Hammond Eastside Magnet

Hammond Eastside Magnet operates as a sizable elementary campus in Hammond, Louisiana, operated by Tangipahoa Parish. Current enrollment sits at 1,340 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Hammond Eastside Magnet sits 196% above that benchmark.

Tangipahoa Parish runs 32 schools in total, collectively educating 19,077 students. Hammond Eastside Magnet is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Hammond Eastside Magnet records that the largest single group is Black at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 34% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Hammond Eastside Magnet has 106 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. Roughly 74% of students at Hammond Eastside Magnet qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Hammond Eastside Magnet tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.3%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Tangipahoa Parish) logs that median household earnings sit near $56,760, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Tangipahoa Parish runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,077 students), of which Hammond Eastside Magnet is one.

The closest other public school is Hammond High Magnet School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hammond Eastside Magnet ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 24.6%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Hammond Eastside Magnet's enrollment has edged up 9% since 2018, when it stood at 1,226 (now 1,340). White enrollment moved from 47% to 34% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Hammond Eastside Magnet community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.