Best Middle 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 Sunday, September 15, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 563)	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)
390448201707	1	Harding Middle School	Public	5-8	2002 Sunset Blvd	Steubenville	43952	Jefferson County	Steubenville City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(740) 282-3481	752	47	16		420 (55.9%)	185 (24.6%)	26 (3.5%)	6 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	113 (15.0%)	$8,851							99.8%	91.9%	7.95%
390443100606	2	Mariemont Junior High School	Public	7-8	3847 Southern Avenue	Cincinnati	45227	Hamilton County	Mariemont City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 272-7300	267	16	16.8	9.7%	238 (89.1%)	7 (2.6%)	12 (4.5%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.2%)	$14,817							99.6%	98.2%	1.46%
390472202809	3	West Geauga Middle School	Public	6-8	8611 Cedar Rd	Chesterland	44026	Geauga County	West Geauga Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(440) 729-5940	491	24	20.8	10.4%	446 (90.8%)	9 (1.8%)	19 (3.9%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.6%)	$13,283							99.5%	98.6%	0.90%
390451300309	4	Kilbourne Middle School	Public	6-8	50 E Dublin Granville Rd	Worthington	43085	Franklin County	Worthington City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(614) 450-4200	425	29	14.6	17.2%	329 (77.4%)	44 (10.4%)	14 (3.3%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.8%)	$13,487							99.3%	90.7%	8.56%
390500203803	5	Hudson Middle School	Public	6-8	83 N Oviatt St	Hudson	44236	Summit County	Hudson City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 653-1316	1,038	68	15.3	4.5%	848 (81.7%)	27 (2.6%)	38 (3.7%)	65 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (5.8%)	$13,906							99.1%	98.1%	1.02%
390470200475	6	Willard Grizzell Middle School	Public	6-8	8705 Avery Rd	Dublin	43017	Franklin County	Dublin City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(614) 798-3569	691	43	16	1.3%	529 (76.6%)	9 (1.3%)	20 (2.9%)	91 (13.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (6.1%)	$14,189							98.9%	97.7%	1.23%
390454106092	7	Hicksville Middle School	Public	5-8	958 E High St	Hicksville	43526	Defiance County	Hicksville Exempted Village School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 542-5917	264	18	14.6		238 (90.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (8.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	$10,115							98.8%	93.9%	4.88%
390467602650	8	Olentangy Shanahan Middle School	Public	6-8	814 Shanahan Rd	Lewis Center	43035	Delaware County	Olentangy Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(740) 657-4300	1,034	53	19.6	6.5%	634 (61.3%)	64 (6.2%)	43 (4.2%)	224 (21.7%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	64 (6.2%)	$12,805							98.6%	95.8%	2.79%
390466000173	9	Solon Middle School	Public	7-8	6835 Som Center Rd	Solon	44139	Cuyahoga County	Solon City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(440) 349-3848	758	41	18.7	12.4%	367 (48.4%)	132 (17.4%)	19 (2.5%)	190 (25.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	48 (6.3%)	$16,968							98.4%	97.5%	0.89%
390467604598	10	Olentangy Liberty Middle School	Public	6-8	7940 Liberty Rd N	Powell	43065	Delaware County	Olentangy Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(740) 657-4400	1,004	42	23.7	2.5%	759 (75.6%)	18 (1.8%)	34 (3.4%)	131 (13.0%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (5.9%)	$12,094							98.2%	98.8%	0.53%

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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 15, 2024, 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.