An equity score of 57/100 ranks Sherman Isd #388 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,264 per pupil, Sherman Isd ranks #473 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
7,767
Total Enrollment
15
Schools
$14,264
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 $14,264 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1207 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 57/100, ranked #388 of 1047 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 largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
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.
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
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.