Summary:
Hammond, Indiana has 14 schools — 8 elementary, 2 middle, and 4 high schools — enrolling 10,538 students across three districts, with School City of Hammond serving 9,755 of them (92.6%) at 12 schools. That district ranks 351st of 374 in Indiana (6th percentile, 0 stars), and most of its schools sit in the state's bottom quartile. The separate Hammond Academy of Science & Technical district ranks 148th of 374 (60th percentile, 3 stars), while Excel Center - Hammond serves 205 students in a highly atypical setting.
Hammond Academy of Science & Technical is the clear academic standout: ranked 123 of 415 (70th percentile, 4 stars), with a 98.4% graduation rate versus the state's 89.7%, SAT reading at 52.17% (just above the state's 51.9%), and the lowest student-teacher ratio listed at 12.2 — all despite having the highest free/reduced lunch rate (67.99%). Within School City, Warren G Harding Elementary School has the best elementary standing (20th percentile, ELA 21.75%, Math 26.95%), and Charles N Scott Middle School leads district middle schools in ELA (22.79%, 14th percentile). Henry W Eggers Middle School has the lowest chronic absenteeism in the city (12.5%) and strong Biology results (58.33%).
The biggest red flag is high school math: SAT Math is 2.02% at Hammond Central High School and 2.94% at Morton Senior High School, against 25.6% statewide, with graduation at 80.4% and 76.0%. Absenteeism runs above the state's 16.7% almost everywhere, including 37.8% at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School. Spending doesn't track results: Thomas Jefferson Elementary School spends the most ($13,994) yet posts 12.42% all-grades ELA, while Hammond Academy of Science & Technical spends $10,892 with far stronger outcomes. Excel Center - Hammond is an extreme outlier and should be judged separately.
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