Elementary · Connecticut

Helen Street School

Free meals for all

Helen Street School, a public elementary school in Hamden, Connecticut: grades pre-k–6, 280 students, 11.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Hamden School District.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary 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: 280
Teachers (FTE): 24.0
Students per teacher: 11.7
Grades: Pre-K–6; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 62% of elementary schools in Connecticut

Median 12.2 · 594 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 81% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 77% of elementary schools in Connecticut

Median 369 · 598 schools compared

Smaller than 76% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Connecticut's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Connecticut: 50%

27%proficient

+0.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 81% of elementary schools in Connecticut

Median 53% · 551 elementary schools compared

160 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Connecticut: 46%

28%proficient

+8.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 76% of elementary schools in Connecticut

Median 50% · 551 elementary schools compared

159 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–6
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: 285 Helen St., Hamden, CT 06514
Phone: (203)407-2030
County: South Central Connecticut Planning Region

Quality of life in South Central Connecticut Planning Region Schools in South Central Connecticut Planning Region

Nearby elementary schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Church Street SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	334	15.0	24%	15%	0.6 mi
Brennan Rogers SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	203	10.7	15%	5.0%	0.9 mi
Dunbar Hill SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	271	12.9	28%	19%	1.1 mi
King/Robinson Magnet SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	412	12.1	14%	8.7%	1.1 mi
Lincoln-Bassett SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	236	11.2	18%	14%	1.5 mi
Barack H. Obama Magnet University SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–4	343	11.8	16%	28%	1.5 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

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).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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