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SHERMAN MIDDLE

PublicRegular
SHERMAN, Texas · SHERMAN ISD
Teachers68.0FTE
Ratio12.2:1students per teacher
Students833enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students833
Grade Span6–8
Student:Teacher12.2:1
Free/Reduced Lunch80%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
3.3%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
69
1.5%vs prior yr
Enrollment
869
4.3%vs prior yr
Years of Data
4
2021–2024
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

11.9:112.7:113.4:114.2:114.9:115.7:1202120222023202414.5:113.1:112.2:112.6:1SHERMAN MIDDLEUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

810825841856872887606264666870202120222023202488281583386961626869EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric2021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment882815833869
Teacher FTE61626869
Pupil : Teacher ratio14.5:113.1:112.2:112.6:115.4:1

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20212024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.