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Enrollment
1,340
Elementary
DISTRICT 587 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TANGIPAHOA PARISH·NCES 220168001902
Hammond Eastside Magnet
45050 River Road, Hammond, LA 70401 · (985) 345-8481 · Tangipahoa Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,340 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
106 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
995 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 74 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 131 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 146 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 156 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 151 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 144 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 131 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 143 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 141 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (131) is 7% smaller than its 8th grade class (141).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
28.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
19.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 28.0% | 19.0% |
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 19.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 18.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.9%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Hammond Eastside Magnet
Hammond Eastside Magnet's state test result (22.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hammond Eastside Magnet this school | 1,340 | 74.3% | 22.0% |
| Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School Shreveport | 1,480 | 67.9% | 24.0% |
| Jennings Elementary School Jennings | 976 | 72.7% | 32.8% |
| Keithville Elementary/Middle School Keithville | 818 | 75.4% | 19.0% |
| Hammond Westside Montessori Hammond | 1,022 | 78.1% | 20.7% |
| W.L. Abney Elementary Slidell | 936 | 72.0% | 22.0% |
Matched among Louisiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hammond Eastside Magnet ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Tangipahoa Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #424 of 583 | #8 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #462 of 582 ▼ 11 | #12 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #450 of 587 ▼ 39 | #8 of 15 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #276 of 540 | #12 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,340 | #4 of 714 | #1 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #233 of 655 | #10 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.3% | #142 of 655 | #9 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.3% | #349 of 705 | #10 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.3% | #115 of 197 | #5 of 6 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,340
+20 (+2%) vs 2020
+186% since 1990-91, when it was 468
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 17.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,340 | 106.3 | 12.6:1 | 74% (995) |
| 2023-24 | 1,391 | 77.9 | 17.9:1 | 65% (904) |
| 2022-23 | 1,343 | 77.3 | 17.4:1 | 68% (919) |
| 2020-21 | 1,320 | 76 | 17.4:1 | 48% (631) |
| 2017-18 | 1,226 | 72 | 17.0:1 | 40% (495) |
| 2015-16 | 1,142 | 93 | 12.3:1 | 75% (854) |
| 2010-11 | 401 | 29 | 13.8:1 | 93% (371) |
| 2000-01 | 339 | 22 | 15.4:1 | 91% (307) |
| 1990-91 | 468 | 26 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hammond Eastside Magnet.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (1,226 to 1,340); teachers up 48% (72 to 106.3).
About Hammond Eastside Magnet
In Hammond, Louisiana, Hammond Eastside Magnet is a large elementary school. It serves 1,340 students in pre-K through 8. For comparison, elementary schools in Louisiana average about 453 students.
In Tangipahoa Parish, 32 schools enroll a combined 19,077 students.
At Hammond Eastside Magnet, Black students make up 51% of the student body. Next come 34% White, 8% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 29% Black. Hammond Eastside Magnet's diversity index is 61%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 106.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Hammond Eastside Magnet was 12.6:1. On average, elementary schools in Louisiana have 14.0:1, compared with 12.6:1 here. Hammond Eastside Magnet's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 74%. That tracks the 73% average for public schools in Tangipahoa Parish.
The allk12 Grade for Hammond Eastside Magnet is C-. Compared with Louisiana public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 16% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Hammond Eastside Magnet's average proficiency rate on state tests of 22.0% is 8.9 points below the 30.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Tangipahoa Parish show that the median household income is $56,760, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Hammond Eastside Magnet is one of 33 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Hammond Eastside Magnet is Hammond High Magnet School, about 0.2 miles away. There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. Hammond Eastside Magnet ranks 4th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 22.0% against a local average of 25.6%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment went from 1,320 in 2020-21 to 1,340 in 2024-25, a change of 20 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.4:1 to 12.6:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Tangipahoa Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
136,738
Census ACS
Median income
$56,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
19,077 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tangipahoa Parish
- Ponchatoula High SchoolHigh · 2,067 students
- Hammond High Magnet SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
- Champ Cooper Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,163 students
- Hammond Westside MontessoriElementary · 1,022 students
- Loranger Elementary SchoolElementary · 800 students
- Ponchatoula Junior High SchoolMiddle · 723 students
Other schools in Hammond
- Hammond High Magnet SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
- Hammond Westside MontessoriElementary · 1,022 students
- Woodland Park MagnetElementary · 458 students
- Greenville Park Leadership AcademyMiddle · 384 students
- Southeastern LA University Lab SchoolElementary · 257 students
Nearby schools
- Hammond High Magnet School0.2 mi · 1,606
- Woodland Park Magnet4.3 mi · 458
- Champ Cooper Elementary School4.4 mi · 1,163
- Martha Vinyard Elementary School5.0 mi · 589
- Ponchatoula High School5.3 mi · 2,067
- Greenville Park Leadership Academy5.4 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About Hammond Eastside MagnetHow large is Hammond Eastside Magnet?
Hammond Eastside Magnet enrolls approximately 1,340 students in grades PK-08.
Is Hammond Eastside Magnet an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hammond Eastside Magnet is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Hammond Eastside Magnet?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Hammond Eastside Magnet.
How diverse is Hammond Eastside Magnet?
Hammond Eastside Magnet reports a student body of 34% White, 8% Hispanic, 51% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Hammond Eastside Magnet?
Hammond Eastside Magnet is overseen by Tangipahoa Parish in Tangipahoa Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.