Shepherd Glen School

As a small elementary-level community in Hamden, Connecticut, Shepherd Glen School teaches 303 students from grades K through 6, operated by Hamden School District.

Shepherd Glen School is one of 10 schools operated by Hamden School District, a district that enrolls 5,012 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Shepherd Glen School logs that 39% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 25% Hispanic, 16% White, 14% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

On the income-and-resources front, Shepherd Glen School shows 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Shepherd Glen School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 56% of students at Shepherd Glen School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for South Central Connecticut Planning Region put median household income runs about $88,197, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Shepherd Glen School is one of 152 public schools in South Central Connecticut Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 72,909 students).

Hamden Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Shepherd Glen School.

Shepherd Glen School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 302 students in 2018 compared to 303 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share ticked down from 22% to 14%.

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