Hammond Elementary

Hammond Elementary, a heavily attended K-5 school in Laurel, Maryland, one of the schools within Howard County Public Schools, works with 763 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 59% larger than the state mean of about 481.

Hammond Elementary is one of 77 schools operated by Howard County Public Schools, a district that educates 57,565 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Hammond Elementary reports that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 25% Black, 17% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Hammond Elementary shows 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 19% of students at Hammond Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Howard County (around 27%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hammond Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.2%, the actual is 60.2%, a residual of -3.0 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Howard County indicate the typical household earns roughly $149,763 per year, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hammond Elementary is one of 78 public schools in Howard County (combined enrollment of about 57,565 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hammond Middle, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hammond Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hammond Elementary at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 56.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hammond Elementary has grew 17%, going from 651 students in 2018 to 763 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 30% to 25%.

On the community side, the feed for Hammond Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.