Sherrod Elementary

Sherrod Elementary operates as a moderately sized elementary school in Palmer, Alaska, run under Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District. Current enrollment sits at 383 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 277 students per school, that is 38% bigger than typical.

Within Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, which oversees 49 schools and 19,495 students, Sherrod Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Sherrod Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 59%. Beyond that, the school reports 21% multiracial, 11% Native American, 8% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.3:1 average. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Matanuska-Susitna Borough's rate of about 45%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sherrod Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.8%; this one delivers 48.5%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Matanuska-Susitna Borough) logs that median household earnings sit near $94,031, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Matanuska-Susitna Borough's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,495 students), Sherrod Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Swanson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sherrod Elementary.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Sherrod Elementary's enrollment has fell 12% since 2018, when it stood at 437 (now 383). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 68% to 59% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.