High · Connecticut

James Hillhouse High School

Free meals for all

James Hillhouse High School, a public high school in New Haven, Connecticut: grades 9–12, 1,124 students, 13.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of New Haven 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
1,124
Teachers (FTE)
84.0
Students per teacher
13.4
Grades
9–12
High

More students per teacher than 78% 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 76% of high schools in Connecticut

Median 674 · 200 schools compared

Larger than 77% 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
Midsize city

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

Location

Address
480 Sherman Parkway, New Haven, CT 06511
Phone
(475)220-7500
City or town
New Haven

Nearby high schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
9–1262511.4
New Haven AcademyFree meals for all
9–1232113.4
9–1256011.7
Eli Whitney Technical High SchoolCareer and technicalFree meals for all
9–1258610.3
Common Ground High SchoolCharterFree meals for all
9–1222110.0
Wilbur Cross High SchoolFree meals for all
9–121,74213.7

Sources

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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