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Enrollment
2,143
High
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHERMAN ISD·NCES 484008004550
Sherman High School
2907 W TRAVIS ST, SHERMAN, TX 75092 · (903) 891-6440 · Grayson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,143 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
163 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
1,474 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 589 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 593 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 505 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 456 | 21% |
Student demographics
66%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
School pathway
Based on grade levels within SHERMAN ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
47.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +18.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 5.0% | 42.0% | 16.0% | 37.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 27.0% | 40.0% | 24.0% |
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 | 47.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 22.0% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
49.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 High School
Sherman High School's state test result (49.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman High School this school | 2,143 | 68.8% | 49.8% |
| Corsicana High School CORSICANA | 1,837 | 68.4% | 41.9% |
| Coronado High School LUBBOCK | 1,878 | 65.6% | 50.0% |
| Abilene High School ABILENE | 1,798 | 63.3% | 51.3% |
| Arlington High School ARLINGTON | 2,580 | 65.9% | 48.3% |
| Travis B Bryan High School BRYAN | 2,426 | 71.5% | 40.5% |
Matched among Texas high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Grayson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #835 of 1,385 | #11 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #947 of 1,425 ▲ 63 | #10 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,064 of 1,425 ▼ 8 | #11 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.5pp | #715 of 1,184 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,143 | #273 of 2,107 | #1 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #425 of 1,344 | #9 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #213 of 1,346 | #1 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.8% | #606 of 1,522 | #1 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.1% | #291 of 672 | #5 of 11 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,143
+128 (+6%) vs 2020
+47% since 1990-91, when it was 1,455
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 2,143 | 163.2 | 13.1:1 | 69% (1,474) |
| 2023-24 | 2,160 | 158.5 | 13.6:1 | 67% (1,454) |
| 2022-23 | 2,155 | 150.2 | 14.3:1 | 70% (1,506) |
| 2020-21 | 2,015 | 134 | 15.0:1 | 68% (1,361) |
| 2017-18 | 1,878 | 130.1 | 14.4:1 | 58% (1,086) |
| 2015-16 | 1,778 | 123 | 14.5:1 | 57% (1,008) |
| 2010-11 | 1,593 | 124 | 12.8:1 | 51% (805) |
| 2000-01 | 1,463 | 101 | 14.5:1 | 24% (349) |
| 1990-91 | 1,455 | 88 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sherman High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (1,878 to 2,143); teachers up 25% (130.1 to 163.2).
About Sherman High School
Sherman High School is a high-enrollment high school in Texas, located in SHERMAN. The student body numbers 2,143 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Texas) has about 796 students.
The district, SHERMAN ISD, has 7,788 students enrolled across 16 schools.
At Sherman High School, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 48%. After that, the student body is 29% White, 12% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Grayson County is about 16% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 66% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1 at Sherman High School, with 163.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 2.0 below the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 69%. Compared with the 53% average for public schools in Grayson County, the school's rate is higher.
A school with Sherman High School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 44.3%. Sherman High School scores 49.8%, 5.4 points above that line.
Federal survey data for Grayson County show that the median household income is $72,182, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 68 public schools in Grayson County, enrolling about 25,915 students in all.
The closest public school, Henry W Sory Elementary School, is about 1.9 miles from Sherman High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Sherman High School is 1st of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal data show a 6% enrollment rise, from 2,015 in 2020-21 to 2,143 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.0:1 in 2020-21 to 13.1:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Middle SchoolMiddle · 869 students
- Piner Middle SchoolMiddle · 831 students
- Dillingham Elementary SchoolElementary · 710 students
- Henry W Sory Elementary SchoolElementary · 619 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
- Percy W Neblett Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
Other schools in SHERMAN
- Sherman Middle SchoolMiddle · 869 students
- Piner Middle SchoolMiddle · 831 students
- Dillingham Elementary SchoolElementary · 710 students
- Henry W Sory Elementary SchoolElementary · 619 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
- Percy W Neblett Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
Other Sherman High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sherman High. Sherman High School is the largest of the 3.
- Sherman High SchoolSeth, WV · 316 students
- SHERMAN HIGH SCHOOLSHERMAN, NY · 180 students
Nearby schools
- Henry W Sory Elementary School1.9 mi · 619
- Wakefield Elementary School2.5 mi · 324
- Washington Elementary School2.5 mi · 464
- Piner Middle School2.8 mi · 831
- Fred Douglass Early Childhood Center3.5 mi · 224
- Crutchfield Elementary School3.7 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About Sherman High SchoolHow large is Sherman High School?
Sherman High School enrolls approximately 2,143 students in grades 09-12.
Is Sherman High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sherman High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sherman High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sherman High School is approximately 13.1:1 (163 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sherman High School?
Student demographics at Sherman High School are roughly 29% White, 48% Hispanic, 12% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Sherman High School in?
Sherman High School is part of SHERMAN ISD.
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