Ridge Hill School

Ridge Hill School is a small elementary school in Hamden, Connecticut. The school had 321 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25.

The district for Ridge Hill School is Hamden School District, with 10 schools and 5,012 students.

Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Ridge Hill School, at 27%. Enrollment also includes 27% Black, 27% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 7% Asian. Among people living in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, the White share is about 62%. The school's diversity index is 76%, meaning two students picked at random have a 76% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

With 26 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Ridge Hill School was 12.3:1. That is close to the 12.6:1 average for elementary schools in Connecticut. Eligible students account for 46% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.

Census estimates describe South Central Connecticut Planning Region this way: the median household income is $88,197, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. In all, South Central Connecticut Planning Region has 152 public schools and roughly 72,909 students.

Nearby, Spring Glen School is about 1.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.

Ridge Hill School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.

The school enrolled 321 students in 2024-25, 27 more than the 294 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 11.3:1 to 12.3:1.

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