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Enrollment
453
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002586
Sherman Elementary School
1909 MCKEE ST, HOUSTON, TX 77009 · (713) 226-2627 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
452 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 79 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +31.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 31 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 23.0% | 27.0% | 26.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 29.0% | 52.0% |
| 2020-21 | 15.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Sherman Elementary School
Sherman Elementary School's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman Elementary School this school | 453 | 99.8% | 43.4% |
| Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy DALLAS | 446 | 98.7% | 42.4% |
| Travis Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 430 | 99.3% | 27.4% |
| Herff Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 461 | 98.0% | 14.3% |
| Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy DALLAS | 458 | 97.2% | 45.5% |
| Barbara Jordan Elementary School DALLAS | 492 | 97.8% | 29.7% |
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 Sherman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #2,169 of 4,401 | #285 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,062 of 4,466 ▼ 444 | #287 of 625 ▼ 82 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #3,026 of 4,466 ▼ 435 | #419 of 625 ▼ 67 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.5pp | #1,255 of 3,998 | #187 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #2,987 of 4,938 | #500 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #4,348 of 4,622 | #620 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.3% | #3,851 of 4,628 | #569 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #33 of 4,789 | #10 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.2% | #751 of 2,838 | #149 of 441 |
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
453
-111 (-20%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 829
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 453 | 24 | 18.9:1 | 100% (452) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 27 | 17.7:1 | 99% (472) |
| 2022-23 | 528 | 27 | 19.6:1 | 99% (523) |
| 2020-21 | 564 | 34 | 16.6:1 | 95% (537) |
| 2017-18 | 606 | 36 | 16.8:1 | 94% (569) |
| 2015-16 | 659 | 35 | 18.8:1 | 97% (639) |
| 2010-11 | 369 | 23 | 16.0:1 | 53% (197) |
| 2000-01 | 644 | 26 | 24.8:1 | 96% (618) |
| 1990-91 | 829 | 41 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sherman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (606 to 453); teachers down 33% (36 to 24).
About Sherman Elementary School
Sherman Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in HOUSTON, Texas. The school's enrollment of 453 students covers pre-K through 5.
Sherman Elementary School is a school in HOUSTON ISD. The district has 273 schools and 176,727 students.
Sherman Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 91% Hispanic. It is also 6% Black. For comparison, the population of Harris County is roughly 44% Hispanic. Sherman Elementary School has a diversity index of 17%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Sherman Elementary School total 24 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 100%. The average for public schools in Harris County is 70%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Sherman Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 43.4% actual against 31.1% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for Harris County show that median household income is about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 1,205 public schools operate in Harris County, serving about 886,911 students.
Marshall Middle School is the public school closest to Sherman Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Sherman Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Sherman Elementary School at 1st of 6.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The student count in 2024-25 was 453, 20% below the 564 of 2020-21. The number of students per teacher rose from 16.6 to 18.9 over 4 years.
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Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HOUSTON ISD
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- Bellaire High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,968 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 2,729 students
- Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,426 students
- Houston Math Science and Technology CenterHigh · 2,396 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Other Sherman Elementary schools
16 other US public schools in 13 states are named Sherman Elementary. Sherman Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 17.
- Sherman Elementary SchoolMansfield, OH · 613 students
- Sherman Elementary SchoolSherman, IL · 552 students
- Sherman ElementarySan Diego, CA · 535 students
- Sherman ElementaryEau Claire, WI · 502 students
- SHERMAN ELEMENTARYNAMPA, ID · 468 students
Nearby schools
- Marshall Middle School0.3 mi · 456
- Northside High School0.5 mi · 1,058
- Ketelsen Elementary School0.6 mi · 382
- Secondary DAEP0.7 mi · 38
- Texans Can Academy - Houston North0.9 mi · 254
- Martinez C Elementary School0.9 mi · 271
Frequently asked questions
About Sherman Elementary SchoolHow large is Sherman Elementary School?
Sherman Elementary School enrolls approximately 453 students in grades PK-05.
Is Sherman Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sherman Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Sherman Elementary School?
Approximately 18.9:1 students per teacher at Sherman Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sherman Elementary School?
At Sherman Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 91% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Sherman Elementary School in?
Sherman Elementary School is part of HOUSTON ISD.
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