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.

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 SBAC 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 22)	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)
090180000331	1	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	486	46	10.6	14.6%	396 (81.5%)	6 (1.2%)	34 (7.0%)	21 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	27 (5.6%)	$20,221							95.5%	92.4%	3.05%
090462000930	2	Hillcrest Middle School	Public	6-8	530 Daniels Farm Rd.	Trumbull	06611	Fairfield County	Trumbull School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 452-4466	767	58	13.1	21.4%	465 (60.6%)	51 (6.6%)	138 (18.0%)	87 (11.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.0%)	$17,919							90.9%	90.8%	0.11%
090255000920	3	Jockey Hollow School	Public	6-8	365 Fan Hill Rd.	Monroe	06468	Fairfield County	Monroe School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 452-2905	774	60	13	16.4%	542 (70.0%)	28 (3.6%)	119 (15.4%)	48 (6.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	35 (4.5%)	$18,509							86.4%	87.2%	0.84%
090492001017	4	King Philip Middle School	Public	6-8	100 King Philip Dr.	West Hartford	06117	Hartford County	West Hartford School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 233-8236	815	74	10.9	26.5%	421 (51.7%)	79 (9.7%)	176 (21.6%)	82 (10.1%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	51 (6.3%)	$20,755							81.8%	81.6%	0.22%
090273001224	5	New Fairfield Middle School	Public	6-8	56 Gillotti Rd.	New Fairfield	06812	Fairfield County	New Fairfield School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 312-5885	492	45	10.9	17.1%	344 (69.9%)	18 (3.7%)	101 (20.5%)	7 (1.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.1%)	$22,953							77.3%	83.2%	5.93%
090423000833	6	Joseph A. Depaolo Middle School	Public	6-8	385 Pleasant St.	Southington	06489	Hartford County	Southington School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 628-3260	694	59	11.8	23.8%	526 (75.8%)	19 (2.7%)	84 (12.1%)	27 (3.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	36 (5.2%)	$17,446							72.7%	86.0%	13.27%
090156000274	7	Irving A. Robbins Middle School	Public	7-8	20 Wolf Pit Rd.	Farmington	06032	Hartford County	Farmington School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 677-2683	625	57	11	16.5%	308 (49.3%)	34 (5.4%)	77 (12.3%)	160 (25.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (6.7%)	$21,054							68.2%	92.8%	24.62%
090462000933	8	Madison Middle School	Public	6-8	4630 Madison Ave.	Trumbull	06611	Fairfield County	Trumbull School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 452-4499	786	65	12	18.1%	481 (61.2%)	51 (6.5%)	156 (19.8%)	82 (10.4%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	12 (1.5%)	$18,237							63.6%	86.8%	23.16%
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	622	55	11.4	15.9%	464 (74.6%)	29 (4.7%)	46 (7.4%)	63 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.2%)	$19,179							59.1%	89.2%	30.11%
090153000271	10	Tomlinson Middle School	Public	6-8	200 Unquowa Rd.	Fairfield	06824	Fairfield County	Fairfield School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 255-8336	621	71	8.7	29.8%	387 (62.3%)	39 (6.3%)	123 (19.8%)	40 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.0%)	$24,533							54.5%	74.8%	20.25%

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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 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.

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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.