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Eagle Hill School
Address
45 Glenville Road Greenwich, Connecticut 06831 United States
Information
Type	Independent private school, special education
Religious affiliation(s)	Nonsectarian
Established	1975
NCES School ID	01612613
Headmaster	Jim Heus
Teaching staff	65.3 (on an FTE basis)
Grades	K-10
Gender	Co-educational
Enrollment	253
Student to teacher ratio	3.9
Campus	Residential school
Accreditation	Connecticut Association of Independent Schools National Association of Independent Schools Connecticut State Department of Education
Affiliations	Eagle Hill School (Hardwick) Southport School (United States)
Website	www.eaglehillschool.org

Eagle Hill School is an independent, private boarding school in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States for children and adolescents with high-functioning special education needs. Established in 1975, the Lower School serves elementary school school students, the Upper School educates middle and junior high school students.

The school accepts students from Fairfield and Westchester counties, as well as from Manhattan in its day program, and children from the tri-state areas of Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey in its five-day boarding program.

Eagle Hill is a highly reputable school for students with learning disabilities.

History

For eight consecutive years, the school has earned a "school of excellence" listing by the National Association of Special Education Teachers.

Program

260 students attend the school who are in grades K-10, and have mild language-processing disabilities, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, auditory processing disorder, high-functioning autism, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, or dyslexia. The school consists of 75 teachers, and a student to teacher ratio of approximately 4 to 1.