Fast Facts about Hammond

Founded

• 1966

 Students and Faculty

• 910 students in PK – 12^th grades
• 50% boys & 50% girls with 15% minority
• 8:1 student:teacher ratio
• 156 faculty and staff members
• 15 years average teacher experience

 Campus

• 107 acres
• 19 main buildings contain 85 classrooms
• Academic Enrichment Center
• Developmental Enrichment Center
• 2 libraries
• 4 labs
• 4 art studios
• 2 music studios
• Early Technology Center
• College Counseling Center
• 2 dining halls
• 350 seat theatre
• Chapel
• Lecture Hall
• 2 gymnasiums
• Fitness Center
• Wrestling Barn
• Lighted football stadium
• Lighted baseball field
• 8 tennis courts
• Cross-country track
• Practice fields
• Soccer/track and field complex
• Softball field
• Lacrosse field
• International Residential House

 Fine Arts

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

 Class of 2012

• This year’s senior class graduated 64 students.
• Members of the Class of 2012 were accepted to 81 schools in 24 states and Scotland.
• They are attending 28 schools in 15 states.
• Fifty-six percent have accepted offers of admission in state while forty-four percent will pursue their undergraduate degrees out-of-state.
• Six members of the class were recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Competition and National Achievement Scholarship Competition. Five advanced to Finalist and were named National Merit/National Achievement Scholars.
• There were 33 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 2012 was 1234.
• Sixty-nine percent of the class scored 1200/27 or above on the SAT (CR & Math)/ACT
• Forty-one percent of the class scored 1300/29 or above on the SAT (CR & Math)/ACT
• Twenty percent scored 1400/32 or above on the SAT (CR & Math)/ACT
• Fifty-nine members (92%) of the class took a total of 246 Advanced Placement courses/exams before completing their Hammond diplomas.
• Sixty-six percent of the class took three or more AP classes prior to graduating.
• Fifty-five percent of the class took four or more AP classes prior to graduating.
• Forty-one percent took five or more AP classes prior to graduating.
• Twenty-three percent took six or more AP classes.
• Twelve (19%) met the qualifications to be named South Carolina Palmetto Fellows, the state’s highest scholarship award.
• Eighty-six percent of the class was offered academic scholarships in excess of $ 5 million and counting.
• Sixteen members (25%) of the class of 2012 earned GPA’s of 4.5 or higher and were awarded the distinction of Honor Graduate.

 Alumni/ae

• 3024

 Global Emphasis

• Annual Country of Study with a faculty member from each division visiting the country
• International travel for faculty and students including eleventh grade trip to Costa Rica
• Overnight school trips beginning in the fourth 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 the Upper School
• 107 acre campus with 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