Hammond High Magnet School

Hammond High Magnet School, a heavily attended 9-12 campus in Hammond, Louisiana, overseen by Tangipahoa Parish, hosts 1,606 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 711 students each, so Hammond High Magnet School sits 126% larger than that benchmark.

Within Tangipahoa Parish, which oversees 32 schools and 19,077 students, Hammond High Magnet School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Hammond High Magnet School lists that the largest single group is Black at 53%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 27% White, 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Tangipahoa Parish as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Hammond High Magnet School has 105 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages around 18.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Tangipahoa Parish) logs that median household income runs about $56,760, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Tangipahoa Parish's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,077 students), Hammond High Magnet School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hammond Eastside Magnet, around 0.2 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hammond High Magnet School has edged up 12%, going from 1,434 students in 2018 to 1,606 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 35% to 27% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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