Enrollment
225
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001085
Sherman Elementary School
1000 W 52nd St, Chicago, IL 60609 · (773) 535-1757 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL225 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
220 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 17 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 20 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 25 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 27 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (17) is 37% smaller than its 8th grade class (27).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 69% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Sherman Elementary School→Tilden Career Communty Academy High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
22.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.9pp since 2023
Math
10.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.3% | 10.8% |
| 2023-24 | 15.4% | 2.9% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. 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
15.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% typical for Illinois 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 Illinois'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 School
Sherman Elementary School's state test result (15.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman Elementary School this school | 225 | 97.8% | 15.4% |
| Hay Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 247 | 97.6% | 21.3% |
| Langford A Elementary School Chicago | 181 | 95.6% | 16.1% |
| Kennedy Elementary School Chicago Heights | 193 | 97.4% | 36.8% |
| Earle Elementary School Chicago | 286 | 98.3% | 14.6% |
| Eisenhower School South Holland | 274 | 99.6% | 34.9% |
Matched among Illinois 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #1,742 of 1,925 | #653 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.8% | #1,874 of 2,077 ▲ 102 | #692 of 829 ▲ 76 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #1,874 of 2,077 ▼ 134 | #734 of 829 ▼ 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 225 | #1,946 of 2,419 | #788 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #333 of 2,035 | #181 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.1% | #1,080 of 2,042 | #403 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.8% | #76 of 2,132 | #52 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.8% | #828 of 1,461 | #426 of 661 |
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
225
-29 (-11%) vs 2020
-72% since 1990-91, when it was 813
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 | 225 | 20 | 11.3:1 | 98% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 210 | 20 | 10.5:1 | 100% (209) |
| 2022-23 | 222 | 20 | 11.1:1 | 100% (221) |
| 2020-21 | 254 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 255 | 10.6 | 24.0:1 | 98% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 319 | 17 | 18.8:1 | 98% (312) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | 23 | 19.6:1 | 99% (448) |
| 2000-01 | 761 | 37 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 813 | 37 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sherman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (255 to 225); teachers up 89% (10.6 to 20).
About Sherman Elementary School
Sherman Elementary School is a small elementary school located in Chicago, Illinois. The school offers pre-K through 8 and enrolls 225 students. That compares with an average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Sherman Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, where 622 schools serve 324,396 students.
Of every 100 students at Sherman Elementary School, about 71 are Black. It is also 26% Hispanic and 2% White. Cook County's residents are about 22% Black, 48 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 43%.
There are about 11.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Sherman Elementary School, which has 20. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 98%. On average, public schools in Cook County report 66%.
Sherman Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (15.4%) and its predicted rate (15.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
In Cook County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 1,406 public schools in the county, enrolling about 697,934, Sherman Elementary School among them.
The closest school to Sherman Elementary School is Holmes Elementary School, located about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 15.4% is below the 19.4% average for nearby schools.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 11% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Sherman Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other schools in Chicago
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other Sherman Elementary schools
16 other US public schools in 13 states are named Sherman Elementary. Sherman Elementary School is the 16th largest of the 17.
- Sherman Elementary SchoolSherman, IL · 552 students
- Sherman Elementary SchoolMansfield, OH · 613 students
- Sherman ElementarySan Diego, CA · 535 students
- Sherman ElementaryEau Claire, WI · 502 students
- SHERMAN ELEMENTARYNAMPA, ID · 468 students
Nearby schools
- Holmes Elementary School0.5 mi · 166
- Dewey Elementary Academy of Fine Arts0.5 mi · 272
- Libby Elementary School0.5 mi · 275
- Richards Career Academy High School0.6 mi · 348
- Tilden Career Communty Academy High School0.7 mi · 288
- KIPP Chicago Chrtrs Bloom Campus0.7 mi · 921
Frequently asked questions
About Sherman Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sherman Elementary School?
Sherman Elementary School enrolls approximately 225 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Sherman Elementary School serve?
Sherman Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sherman Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sherman Elementary School is approximately 11.3:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sherman Elementary School?
At Sherman Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 26% Hispanic, 71% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Sherman Elementary School public or private?
Sherman Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.