Francis C. Hammond Middle

Francis C. Hammond Middle

Public Middle School | Grade 6-8
4646 Seminary Rd,  Alexandria, VA
Alexandria City Public Schools
3.1
2.7
1,423 Students
C
Niche Grade

School Details

Head of School
Pierrette P. Hall
Student Teacher Ratio
12:1
Math Proficiency
32%
Reading Proficiency
45%

Niche Grade

C
Academics
C
Teachers
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Academics
Reading Proficiency
45%
Math Proficiency
32%
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
12:1
Teachers
119
Full Time Teachers
119
Teachers in First or Second Year
6.8%

GreatSchools Rating

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Teachers and Staff

Students Per Counselor
159:1

Student Diversity

Male
52.7%
Female
47.3%
Hispanic
39.8%
Black
32.2%
White
15.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander
9.8%
Two or more races
2%
Native American
<1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
<1%
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Specialty School Programs

Free/Reduced Lunch Offered

This School’s Reviews

Niche Reviews
3.1 5 Reviews
1.0
9/18/2023
This School is one of the worst schools I've been to/visted so far the bathrooms are nasty, the Buses are fully packed with people sitting on the floor and standing up, the lunch ladies will scream at you if you don't eat and only talk even tho you ate already, the food in the school is raw especially the chicken 7/10 times it will be pink or dead raw this School is nasty, also the bathrooms there is a 40% chance your going to see a kid either vaping or cussing, all in all parents I don't recommend this Middle School for your child. - Fellow Francis. C. Hammond student.
GreatSchools Reviews
2.7 24 Reviews
1.0 parent
3/14/2025
Unbelievable! My son gets food thrown at him at this school, and the teachers do nothing. As a mom, I’m warning you—don’t send your kids to this cheap, unprofessional place! They clearly don’t care about our children! Listen to this!!
2.0 parent
3/2/2024
Alexandria schools are bad. My son is LGBTQ and he likes it, but also knows it’s a really bad school. All the schools in Alexandria are overwhelmed with low income students whose parents have to work 2 jobs and can’t truly raise them or the other type who don’t work at all and get the government and...
4.0 parent
10/27/2023
I am a parent of a 6th grader and, I must say, I am pleasently surprised. I also attended a large public middle school on the other side of the country- many years ago and, unfortunately, bullies, kids that are jerks, kids that don't care and want to be disruptive, will always be a thing. Given the...
1.0 student
9/19/2023
This is a sad excuse of a school DO NOT SEND YOUR KIDS HERE!

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