Enrollment
147
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001240
Sherman Elementary
5110 W Locust St, Milwaukee, WI 53210 · (414) 874-5800 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL147 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
133 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 2 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 17 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 17 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 11 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 16 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 20 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 16 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 20 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (17) is 15% smaller than its 8th grade class (20).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 54% · 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
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
10.9%
WI avg 53.1% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
7.1%
WI avg 54.8%
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 10.9% | 7.1% |
| 2023-24 | 8.9% | N/A |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. 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
8.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin'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 Elementary
Sherman Elementary's state test result (8.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman Elementary this school | 147 | 90.5% | 8.1% |
| Auer Avenue Elementary Milwaukee | 151 | 91.4% | 6.1% |
| Siefert Elementary Milwaukee | 174 | 92.5% | 9.7% |
| Hi-Mount Elementary Milwaukee | 166 | 93.4% | 13.1% |
| Clarke Street Elementary Milwaukee | 167 | 94.6% | 11.6% |
| Starms Early Childhood Milwaukee | 205 | 91.2% | N/A |
Matched among Wisconsin 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 Sherman Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.1% | #975 of 982 | #164 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.1% | #972 of 992 | #158 of 174 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.9% | #956 of 992 ▲ 16 | #143 of 174 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 147 | #1,002 of 1,157 | #172 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.5% | #57 of 1,064 | #51 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -57.0% | #7 of 664 | #3 of 133 |
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
147
-104 (-41%) vs 2020
-75% since 1990-91, when it was 578
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 147 | 16.9 | 8.7:1 | 90% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 242 | 19.3 | 12.6:1 | 89% (216) |
| 2022-23 | 281 | 19.8 | 14.2:1 | 95% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 251 | 19 | 13.2:1 | 98% (246) |
| 2017-18 | 342 | 20.1 | 17.0:1 | 96% (329) |
| 2015-16 | 384 | 21 | 18.3:1 | 82% (316) |
| 2010-11 | 504 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 88% (443) |
| 2000-01 | 572 | 38 | 15.1:1 | 69% (394) |
| 1990-91 | 578 | 27 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sherman Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 57% (342 to 147); teachers down 16% (20.1 to 16.9).
About Sherman Elementary
Sherman Elementary is a small elementary school based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school serves pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 147 students. That is 54% below the average of about 323 students for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Sherman Elementary is a school in Milwaukee School District. The district has 155 schools and 65,835 students.
The share of Black students at Sherman Elementary is 90%. The next largest groups are 5% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. The school's Black share is 65 points above the 26% share among Milwaukee County residents. The diversity index for Sherman Elementary is 18%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Sherman Elementary has 16.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 8.7:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 90% at Sherman Elementary. The gap from the 64% average for public schools in Milwaukee County is 26 points.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 22.1% for Sherman Elementary. The school posts 8.1%, 14.0 points below the prediction.
In Milwaukee County, home to about 926,331 people, median household income comes to about $64,435, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Milwaukee County's 284 public schools enroll about 122,496 students and include Sherman Elementary.
Sherman Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Milwaukee Math and Science Academy, about 0.6 miles away. The five-mile area around Sherman Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 19.1% on proficiency, and Sherman Elementary is below that at 8.1%.
Sherman Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Large.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 251 students at Sherman Elementary; in 2024-25, 147. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 13.2:1 in 2020-21 to 8.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
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Other Sherman Elementary schools
16 other US public schools in 13 states are named Sherman Elementary. Sherman Elementary is the 17th largest of the 17.
- Sherman ElementaryEau Claire, WI · 502 students
- Sherman Elementary SchoolMansfield, OH · 613 students
- Sherman Elementary SchoolSherman, IL · 552 students
- Sherman ElementarySan Diego, CA · 535 students
- SHERMAN ELEMENTARYNAMPA, ID · 468 students
Nearby schools
- Milwaukee Math and Science Academy0.6 mi · 241
- WHS Information Technology0.7 mi · 402
- Milwaukee French Immersion0.7 mi · 426
- Fifty-Third Street Elementary0.8 mi · 308
- Townsend Street Elementary0.8 mi · 257
- Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 38th Street0.9 mi · 474
Frequently asked questions
About Sherman ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Sherman Elementary?
Sherman Elementary enrolls approximately 147 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Sherman Elementary serve?
Sherman Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sherman Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sherman Elementary is approximately 8.7:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sherman Elementary?
Student demographics at Sherman Elementary are roughly 1% White, 3% Hispanic, 90% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Sherman Elementary public or private?
Sherman Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Milwaukee School District.
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