Enrollment
225
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMMOND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361344004511
HAMMOND CENTRAL SCHOOL
51 S MAIN ST, HAMMOND, NY 13646 · (315) 324-5931 · St. Lawrence County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL225 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
27 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
108 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
48.3%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
83.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +30.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 30 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
225
-52 (-19%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
was 10.7:1
% White
97%
was 99%
% Hispanic
0%
was 0%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About HAMMOND CENTRAL SCHOOL
HAMMOND CENTRAL SCHOOL is a K-12 campus of compact scale in HAMMOND, New York, run under HAMMOND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, instructing 225 students in grades pre-K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 544 students per school, that is 59% smaller than typical.
Operationally, HAMMOND CENTRAL SCHOOL answers to HAMMOND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.
For racial and ethnic makeup, HAMMOND CENTRAL SCHOOL lists that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 2% multiracial.
On the resource side, HAMMOND CENTRAL SCHOOL logs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HAMMOND CENTRAL SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.3%, the actual is 52.4%, a residual of -5.0 points.
Around the school, the surrounding county (St. Lawrence County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $62,850 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, St. Lawrence County runs 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,653 students), of which HAMMOND CENTRAL SCHOOL is one.
MORRISTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 10.1 miles from this campus. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HAMMOND CENTRAL SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 49.7%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 19%: 277 students in 2018 compared to 225 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 today.
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St. Lawrence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
107,226
Census ACS
Median income
$62,850
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
13,653 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- MORRISTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL10.1 mi · 307
- ALEXANDRIA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL12.9 mi · 224
- ALEXANDRIA CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL12.9 mi · 243
- GOUVERNEUR MIDDLE SCHOOL13.3 mi · 447
- GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL13.5 mi · 450
- GOUVERNEUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL13.8 mi · 511
Frequently asked questions
About HAMMOND CENTRAL SCHOOLHow large is HAMMOND CENTRAL SCHOOL?
HAMMOND CENTRAL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 225 students in grades PK-12.
What grades does HAMMOND CENTRAL SCHOOL serve?
HAMMOND CENTRAL SCHOOL serves grades PK-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HAMMOND CENTRAL SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HAMMOND CENTRAL SCHOOL is approximately 8.4:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is HAMMOND CENTRAL SCHOOL?
HAMMOND CENTRAL SCHOOL reports a student body of 97% White, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is HAMMOND CENTRAL SCHOOL public or private?
HAMMOND CENTRAL SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HAMMOND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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