Find IEP Schools Near You — Nationwide Special Education Ratings
Search public schools for children with IEPs across all 50 states. Compare specialist staffing, staff credentials, program fit, and caseload adequacy. California, Texas, Florida, New York, Illinois & Pennsylvania featured as the top six SWD-serving states.
Top SWD School Districts by State
Ranked by SWD Support Score — staffing depth, academic performance, composite rating.
To get started: enter your address below, or select a state above to search by school, district, city, or county.
Select a state to explore schools.
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How to use this site
- 1Pick a state, then narrow by county, district, or school level to see every public school we cover.
- 2Enter your home address to sort schools nearest-first and see exact distance (in miles) on each tile — your address stays in your browser and is never saved.
- 3Open any school to view its IEP Ready Score, SWD Support Score, specialist staffing, program intensity (T1–T4), and any open special-education vacancies in the district.
- 4Compare schools side-by-side, then use the findings as a starting point for conversations with the school, district, IEP team, or an advocate.
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How school scores are calculated
Each school shows two presentation-only scores derived from public data. They reflect special-education service capacity alongside academic performance — not a single measure of overall school quality.
- SWD Support Score — combines four factors: specialist presence, staff credential quality (board-certified vs. clinical fellow), program & intensity fit (T1 Mild → T4 Severe), and caseload adequacy relative to the school's SWD population.
- IEP Ready Score — overall rating for IEP families, blending academic performance with the SWD Support Score above.
- Vacancy signals — when EdJoin or Indeed list open special-education roles in the district, we surface that as context (not a standalone judgment).
Scores reflect special-education service capacity alongside academic performance. Always verify current programs and services directly with the school or district. Full details on the About page.
Important disclaimer
IEP Guide does not provide legal, medical, educational, or IEP placement advice. The site uses public, aggregated education data to help families, educators, and advocates explore patterns and ask better questions. Placement and service decisions should be made through the appropriate school, district, and IEP process.
IEP Guide does not publish individual student records and does not collect or display student-level personal information.
About iepguide.org
Is your child's special education school placement not working? You are not alone. Many families discover that their assigned school lacks the specialist staffing, credential depth, or program structure their child's IEP requires. iepguide.org is a nationwide school search tool built specifically for families of children with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).
We help parents find and compare public schools based on specialist staffing, staff credential quality, special education program fit, and caseload adequacy — the factors that matter most when a special education school placement is not working. Whether your child's IEP services are not being delivered, the current program is not the right fit, or you are proactively researching IEP schools near you, iepguide.org gives you the data to ask better questions at your next IEP meeting.
iepguide.org covers public schools and districts across all 50 states. California, Texas, Florida, New York, Illinois, and Pennsylvania are featured in depth as the six states serving the highest number of students with disabilities (SWD) under IDEA — offering detailed district reports, specialist staffing data, and program-level comparisons. Search any school nationwide by entering your home address above.
Data sourced from the U.S. Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22 and IDEA Section 618 federal education reports. Ratings are for informational purposes only and do not constitute placement advice. Always verify current programs and staffing directly with the school or district.
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