HAMMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 8008 N MOBLEY RD, in ODESSA, Florida, HAMMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized primary school that hosts 690 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of HILLSBOROUGH.

Across the 300 schools in HILLSBOROUGH (221,318 students total), HAMMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, HAMMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that White students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, 3% Black. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 51% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, HAMMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hillsborough County (around 43%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HAMMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.4%, the actual is 78.8%, a residual of +9.4 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Hillsborough County shows median household income runs about $79,540, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HAMMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students).

WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HAMMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, HAMMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 63.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. HAMMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 734 (now 690). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 68% to 63%. Class-load math has rose: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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