SHERMAN H S

SHERMAN H S operates as a heavily attended four-year high school in SHERMAN, Texas, part of SHERMAN ISD. Current enrollment sits at 2,143 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so SHERMAN H S sits 169% above that benchmark.

SHERMAN H S is one of 16 schools operated by SHERMAN ISD, a district that caters to 7,788 students overall.

In terms of who attends, SHERMAN H S logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 29% White, 12% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, SHERMAN H S logs 163 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 69% of students at SHERMAN H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Grayson County (around 53%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, SHERMAN H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.8%, the actual is 49.9%, a residual of +6.0 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Grayson County put median household earnings sit near $72,182, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Grayson County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,915 students), of which SHERMAN H S is one.

The closest other public school is HENRY W SORY EL, roughly 1.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SHERMAN H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 34.2%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. SHERMAN H S's enrollment has rose 14% since 2018, when it stood at 1,878 (now 2,143). Hispanic enrollment moved from 39% to 48% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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