West Woods Elementary School

Hamden Public Schools is very proud of the work being done by our students across the district.

Every month, Superintendent Highsmith honors our wonderful students from each school with the Superintendent's Student of the Month award.

See all the students!

Have a child ready for Kindergarten (Beginning in the 2024-25 school year, Connecticut will require that all children enrolling in kindergarten turn 5 years old by Sept. 1st, more information (here) or just moved into Hamden -now is the time to register!

Hamden has 8 grade K-6 elementary schools, with attendance zones designated by address. If you don't know which school your child will attend, you can find out here. 

Registration can be completed online

Visit our Hamden Student Registration Page for more information.

For school year 2024-25 students will pay $1.50 for breakfast and $3.10 for lunch.  Our district web site includes meal menus for the year and information about creating a meal account with the MySchoolBucks payment system. Please note that MySchoolBucks charges a fee for usage. If you wish to avoid this fee, please send your student to school with a check made out to “Hamden School Lunch Fund.” 
 
Your child may qualify for either free meals or reduced-price meals.  Please see the application and informational page on our district web site.  We now offer a fully online application. For SY 2024-25 students eligible for reduced-price school meals will receive one breakfast and one lunch per school day free of charge.  Even if your child qualified for free or reduced-price meals last year, a new application must be completed this year.