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What's something WASHINGTON EL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
464
Elementary
DISTRICT 420 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHERMAN ISD·NCES 484008004552
Washington Elementary School
815 S TRAVIS ST, SHERMAN, TX 75090 · (903) 891-6700 · Grayson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL464 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
426 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 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
30%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
35.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 12.0% | 23.0% | 31.0% | 34.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 24.0% | 23.0% | 44.0% |
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 | 35.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 23.0% | 29.0% |
| 2021-22 | 27.0% | 18.0% |
| 2020-21 | 29.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
22.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Washington Elementary School
Washington Elementary School's state test result (22.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Elementary School this school | 464 | 91.8% | 22.1% |
| Joy James Academy of Leadership FORT WORTH | 471 | 91.5% | 41.2% |
| Hopkins Elementary School VICTORIA | 439 | 92.7% | 25.4% |
| Luella Merrett Elementary School FORT WORTH | 456 | 92.1% | 36.0% |
| Glenwood Elementary School AMARILLO | 455 | 90.5% | 46.5% |
| Reinhardt Elementary School DALLAS | 431 | 93.0% | 45.5% |
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 Washington Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Grayson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #4,202 of 4,401 | #24 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #3,701 of 4,466 ▲ 504 | #20 of 24 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #4,077 of 4,466 ▲ 187 | #23 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #1,756 of 3,998 | #16 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 464 | #2,875 of 4,938 | #9 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,245 of 4,622 | #10 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.3% | #3,410 of 4,628 | #26 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.8% | #867 of 4,789 | #1 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.2% | #938 of 1,307 | #10 of 12 |
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
464
+105 (+29%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 348
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 464 | 34 | 13.7:1 | 92% (426) |
| 2023-24 | 503 | 36.8 | 13.7:1 | 94% (475) |
| 2022-23 | 496 | 35.6 | 13.9:1 | 97% (479) |
| 2020-21 | 359 | 28 | 12.8:1 | 87% (313) |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 34 | 12.8:1 | 89% (387) |
| 2015-16 | 423 | 36 | 11.8:1 | 90% (380) |
| 2010-11 | 419 | 32 | 13.1:1 | 90% (376) |
| 2000-01 | 371 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 79% (292) |
| 1990-91 | 348 | 23 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (437 to 464); teachers unchanged (34 to 34).
About Washington Elementary School
Washington Elementary School is one of the public schools in SHERMAN, Texas. It is a medium-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 464 students, from kindergarten through 5.
Washington Elementary School is among 16 schools run by SHERMAN ISD, which serves 7,788 students.
At Washington Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 83% of the student body. The school is also 12% White, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 16%. The chance that two students picked at random at Washington Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 30%.
Its 34 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.7:1. That ratio is under the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 92%. Public schools in Grayson County average 53%.
Washington Elementary School scores 22.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 34.5%.
Within Grayson County, median household income is about $72,182, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Federal data list 68 public schools in Grayson County, with a combined enrollment of about 25,915.
The school nearest to Washington Elementary School is Piner Middle School, at a distance of about 0.7 miles. Within five miles of Washington Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Washington Elementary School is 8th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The number of students grew from 359 to 464 over 4 years.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Henry W Sory Elementary SchoolElementary · 619 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
- Henry W Sory Elementary SchoolElementary · 619 students
- Percy W Neblett Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
Other Washington Elementary schools
155 other US public schools in 28 states are named Washington Elementary. Washington Elementary School is the 33rd largest of the 156.
- Washington Elementary SchoolBIG SPRING, TX · 489 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 381 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolPORT ARTHUR, TX · 223 students
- Washington ElementaryRiverside, CA · 818 students
- Washington ElementaryRedondo Beach, CA · 776 students
Nearby schools
- Piner Middle School0.7 mi · 831
- Fred Douglass Early Childhood Center1.2 mi · 224
- Crutchfield Elementary School1.2 mi · 424
- Wakefield Elementary School1.5 mi · 324
- Henry W Sory Elementary School1.5 mi · 619
- Sherman Middle School1.7 mi · 869
Frequently asked questions
About Washington Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Washington Elementary School?
Washington Elementary School enrolls approximately 464 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Washington Elementary School serve?
Washington Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Washington Elementary School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Washington Elementary School.
How diverse is Washington Elementary School?
Washington Elementary School reports a student body of 12% White, 83% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Washington Elementary School in?
Washington Elementary School is part of SHERMAN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.