Sherman School

As a small elementary school in Sherman, Connecticut, Sherman School serves 229 students from grades pre-K through 8, one of the schools within Sherman School District. That puts it 39% below the typical public school in Connecticut, which averages around 378 students.

Sherman School District is the operating authority for Sherman School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, Sherman School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%); the rest looks like 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Sherman School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 6% of students at Sherman School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Western Connecticut Planning Region's rate of about 33%.

Around the school, census data for Western Connecticut Planning Region shows median household earnings sit near $128,188, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Western Connecticut Planning Region's 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 90,520 students), Sherman School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sarah Noble Intermediate School, around 4.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

Sherman School operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Sherman School's enrollment has ticked down 24% since 2018, when it stood at 301 (now 229). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 91% to 83%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.