Sherrard Elementary School

Sherrard Elementary School is an elementary-level community of low-enrollment scale in Sherrard, Illinois, operated by Sherrard CUSD 200, teacheing 224 students in grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 41% smaller than typical.

Within Sherrard CUSD 200, which oversees 5 schools and 1,305 students, Sherrard Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sherrard Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Beyond that, the school logs 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Sherrard Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Mercer County (around 44%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Sherrard Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 57.9%; actual is 37.0%, a gap of -20.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Mercer County shows median household earnings sit near $74,182, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Mercer County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,941 students), of which Sherrard Elementary School is one.

Sherrard High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sherrard Elementary School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.4%.

Sherrard Elementary School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Sherrard Elementary School's enrollment has fell 15% since 2018, when it stood at 264 (now 224). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Sherrard Elementary School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.