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5926 Calumet Avenue , , 46320 United States | |
Coordinates | 41°36′20″N87°30′32″W / 41.60556°N 87.50889°W |
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Type | Public high school |
Motto | Building Character, Leadership, Tradition |
Established | 1884 |
Closed | 2021 |
School district | School City of Hammond |
Principal | Johnny Goodlow |
Faculty | 96.47 (FTE) [1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1,863 (2022-23) [1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 19.26 [1] |
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Athletics conference | Great Lakes |
Mascot | Willy the Wildcat |
Team name | Wildcats |
Newspaper | The Hammond High Herald |
Website | School website |
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Hammond High School was a public secondary school located in the Northwestern Indiana city of Hammond. Part of the School City of Hammond district, it opened in 1884 and graduated its final class in the spring of 2021. [4]
Hammond High School was established in 1884. The building that would be the final Hammond High campus opened in 1915 as the Hammond Industrial High School. [5]
The school caught fire on December 13, 1967. In the aftermath of the fire, students shared the campus of Hammond Tech, attending classes in the afternoon while Hammond Tech students went to class in the morning. [6] Reconstruction after the fire was not completed until 1973. [7]
The early 2000s saw Hammond High School placed on probationary accreditation status from the Indiana Department of Education. The school consistently underperformed on the ISTEP exams beginning in 2000–01. The pass rates for Hammond students on the 2008–09 exams was 32.8%; the statewide average was 73.7%. In 2008, the Graduation rate was 57.3%. [8]
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The Hammond Wildcats won the following IHSAA championships during their century-plus of competition: [9]
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