Sherman Elem School

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Sherman, Illinois, Sherman Elem School teaches 552 students from grades pre-K through 4, part of Williamsville CUSD 15. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Sherman Elem School sits 45% above that benchmark.

Williamsville CUSD 15 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,458 students. Sherman Elem School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Sherman Elem School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (99%). That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Sangamon County's rate of about 48%.

After controlling for student poverty, Sherman Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.9%, the actual is 66.2%, a residual of +2.3 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Sangamon County shows median household income runs about $75,357, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Sangamon County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,345 students), Sherman Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Riverton High School, roughly 4.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sherman Elem School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 36.5%.

Sherman Elem School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sherman Elem School has shrank 8%, going from 599 students in 2018 to 552 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 94% to 99% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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