Hammonton High School

Hammonton High School is one of the middle-of-the-pack senior highs in HAMMONTON, New Jersey, one of the schools within Hammonton School District, with 1,315 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 929 students each, so Hammonton High School sits 42% above that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in Hammonton School District (3,278 students total), Hammonton High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Hammonton High School logs that 68% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 25% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Atlantic County as a whole is about 56% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 94 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Atlantic County (around 59%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hammonton High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.6%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Atlantic County shows median household earnings sit near $78,050, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hammonton High School is one of 77 public schools in Atlantic County (combined enrollment of about 41,964 students).

The closest other public school is Hammonton Early Childhood Educational Center, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hammonton High School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 36.9%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hammonton High School has shrank 5%, going from 1,378 students in 2018 to 1,315 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 74% to 68%.

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