Fast Facts about Hammond

Students and Faculty

• 902 students in PK – 12th grades
• 50% boys & 50% girls with 14% minority students
• 8 : 1 student : teacher ratio
• 152 faculty and staff members
• 70% faculty with advanced degrees

Campus

• 107 acre campus
• 19 main buildings contain 85 Classrooms
• Academic Center
• 2 libraries
• 3 labs
• 4 art studios
• 2 music studios
• Early technology center
• College counseling center
• 2 dining halls
• Theatre
• Chapel
• Lecture hall
• 2 gymnasiums
• Wrestling barn
• Lighted football stadium
• Lighted baseball field
• 8 tennis courts
• Cross-Country track
• Practice Fields
• Soccer/track and field complex

Fine Arts

• Music, visual, and performing arts at all levels
• Select Ensemble
• Fringe Festival

Athletics

• Interscholastic sports in 13 areas
• Teams at 3 levels – middle school, junior varsity, and varsity
• 90% participation (7 th – 12 th)
• 23 varsity athletic teams
• 17 State Championships in the last 5 years

Academics

• The senior class of 2010 graduated 63 students.
• Members of the Class of 2010 were accepted to 84 schools in 21 states and the District of Columbia.
• They will attend 26 schools in 12 states.
• Seventy percent accepted offers of admission in state while 30% will pursue their undergraduate degrees out-of-state.
• Five members of the class were recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Competition. Four were named National Merit Commended Scholars and one was named a National Achievement Outstanding Participant.
• There were 28 scores of 700 or higher on the Critical Reading, Math, or Writing sections of the SAT.
• The average SAT score (Critical Reading and Math combined) posted by the Class of 2010 was 1225.
• Fifty-eight percent of the class scored 1200 or above on the SAT (CR & Math)
• Fifty-six members of the class (89%) took 189  Advanced Placement exams before completing their Hammond diplomas
• Forty-seven percent of the class took three or more AP classes prior to graduating.
• Twenty-nine percent of the class took five or more AP classes prior to graduating.
• Thirteen percent were named South Carolina Palmetto Fellows, the state’s highest scholarship award.  The majority did so by posting GPA’s of 4.00 and SAT’s of 1400/above.
• Eighty-four percent of the class was offered academic scholarships in excess of $4.6 million.
• Six members of the class of 2010 earned GPA’s of 4.5 or higher and were awarded the distinction of Honor Graduate.

Global Emphasis

• Annual country of study
• International travel for faculty and students including eleventh grade trip to Belize, Central America
• Overnight school trips beginning in 4 th grade

Outdoor Education Program

• Outstanding natural history program and Naturalist - in-residence for Lower and Middle School focusing on primitive technology
• Comprehensive wilderness program for Upper School
• 106 acre campus with underdeveloped woodlands and wetlands

Accreditation

• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
• South Carolina Independent School Association
• South Carolina Independent School Athletic Association

Memberships

• NAIS
• SAIS
• PAIS
• ERB SSATB
• College Board
• Morehead Schools
• Cum Laude Society