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School City of Hammond Schools
School City of Hammond is a public school district in Indiana, based in Lake County (Hammond). SchoolGrade grades 16 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
School City of Hammond on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for School City of Hammond
16 of 16 schools in School City of Hammond carry a SchoolGrade. Grade distribution:
C: 1D: 5F: 10
Best schools in School City of Hammond
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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- C- Morton Senior High School (High school, meets expectations)
- D- Hammond Central High School (High school, doesn't meet expectations)
- D- Henry W Eggers Middle School (Middle school, meets expectations)
- D- Joseph Hess Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- D- Warren G Harding Elementary School (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- D- Thomas Jefferson Elementary School (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- F Abraham Lincoln Elementary School (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- F Charles N Scott Middle School (Middle school, doesn't meet expectations)
- F Kenwood Elementary School (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- F Benjamin Franklin Elementary Sch (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
Every school in School City of Hammond
High schools (2)
- D- Hammond Central High School, Hammond
- C- Morton Senior High School, Hammond
Middle and junior high schools (2)
- F Charles N Scott Middle School, Hammond
- D- Henry W Eggers Middle School, Hammond
Elementary and primary schools (12)
- F Abraham Lincoln Elementary School, Hammond
- F Annie Burns Hicks Elementary School, Hammond
- F Benjamin Franklin Elementary Sch, Whiting
- F Frank Obannon Elementary School, Hammond
- D- Joseph Hess Elementary School, Hammond
- F Kenwood Elementary School, Hammond
- F Lew Wallace Elementary School, Hammond
- F Morton Elementary School, Hammond
- F Thomas A Edison Elementary School, Hammond
- D- Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, Hammond
- D- Warren G Harding Elementary School, Hammond
- F Washington Irving Elementary Sch, Hammond
Where School City of Hammond schools are
About this district
- State: Best schools in Indiana
- County: Lake County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: large suburb (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 11,275 students with 672 full-time-equivalent teachers and 1,718 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 1804320
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- School City of East Chicago (7 schools, 3 mi)
- School City of Whiting (3 schools, 4 mi)
- School Town of Munster (5 schools, 5 mi)
- School Town of Highland (6 schools, 5 mi)
- Griffith Public Schools (3 schools, 7 mi)
- Lake Ridge New Tech Schools (3 schools, 7 mi)
- Gary Community School Corp (10 schools, 8 mi)
- Lake Central School Corporation (10 schools, 10 mi)
Questions about School City of Hammond
How many schools are in School City of Hammond?
SchoolGrade grades 16 public schools in School City of Hammond, across 2 cities and towns. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does School City of Hammond serve?
The largest by graded schools: Hammond, Whiting.
How good are the schools in School City of Hammond?
Across the 16 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is F, with 10.6% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 15.9%. 19% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend School City of Hammond?
11,275 students were enrolled in School City of Hammond in the 2023-24 school year, about 16.8 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is School City of Hammond?
School City of Hammond is in Indiana, based in Lake County, with its district office in Hammond. Its boundary covers about 22.8 sq mi.