Hammond Westside Montessori

Located at 2600 Westpark Avenue, in Hammond, Louisiana, Hammond Westside Montessori is a sprawling primary school that enrolls 1,022 students (grades pre-K through 8), overseen by Tangipahoa Parish. That puts it 126% above the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

Across the 32 schools in Tangipahoa Parish (19,077 students total), Hammond Westside Montessori accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Hammond Westside Montessori records that the largest single group is Black at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 21% White, 20% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Tangipahoa Parish as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Hammond Westside Montessori has 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. Roughly 78% of students at Hammond Westside Montessori qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hammond Westside Montessori performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.2%, the actual is 17.7%, a residual of -10.6 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Tangipahoa Parish put median household income runs about $56,760, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hammond Westside Montessori is one of 33 public schools in Tangipahoa Parish (combined enrollment of about 19,077 students).

The closest other public school is Greenville Park Leadership Academy, roughly 1.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hammond Westside Montessori comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 23.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Hammond Westside Montessori's enrollment has decreased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 1,127 (now 1,022). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 5% to 20%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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