Sherman High School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 73 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 91 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 67 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 85 | 27% |
Test scores
EDFacts (federal) 2020-21 . % Proficient (SY 20-21)What this means: On the EDFacts (federal), West Virginia's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all West Virginia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 28.
Where Sherman High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In West Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #62 of 107 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #94 of 108 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 316 | #94 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #36 of 104 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.0% | #88 of 104 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.7% | #6 of 80 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 316 | 23 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 325 | 23.9 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 339 | 23 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 382 | 24 | 15.9:1 | 51% (194) |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 24 | 18.0:1 | 54% (231) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 27 | 15.4:1 | 44% (183) |
| 2010-11 | 432 | 35 | 12.3:1 | 48% (207) |
| 2000-01 | 436 | 30 | 14.5:1 | 57% (247) |
| 1990-91 | 570 | 34 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (431 to 316); teachers down 4% (24 to 23).
About Sherman High School
Sherman High School is a small high school for students in Seth, West Virginia. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 316 students. High schools in West Virginia have about 640 students on average; enrollment here is 51% lower.
Boone County Schools has 12 schools and 3,048 students, and Sherman High School is one of those schools.
White students are 97% of those enrolled at Sherman High School. That is in line with Boone County, where about 97% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 5%.
Sherman High School reports a ratio of 13.7 students per teacher, from 23 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 13.8:1 average for high schools in West Virginia.
In Boone County, home to about 21,026 people, the median household earns about $57,093 a year, roughly 12% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Boone County number 13, with about 3,048 students.
Measured in a straight line, Sherman Junior High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Sherman High School. The five-mile area around Sherman High School holds 2 other public schools.
Locale data from NCES put Sherman High School in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
Enrollment decreased 17% over 4 years, reaching 316 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.9:1 to 13.7:1.
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