Hammond Middle

Hammond Middle runs as a small middle-grades school in Laurel, Maryland. The school counts 604 students across grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Maryland is about 764 students.

Howard County Public Schools enrolls 57,565 students in 77 schools, including Hammond Middle.

No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Hammond Middle. The largest is White students, at 38%. The remaining students are 29% Black, 13% Asian, 10% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. Census figures show Howard County is about 47% White. Hammond Middle's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.

Its 40.6 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.9:1. That matches the 14.3:1 average for middle schools in Maryland fairly closely. The school's lunch program data list 16% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 27% average among public schools in Howard County.

Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Hammond Middle would score about 64.5%. It scores 54.8%, 9.7 points below that figure.

Within Howard County, the median household income is $149,763, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 65% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. In all, Howard County has 78 public schools and roughly 57,565 students.

The shortest distance from Hammond Middle to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Hammond Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Hammond Middle comes in 5th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.

Hammond Middle is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.

Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 612 in 2020-21, 604 in 2024-25.

Topics for discussion here include enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.