General Sherman Junior High School

Set in Lancaster, Ohio, General Sherman Junior High School is a moderately sized middle school, overseen by Lancaster City. It instructs 693 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 482 students per school, that is 44% bigger than typical.

Within Lancaster City, which oversees 9 schools and 6,036 students, General Sherman Junior High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, General Sherman Junior High School records that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 8% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, General Sherman Junior High School has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Fairfield County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,966 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fairfield County's 47 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,447 students), General Sherman Junior High School is one campus in the mix.

Tarhe Trails Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 3%: 711 students in 2018 compared to 693 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 93% to 86% over that span.

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