Hammond High School, established in 1976, is a public secondary school

Secondary school

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 located in Columbia, Maryland

Columbia, Maryland

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 and is part of the Howard County Public School System

Howard County Public Schools

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. It is located near the Kings Contrivance

Kings Contrivance, Columbia, Maryland

Kings Contrivance is one of the 10 villages in the planned community of Columbia, Maryland, and is home to about 11,000 residents. It was first occupied in 1977. It is Columbia's southernmost village and includes a Village Center and many apartment complexes and housing developments...

 Village Center, south of Maryland Route 32

Maryland Route 32

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, east of U.S. 29, and west of I-95

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Hammond High School was built concurrently and with the same floor-plan as Centennial High School

Centennial High School (Ellicott City, Maryland)

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Students

Hammond High School has an official capacity of 1,220 students (not including additional capacity provided by 4 portable classrooms as of 2010). The student population at Hammond High School has grown moderately over the past 18 years.

Student population

1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
988	1,016	1,026	1,096	978	1,048	1,134	1,161	1,275	1,322	1,282	1,316	1,341	1,305	1,309		1,342

The racial makeup of the student population during the 2009-2010 school year was 45.6% White, 37.5% Black or African American

Race (United States Census)

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, 8.50% Asian, 7.0% Hispanic or Latino, and 0.7% Native American.

State championships

Hammond High School currently lists 8 state championships for girls' sports and 6 for boys' sports.

SPORT	YEAR
Boys' basketball	1983
Boys' soccer	2006
Wrestling	1996, 1998, 2005, 2006
Girls' basketball	1992, 1994, 1995
Girls' indoor track 2A-1A	1994
Girls' soccer	1989, 1991, 1998
Girls' softball	2007
• = denotes co-champions Source: MPSSAA Official Tournament Records