Enrollment
180
High
DISTRICT 207 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHERMAN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362673003650
SHERMAN HIGH SCHOOL
127 PARK ST, SHERMAN, NY 14781 · (716) 761-6121 · Chautauqua County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL180 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
89 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SHERMAN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
61.7%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.2pp since 2023
Math
67.5%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. 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
62.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for New York 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 New York'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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
180
-10 (-5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
was 11.9:1
% White
96%
was 96%
% Hispanic
1%
was 2%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SHERMAN HIGH SCHOOL
Located at 127 PARK ST, in SHERMAN, New York, SHERMAN HIGH SCHOOL is a tiny four-year high school that teaches 180 students (grades 7 through 12), operated by SHERMAN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 73% leaner than the state mean of about 668.
SHERMAN HIGH SCHOOL is one of 2 schools operated by SHERMAN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 414 students overall.
On demographics, SHERMAN HIGH SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting SHERMAN HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Chautauqua County (around 57%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, SHERMAN HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.8%, the actual is 62.4%, a residual of +5.6 points.
In the area at large, Chautauqua County reports that median household earnings sit near $58,351, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. SHERMAN HIGH SCHOOL is one of 51 public schools in Chautauqua County (combined enrollment of about 17,056 students).
Nearest neighbor: SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SHERMAN HIGH SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 60.8%.
The campus sits in an outlying setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. SHERMAN HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 5% since 2018, when it stood at 190 (now 180). Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 in 2025.
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Chautauqua County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
125,544
Census ACS
Median income
$58,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
17,056 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SHERMAN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 234 students
Nearby schools
- SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 234
- CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL7.8 mi · 372
- CHAUTAUQUA LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.8 mi · 301
- PANAMA K-6 SCHOOL8.0 mi · 213
- PANAMA HIGH SCHOOL8.0 mi · 189
- RIPLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL9.5 mi · 147
Frequently asked questions
About SHERMAN HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend SHERMAN HIGH SCHOOL?
SHERMAN HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 180 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does SHERMAN HIGH SCHOOL serve?
SHERMAN HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SHERMAN HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SHERMAN HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 8.5:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is SHERMAN HIGH SCHOOL?
SHERMAN HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is SHERMAN HIGH SCHOOL in?
SHERMAN HIGH SCHOOL is part of SHERMAN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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