Enrollment
291
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED·NCES 063441005668
Sherman Elementary
1651 Union St., San Francisco, CA 94123 · (415) 749-3530 · San Francisco County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
111 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
55.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -13.7pp since 2014
Math
43.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -19.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 14 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 33.3% | 21.9% | 15.4% | 29.3% |
| Math | 26.7% | 16.8% | 26.7% | 29.8% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.3% | 43.5% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 47.2% |
| 2022-23 | 62.6% | 51.3% |
| 2021-22 | 62.1% | 52.2% |
| 2018-19 | 68.5% | 64.1% |
| 2017-18 | 71.4% | 75.0% |
| 2016-17 | 70.9% | 74.4% |
| 2015-16 | 68.0% | 67.0% |
| 2014-15 | 69.0% | 63.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Sherman Elementary
Sherman Elementary's state test result (49.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman Elementary this school | 291 | 38.1% | 49.1% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary Roseville | 302 | 39.4% | 58.9% |
| Rosa Parks Environmental Science Berkeley | 393 | 33.8% | 72.5% |
| John Muir Elementary Berkeley | 293 | 30.7% | 71.6% |
| Washington Elementary Berkeley | 401 | 33.4% | 71.1% |
| Peralta Elementary Oakland | 355 | 30.4% | 71.5% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Sherman Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Francisco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #1,778 of 5,151 | #37 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #2,035 of 5,172 ▼ 355 | #37 of 69 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #1,674 of 5,172 ▲ 165 | #31 of 69 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.8pp | #235 of 5,116 | #16 of 67 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #4,838 of 5,915 | #46 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #2,245 of 5,352 | #25 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.7% | #222 of 5,354 | #15 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.1% | #4,409 of 5,625 | #50 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.2% | #1,183 of 3,837 | #11 of 42 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
291
-56 (-16%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 523
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 20.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 291 | 13.2 | 22.1:1 | 38% (111) |
| 2023-24 | 282 | 15.5 | 18.2:1 | 40% (112) |
| 2022-23 | 287 | 15 | 19.1:1 | 39% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 347 | 17 | 20.4:1 | 31% (108) |
| 2017-18 | 374 | 19 | 19.7:1 | 35% (131) |
| 2015-16 | 384 | 20 | 19.2:1 | 37% (143) |
| 2010-11 | 422 | N/A | N/A | 45% (190) |
| 2000-01 | 413 | 21 | 19.7:1 | 55% (229) |
| 1990-91 | 523 | 23 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sherman Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (374 to 291); teachers down 31% (19 to 13.2).
About Sherman Elementary
As a low-enrollment elementary school, Sherman Elementary serves students in San Francisco, California. It teaches 291 students in kindergarten through 5. It has 37% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Sherman Elementary is a school in San Francisco Unified. The district has 106 schools and 48,706 students.
White students account for 41% of enrollment at Sherman Elementary, more than any other group. Other students are 17% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 16% multiracial, and 8% Black. San Francisco County residents are about 39% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 74%.
Classroom staffing at Sherman Elementary totals 13.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 22.1:1. It is about the same as the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Sherman Elementary is about 38%. Across public schools in San Francisco County, the average is 54%.
On the allk12 Grade, Sherman Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 37% of California public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Sherman Elementary is 8.1 points below its prediction. Actual: 49.1%. Predicted: 57.2%.
In the wider San Francisco County area, the median household earns about $140,970 a year, about 60% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across San Francisco County, 132 public schools serve about 56,505 students.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Galileo High, is the closest to Sherman Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Sherman Elementary ranks 3rd on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 291, compared with 347 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 22.1:1, from 20.4:1.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
San Francisco County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
830,235
Census ACS
Median income
$140,970
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
60%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
132
56,505 students
Quick facts
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Other Sherman Elementary schools
16 other US public schools in 13 states are named Sherman Elementary. Sherman Elementary is the 11th largest of the 17.
- Sherman ElementarySan Diego, CA · 535 students
- Sherman Elementary SchoolMansfield, OH · 613 students
- Sherman Elementary SchoolSherman, IL · 552 students
- Sherman ElementaryEau Claire, WI · 502 students
- SHERMAN ELEMENTARYNAMPA, ID · 468 students
Nearby schools
- Galileo High0.4 mi · 1,750
- Tule Elk Park Children Center0.4 mi · 73
- Spring Valley Elementary0.5 mi · 234
- San Francisco Public Montessori0.5 mi · 107
- Marina Middle0.6 mi · 646
- Yick Wo Elementary0.6 mi · 205
Frequently asked questions
About Sherman ElementaryHow many students attend Sherman Elementary?
Sherman Elementary enrolls approximately 291 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Sherman Elementary serve?
Sherman Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Sherman Elementary have?
Sherman Elementary employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.1:1.
How diverse is Sherman Elementary?
Sherman Elementary reports a student body of 41% White, 17% Hispanic, 8% Black, 16% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Is Sherman Elementary public or private?
Sherman Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Francisco Unified.
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