WASHINGTON EL

WASHINGTON EL, a mid-sized elementary school in SHERMAN, Texas, overseen by SHERMAN ISD, serves 464 students, covering grades K through 5.

Within SHERMAN ISD, which oversees 16 schools and 7,788 students, WASHINGTON EL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WASHINGTON EL records that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest consists of 12% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting WASHINGTON EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Grayson County's rate of about 53%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WASHINGTON EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.8%; this one delivers 21.7%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Grayson County put the typical household earns roughly $72,182 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 WASHINGTON EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: PINER MIDDLE, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WASHINGTON EL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 38.2%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 6%: 437 students in 2018 compared to 464 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 71% to 83%.

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