
090255000489	6	Masuk High School	Public	9-12	1014 Monroe Tpke.	Monroe	06468	Fairfield County	Monroe School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 452-5823	1,057	81	13		750 (71.0%)	45 (4.3%)	158 (14.9%)	65 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (3.5%)	$21,222							45.5%		(n/a)%
090432000867	7	Stamford High School	Public	9-12	55 Strawberry Hill Ave.	Stamford	06902	Fairfield County	Stamford School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 977-4223	2,121	161	13.1	51.3%	601 (28.3%)	396 (18.7%)	976 (46.0%)	91 (4.3%)	3 (0.1%)	3 (0.1%)	48 (2.3%)	$20,067							36.4%	44.8%	8.46%
090285000602	8	New Milford High School	Public	9-12	388 Danbury Rd.	New Milford	06776	Litchfield County	New Milford School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 350-6647	1,207	101	11.9	32.0%	794 (65.8%)	53 (4.4%)	279 (23.1%)	42 (3.5%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	28 (2.3%)	$19,303							27.3%	51.0%	23.76%
090492001015	9	Hall High School	Public	9-12	975 North Main St.	West Hartford	06117	Hartford County	West Hartford School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 232-4561	1,393	100	13.9	23.4%	786 (56.4%)	114 (8.2%)	256 (18.4%)	148 (10.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	82 (5.9%)	$18,341							18.2%	93.8%	75.61%
090483000979	10	John F. Kennedy High School	Public	9-12	422 Highland Ave.	Waterbury	06708	New Haven County	Waterbury School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 574-8153	1,391	99	14.1	82.8%	152 (10.9%)	303 (21.8%)	865 (62.2%)	20 (1.4%)	10 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (2.9%)	$18,727							9.1%	5.5%	3.57%

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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 27, 2024, 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:

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Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Connecticut Department of Education.