📍 315 Lane St., Hamden, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, 06514
Dunbar Hill School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Hamden, South Central Connecticut Planning Region. The school has 272 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hamden School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
Dunbar Hill School enrolls 272 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 20 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 37% Black or African American, 35% Hispanic or Latino and 14% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 100 | 37% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 96 | 35% |
| White | 38 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 31 | 11% |
| Asian | 7 | 2.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
133 of the school's 272 students (49%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Dunbar Hill School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Dunbar Hill School is one of 10 schools in Hamden School District, based in Hamden, Connecticut. The district serves 5,464 students district-wide and employs 440 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 272 students, Dunbar Hill School is smaller than the district average of about 546 students per school.