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Sherman, Texas - 15 schools
An equity score of 52/100 ranks Sherman Isd #473 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,864 per pupil, Sherman Isd ranks #611 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
7,767
Total Enrollment
15
Schools
$12,864
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sherman Isd operates 15 public schools serving 7,767 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 10 combined, 2 high, 2 middle, 1 elementary schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Grayson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,864 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 51.5% local, 34.8% state, and 13.7% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 52/100, ranked #473 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 15 schools offering Advanced Placement (20 AP courses district-wide), a 332:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 35.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 45.9% Hispanic or Latino, 29.5% White, 14.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wakefield El, with a diversity index of 72.8/100.
Its largest campus is Sherman H S, enrolling 2,143 students (28% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Tri Co Juvenile Detent, at 21 students, a 102x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Sherman H S accounts for 27.5% of all Sherman Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Sherman Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Sherman Isd school enrollment varies 102× across entities
Sherman Isd school enrollment ranges from 21 students (lowest) to 2,143 students (highest), a spread of 2,122 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Sherman Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 74.9% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Sherman Isd student-counselor ratio is 332:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Sherman Isd is typically wider than the Sherman Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Sherman Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 35.2% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.