Enrollment
323
Elementary
DISTRICT 312 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WATERTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363012004055
SHERMAN SCHOOL
836 SHERMAN ST, WATERTOWN, NY 13601 · (315) 785-3760 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL323 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
180 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 58%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 70 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 49% larger than its 4th grade class (47).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 72% · 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
Based on grade levels within WATERTOWN CITY 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
46.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
47.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 48.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
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
44.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 →
Schools most like SHERMAN SCHOOL
SHERMAN SCHOOL's state test result (44.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHERMAN SCHOOL this school | 323 | 55.7% | 44.9% |
| NORMAN R KELLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL NEWARK | 363 | 55.4% | 29.1% |
| LEIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OSWEGO | 294 | 56.5% | 35.8% |
| LA FAYETTE SCHOOL WATERLOO | 309 | 59.5% | 34.6% |
| SPRUCE SCHOOL NORTH TONAWANDA | 336 | 60.1% | 36.8% |
| ANN G MCGUINNESS ELEMENTAR SCHOOL ENDICOTT | 312 | 52.9% | 53.5% |
Matched among New York 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 SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #1,393 of 2,335 | #11 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,583 of 2,342 ▼ 178 | #12 of 20 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,531 of 2,343 ▼ 270 | #9 of 20 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 323 | #1,855 of 2,585 | #12 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,942 of 2,338 | #16 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.6% | #1,206 of 2,388 | #7 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.7% | #1,253 of 2,534 | #7 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #1,643 of 1,757 | #17 of 17 |
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
323
+45 (+16%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 296
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 323 | 22.4 | 14.4:1 | 56% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 311 | 22.4 | 13.9:1 | 53% (166) |
| 2022-23 | 320 | 23.5 | 13.6:1 | 57% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 278 | 19 | 14.6:1 | 52% (145) |
| 2017-18 | 331 | 20 | 16.6:1 | 50% (165) |
| 2015-16 | 333 | 17 | 19.6:1 | 52% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 346 | 19 | 18.2:1 | 38% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 235 | 13 | 18.1:1 | 33% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 296 | 14 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SHERMAN SCHOOL.
About SHERMAN SCHOOL
SHERMAN SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school in WATERTOWN, New York, under WATERTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment stands at 323 students, covering kindergarten through 4. That is 27% below the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
WATERTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 3,940 students in its 8 schools, and SHERMAN SCHOOL is one of them.
Federal enrollment data show SHERMAN SCHOOL is 68% White. Other groups make up 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 7% Black, and 3% Asian. Jefferson County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school's share is lower. A diversity index of 51% means there is a 51% chance two randomly chosen students at SHERMAN SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school lists 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is lower. A total of 180 students, or 56%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
SHERMAN SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 39% of New York public elementary schools.
SHERMAN SCHOOL scores 44.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 54.5%.
In Jefferson County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $66,301, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 39 public schools in the county, enrolling about 16,789, SHERMAN SCHOOL among them.
About 0.4 miles separate SHERMAN SCHOOL from the closest public school, CASE MIDDLE SCHOOL. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 36.0% on proficiency, and SHERMAN SCHOOL is above that at 44.9%.
The NCES locale for SHERMAN SCHOOL is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A 16% rise took enrollment from 278 in 2020-21 to 323 in 2024-25.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
115,040
Census ACS
Median income
$66,301
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
16,789 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WATERTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WATERTOWN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,181 students
- HAROLD T WILEY SCHOOLMiddle · 614 students
- CASE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 586 students
- NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 435 students
- KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOLElementary · 340 students
- OHIO STREET SCHOOLElementary · 308 students
Other schools in WATERTOWN
- WATERTOWN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,181 students
- HAROLD T WILEY SCHOOLMiddle · 614 students
- CASE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 586 students
- NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 435 students
- KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOLElementary · 340 students
- OHIO STREET SCHOOLElementary · 308 students
Other Sherman schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sherman. SHERMAN SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Sherman SchoolFairfield, CT · 385 students
- Sherman SchoolWarwick, RI · 324 students
- Sherman SchoolSherman, CT · 229 students
Nearby schools
- CASE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 586
- WATERTOWN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,181
- KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL0.6 mi · 340
- HAROLD T WILEY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 614
- OHIO STREET SCHOOL1.7 mi · 308
- NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 435
Frequently asked questions
About SHERMAN SCHOOLHow many students attend SHERMAN SCHOOL?
SHERMAN SCHOOL enrolls approximately 323 students in grades KG-04.
Is SHERMAN SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SHERMAN SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at SHERMAN SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at SHERMAN SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SHERMAN SCHOOL?
At SHERMAN SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 68% White, 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is SHERMAN SCHOOL in?
SHERMAN SCHOOL is part of WATERTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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