Total enrollment
9,755
+196 (+2%) vs SY 2020-21
17 schools in School City of Hammond
Indiana · 10,997 students · 2 cities
In total, School City of Hammond hosts 17 public K-12 schools with about 10,997 students, averaging 647 per school.
4-year change in School City of Hammond
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
12
-4 (-25%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How School City of Hammond ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Indiana | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 10,997 | #18 of 286 | #829 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 15 | #21 of 286 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #265 of 285 | #7,629 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 54.2% | #78 of 286 | #3,567 of 8,164 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside School City of Hammond
State test results across the district's 10 scored schools run from Warren G Harding Elementary School at 23.0% proficient to Annie Burns-Hicks Elementary School at 9.1%, a gap of 13.9 points. That is the 99th widest gap among 117 Indiana districts with four or more scored schools.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammond Central High School | Hammond | High | 09-12 | 1,814 |
| Morton Senior High School | Hammond | High | 09-12 | 1,446 |
| Warren G Harding Elementary School | Hammond | Elementary | PK-06 | 755 |
| Washington Irving Elementary Sch | Hammond | Elementary | PK-06 | 754 |
| Thomas A Edison Elementary School | Hammond | Elementary | PK-06 | 705 |
| Henry W Eggers Middle School | Hammond | Middle | 07-08 | 693 |
| Charles N Scott Middle School | Hammond | Middle | 07-08 | 663 |
| Annie Burns-Hicks Elementary School | Hammond | Elementary | PK-06 | 622 |
| Joseph Hess Elementary School | Hammond | Elementary | PK-06 | 611 |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School | Hammond | Elementary | PK-06 | 570 |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary School | Hammond | Elementary | PK-06 | 565 |
| Frank O'Bannon Elementary School | Hammond | Elementary | PK-06 | 557 |
| Morton Elementary School | Hammond | Elementary | PK-06 | 525 |
| Lew Wallace Elementary School | Hammond | Elementary | PK-06 | 450 |
| Kenwood Elementary School | Hammond | Elementary | PK-06 | 267 |
| Area Career Center | Hammond | High | 06-12 | 0 |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary Sch | Whiting | Elementary | PK-06 | · |
About School City of Hammond
School City of Hammond is a compact Indiana school district running 17 schools with combined enrollment near 10,997.
In terms of grade levels, School City of Hammond spans 12 elementary, 2 middle, and 3 high schools.
On a per-school basis, School City of Hammond runs about 647 students per school, 18% meaningfully above the state mean of roughly 549.
Five-year track record. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment held roughly steady: 9,559 students in SY 2020-21 versus 9,755 in SY 2024-25. School City of Hammond now counts 12 public schools, down from 16 in SY 2020-21.
On this page, the community for School City of Hammond discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Members of the local community share what they see day-to-day.