Hamden Hall enrolls approximately 600 students in grades PreSchool through twelve, with an average senior class size of 80 students. Upper School classes meet 225 minutes per week, 35 weeks per year, and homework exceeds three hours per night. Average class size is thirteen students; student-faculty ratio is 7-1. Participation in a full range of extracurricular activities is expected of every student. Generally, 99% of graduates enter selective four-year colleges.

All students are expected to abide by the Honor Code. In addition, they strive to embody the five core values of Excellence, Support, Participation, Accountability, and Respect.

Hamden Hall is a member of Global Online Academy, a consortium of the world’s leading independent schools whose mission is to translate into online classrooms the intellectually rigorous programs and excellent teaching that are hallmarks of its member schools. 34 Hamden Hall students will undertake 23 different courses from among GOA’s offerings in the 2022-23 academic year. All GOA courses are considered to be honors level.

“Princeton Peer Leadership” is an Honors-level, full-year academic course in leadership training which entails rigorous writing, planning, presentation and evaluation components as well as group leadership and programming for the freshman class. The faculty instructors select six male and six female seniors based on their demonstrated leadership, their potential as role models, and their diversity as representatives of the entire school community. For over 30 years, Hamden Hall has benefited from the dedicated service of our Freshman Mentors as highly visible role models to younger students and builders of our school community.


Hamden Hall boasts a vibrant visual and performing arts program, a testament to student commitment to extracurriculars. In fact, a quarter of upper school students qualify as Thespians, having taken part in three or more theater productions, and an equal amount are members of the choir and orchestras and bands. Over the past several years, the majority of chorus members have earned regional and state recognition.  Last year, 90 percent earned all-state honors, and four students were recognized at the national level.

SID is an extracurricular, interdisciplinary program that encourages highly motivated and intellectually curious students to excel as they develop a panoply of skills in scientific research, technology, public speaking, and more as they pursue and study research topics of their own choosing.

Hamden Hall students compete on 20 Varsity teams, as well as a number of JV and club teams. Hamden Hall teams regularly compete in league and New England tournaments, and Baseball, Golf, Boys and Girls Swimming, Girls Soccer, Boys Basketball, Boys Lacrosse, and Girls Lacrosse all boast titles during the past three years. In addition, more than ten percent of seniors go on to play sports in college each year.

Hamden Hall is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and approved by the Connecticut State Department of Education. Hamden Hall is an active member of the following organizations: National Association of Independent Schools, Connecticut Association of Independent Schools, Cum Laude Society, Rho Kappa Honor Society, Global Online Academy, National and New England Associations for College Admission Counseling, ACCIS, Fairchester Athletic Association, New England Preparatory School Athletic Council.