Sherman School

Sherman School operates as a mid-sized K-5 school in Fairfield, Connecticut, operated by Fairfield School District. Current enrollment sits at 385 students spanning grades K through 5.

Sherman School is one of 16 schools operated by Fairfield School District, a district that serves 8,790 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Sherman School logs that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region as a whole is about 56% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Sherman School logs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. Around 8% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Greater Bridgeport Planning Region's rate of about 54%.

Around the school, census data for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region shows the typical household earns roughly $89,667 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region runs 91 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,880 students), of which Sherman School is one.

Tomlinson Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Sherman School operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Sherman School's enrollment has contracted 18% since 2018, when it stood at 470 (now 385).

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