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High Meadows
825 Hartford Tpke., Hamden, CT, 06517 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
High Meadows
School Type Other/alternative school
Grades Offered Grades 5 - 12
County New Haven County, CT
Students & Faculty
Total Students 30 students
% Male / % Female 70%  /  30%
Total Classroom Teachers 2 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 5 - 1 students
Grade 7 - 3 students
Grade 8 - 8 students
Grade 9 - 7 students
Grade 10 - 6 students
Grade 11 - 3 students
Grade 12 - 2 students
This School
(CT) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:15 1:14
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(CT) School Average
% American Indian n/a n/a
% Asian 7% 2%
% Hispanic 7% 24%
% Black 40% 35%
% White 47% 37%
Additional Student Information
This School
(CT) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 90% 45%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch n/a 6%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
(CT) Statewide Testing Performance
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School District:
School District Name Unified #2 School District
This School's Agency
(CT) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 4 7
Number of Students Managed 296 students 3,730 students
District Total Revenue n/a $59,173,000
District Expenditure n/a $55,393,000
District Revenue / Student n/a $15,864
District Expenditure / Student n/a $14,851
In the News:
  • Dollars and Sense (New Haven Advocate)
    posted on October 28, 2009 at 03:08:48 pm
    If you need less of one thing, you wouldn't buy more, right? That's not what Connecticut's Department of Children and Families is doing. DCF says there's been a 30 percent drop in need for residential treatment of kids with medical, psychological or behavioral issues. At the same...
  • Blumenthal, Rell face off over High Meadows (New Haven Register)
    posted on October 22, 2009 at 07:46:08 am
    HAMDEN — Whether a state residential facility for adolescent boys with severe problems can remain open is now tied in bureaucratic and political knots.
  • Protests come with Rell's decision (WTNH-TV New Haven)
    posted on October 22, 2009 at 12:19:03 am
    Holding flags and protest signs, workers marched in front of the High Meadows facility in Hamden. They're protesting against the governor's decision to shut their doors even though funding for the facility was included in the budget.
  • AG says Rell can’t close Hamden boys’ home (New Haven Register)
    posted on October 21, 2009 at 08:00:26 am
    HARTFORD (AP) — Connecticut’s attorney general says Gov. M. Jodi Rell cannot unilaterally close a state-run residential treatment program in Hamden for boys with severe behavioral and emotional problems.
  • Rell told can't close High Meadows (Boston Globe)
    posted on October 20, 2009 at 09:23:16 pm
    Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced Tuesday that $15 million in bonding is expected to be approved for the design and construction of a new detention facility in Bridgeport for delinquent females.
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School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (06517)
School Zip (06517)
(CT) State Average
Population (Approximate) 14,375 people 3,282,160 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 48% 35%
Population Average Age 42 years old 37 years old
Average Household size 2.3 persons 2.4 persons
Median Household Income $55,230 $52,927
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.7 rooms 5.5 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 60 years old 48 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (06517)


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Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
% Owning / % Renting 68% / 32% 62% / 38%
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1. A. C. E. S. - 629 students - 0.8 mi. away - view location
2. Ridge Road Elementary School - 531 students - 0.8 mi. away - view location
3. Spring Glen School - 390 students - 0.8 mi. away - view location
4. Ridge Hill School - 415 students - 0.9 mi. away - view location
5. Hamden High School - 1800 students - 1.4 mi. away - view location
View all schools in: Hamden, New Haven County, Zip 06517 
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