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Hamden High School

Free meals for all

Hamden High School, a public high school in Hamden, Connecticut: grades 9–12, 1,609 students, 13.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Hamden School District.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 1,609
Teachers (FTE): 119.0
Students per teacher: 13.5
Grades: 9–12; High

More students per teacher than 79% of high schools in Connecticut

Median 11.4 · 200 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 57% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 92% of high schools in Connecticut

Median 674 · 200 schools compared

Larger than 87% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 9–12
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Hamden School District

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Hamden School District.

Location

Address: 2040 Dixwell Ave., Hamden, CT 06514
Phone: (203)407-2040
County: South Central Connecticut Planning Region

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Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
The Bridge at ACESAlternativeFree meals for all	6–12	32	1.8	0.8 mi
Eli Whitney Technical High SchoolCareer and technicalFree meals for all	9–12	586	10.3	2.0 mi
REGIONS secure HamdenAlternative	5–12	0	—	2.2 mi
Common Ground High SchoolCharterFree meals for all	9–12	221	10.0	2.8 mi
North Haven High School	9–12	944	11.0	3.0 mi
Wilbur Cross High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	1,742	13.7	3.1 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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