📍 120 Carew Rd., Hamden, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, 06517
Ridge Hill School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Hamden, South Central Connecticut Planning Region. The school has 294 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 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
Ridge Hill School enrolls 294 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 25 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 31% White, 27% Hispanic or Latino and 26% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 90 | 31% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 80 | 27% |
| Black or African American | 75 | 26% |
| Asian | 27 | 9.2% |
| Two or more races | 22 | 7.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
164 of the school's 294 students (56%) 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.
Ridge 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.
Ridge 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 294 students, Ridge Hill School is smaller than the district average of about 546 students per school.