| Sacred Heart Academy | |
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| Address | |
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265 Benham Street , New Haven County , Connecticut 06514 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°22′1″N 72°55′53″W / 41.36694°N 72.93139°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, All-Girls |
| Motto | Excelsior (Ever higher) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1946 |
| CEEB code | 070263 |
| President | Sheila O'Neill |
| Principal | Kathleen Mary Coonan |
| Faculty | 68 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 500 |
| Average class size | 18-23 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 10:1 |
| Campus size | 127 acres (0.51 km2) |
| Color(s) | Red and white |
| Athletics conference | Southern Connecticut Conference |
| Mascot | Shark |
| Nickname | SHA |
| Team name | Sharks |
| Accreditation | New England Association of Schools and Colleges[1] |
| Publication | PRISM (literary magazine) |
| Newspaper | Alethea |
| Yearbook | Clelian |
| Tuition | $16,500 |
| Alumni | 7000+ |
| Website | www |
Sacred Heart Academy is a young women's college preparatory, Roman Catholic high school in Hamden, Connecticut, and part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford. It is run by the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, an order of religious sisters founded in Italy by Mother Clelia Merloni. The school is located atop Mt. Sacred Heart, which is the U.S. Provincialate of the sisters. Their team mascot is the Shark. Their brother school is Notre Dame High School West Haven, Connecticut, and their sister school is Cor Jesu Academy in St. Louis, Missouri.
- ^ NEASC-CIS. "NEASC-Commission on Independent Schools". Archived from the original on 2009-06-16. Retrieved 2009-07-28.