Total enrollment
9,755
-4,013 (-29%) vs SY 2017-18
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 campus.
7-year change in School City of Hammond
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
12
-8 (-40%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
8%
was 14%
% Hispanic
47%
was 47%
% Black
40%
was 34%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
| 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 campuses 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 campus, 18% meaningfully above the state mean of roughly 549.
Five-year track record. Across the same 7-year window, public-school enrollment contracted 29%: 13,768 students in SY 2017-18 versus 9,755 in SY 2024-25. School City of Hammond now counts 12 public schools, down from 20 in SY 2017-18. The White share of public-school enrollment fell from 14% to 8%.
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.