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Enrollment
619
Elementary
DISTRICT 420 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHERMAN ISD·NCES 484008011226
Henry W Sory Elementary School
120 BINKLEY PARK DR, SHERMAN, TX 75092 · (903) 891-6650 · Grayson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL619 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of Texas 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.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
343 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 117 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 63% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 30.0% | 24.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 21.0% | 24.0% | 37.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 53.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 46.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 31.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Henry W Sory Elementary School
Henry W Sory Elementary School's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry W Sory Elementary School this school | 619 | 55.4% | 40.9% |
| Castleman Creek Elementary School HEWITT | 570 | 56.5% | 51.3% |
| Groves Primary School GROVES | 613 | 55.6% | N/A |
| Hurst Hills Elementary School HURST | 480 | 58.8% | 59.4% |
| River Bend Elementary School COLLEGE STATION | 519 | 52.8% | 60.6% |
| River Trails Elementary School FORT WORTH | 676 | 58.4% | 57.0% |
Matched among Texas 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 Henry W Sory Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Grayson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #2,473 of 4,401 | #15 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #3,021 of 4,466 ▼ 126 | #13 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #2,203 of 4,466 ▲ 298 | #8 of 24 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #2,653 of 3,998 | #18 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 619 | #1,463 of 4,938 | #2 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #601 of 4,622 | #4 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #412 of 4,628 | #3 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.4% | #3,342 of 4,789 | #17 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #2,815 of 2,838 | #10 of 10 |
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
619
-73 (-11%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 633
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 619 | 49 | 12.6:1 | 55% (343) |
| 2023-24 | 523 | 42 | 12.5:1 | 52% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 548 | 45 | 12.2:1 | 69% (378) |
| 2020-21 | 692 | 47 | 14.7:1 | 74% (512) |
| 2017-18 | 622 | 46 | 13.5:1 | 60% (374) |
| 2015-16 | 576 | 44 | 13.1:1 | 63% (360) |
| 2010-11 | 633 | 42 | 15.1:1 | 61% (383) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Henry W Sory Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (622 to 619); teachers up 7% (46 to 49).
About Henry W Sory Elementary School
Located in SHERMAN, Texas, Henry W Sory Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. Enrolled students number 619 students, in kindergarten through 5.
The SHERMAN ISD system has 16 schools and 7,788 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Henry W Sory Elementary School. The largest is White students, at 42%. The next largest groups are 29% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% multiracial, and 8% Asian. In Grayson County overall, about 76% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 49 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 12.6:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Eligible students account for 55% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That tracks the 53% average for public schools in Grayson County.
allk12 grades Henry W Sory Elementary School a C. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Henry W Sory Elementary School is 50.0%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 40.9%.
In the county around the school, Grayson County, the median household income is $72,182, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Grayson County is home to 68 public schools and about 25,915 public school students.
Wakefield Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 40.9% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 8 nearby schools.
Henry W Sory Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
Federal data show an 11% enrollment decrease, from 692 in 2020-21 to 619 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 12.6:1, from 14.7:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Henry W Sory Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Grayson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
143,337
Census ACS
Median income
$72,182
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
25,915 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SHERMAN ISD
- Sherman High SchoolHigh · 2,143 students
- Sherman Middle SchoolMiddle · 869 students
- Piner Middle SchoolMiddle · 831 students
- Dillingham Elementary SchoolElementary · 710 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
- Percy W Neblett Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
Other schools in SHERMAN
- Sherman High SchoolHigh · 2,143 students
- Sherman Middle SchoolMiddle · 869 students
- Piner Middle SchoolMiddle · 831 students
- Dillingham Elementary SchoolElementary · 710 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
- Percy W Neblett Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
Nearby schools
- Wakefield Elementary School0.6 mi · 324
- Piner Middle School1.2 mi · 831
- Washington Elementary School1.5 mi · 464
- Fred Douglass Early Childhood Center1.9 mi · 224
- Fairview Elementary School1.9 mi · 382
- Sherman High School1.9 mi · 2,143
Frequently asked questions
About Henry W Sory Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Henry W Sory Elementary School?
Henry W Sory Elementary School enrolls approximately 619 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Henry W Sory Elementary School serve?
Henry W Sory Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Henry W Sory Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Henry W Sory Elementary School is approximately 12.6:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Henry W Sory Elementary School?
At Henry W Sory Elementary School, the student body is approximately 42% White, 29% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Henry W Sory Elementary School public or private?
Henry W Sory Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by SHERMAN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.