Is Sherman Elementary a good school?

Sherman Elementary ranks 3037 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Sherman Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 527 students attended Sherman Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Sherman Elementary?

Students at Sherman Elementary are 89% Hispanic, 4% African American, 4% White, 2% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Sherman Elementary attend?

Students who attend Sherman Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Roosevelt International Middle High : San Diego High

Sherman Elementary

Summary:

Sherman Elementary is a public elementary school in San Diego, California, serving 539 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the San Diego Unified School District, which has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Sherman Elementary faces significant challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates, which have risen from 15.4% in 2017-2018 to 52.6% in 2021-2022, notably higher than the district and state averages. The school's academic performance is also lower than the district and state, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Spanish Language Arts all below average. However, the school's Hispanic and English Language Learner students perform better than the overall school, while the Special Education and Disabled student subgroups perform significantly worse.

The challenges at Sherman Elementary are not unique to the school, as nearby schools like Perkins K-8, Burbank Elementary, and Kimbrough Elementary also have high chronic absenteeism rates and low academic performance. However, the nearby King-Chavez Academy of Excellence, King-Chavez Arts and Athletics Academy, and Albert Einstein Academies tend to outperform Sherman Elementary, despite serving similar student populations. The high rates of poverty and economic disadvantage in the area may be contributing to the challenges faced by these schools.

Detail:

Public K-5

301 22nd St.
San Diego, CA 92102-2918

(619) 615-7000

District: San Diego Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
3037^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,327

Students who attend Sherman Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Roosevelt International Middle
High:	San Diego High

Student/teacher ratio: 24.0

Number of students: 527

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

88.6%

African American:

4.2%

White:

3.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 83.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Sherman Elementary ranks worse than 51.8% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 79^th among 117 ranked elementary schools in the San Diego Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 42.38. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (88.6%), African American (4.2%), White (3.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 83.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Sherman Elementary is 24. 76 elementary schools in the San Diego Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Sherman Elementary employs 21.9 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Sherman Elementary is $8,327. 62 elementary schools in the San Diego Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Sherman Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Sherman Elementary 3037^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Sherman Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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San Diego Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks San Diego Unified 604^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Sherman Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Sherman Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	23.03	3705^th	4809	23.0%
2005	9.34	4683^rd	4822	2.9%
2006	11.86	4546^th	4818	5.6%
2009	4.87	5159^th	5193	0.7%
2010	10.71	5122^nd	5314	3.6%
2011	25.91	4273^rd	5377	20.5%
2012	21.31	4567^th	5390	15.3%
2013	33.32	3794^th	5530	31.4%
2015	46.83	2632^nd	5611	53.1%
2016	61.93	1909^th	5614	66.0%
2017	55.09	2268^th	5692	60.2%
2018	51.72	2469^th	5662	56.4%
2019	44.64	2894^th	5789	50.0%
2022	55.40	2284^th	5883	61.2%
2023	50.68	2498^th	5874	57.5%
2024	42.38	3037^th	5862	48.2%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Sherman Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	68.46	596^th	3246	81.6%
2019	52.27	1136^th	3275	65.3%
2022	70.91	473^rd	3311	85.7%
2023	41.90	1689^th	3250	48.0%
2024	25.04	2838^th	3160	10.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Sherman Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	35.15	1425^th	2420	41.1%
2024	52.92	892^nd	2634	66.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Sherman Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	67.88	1306^th	5084	74.3%
2019	57.27	1935^th	5173	62.6%
2022	67.83	1277^th	5264	75.7%
2023	62.44	1601^st	5374	70.2%
2024	53.92	2119^th	5511	61.5%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Sherman Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	58.03	109^th	356	69.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Sherman Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	41.77	2967^th	5413	45.2%
2019	42.06	2978^th	5492	45.8%
2022	51.65	2335^th	5635	58.6%
2023	46.14	2630^th	5617	53.2%
2024	36.26	3315^th	5605	40.9%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Sherman Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	54.38	858^th	2585	66.8%
2022	28.24	1579^th	2227	29.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Sherman Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	59.29	1971^st	5431	63.7%
2019	46.63	2635^th	5510	52.2%
2022	57.39	2076^th	5663	63.3%
2023	54.75	2189^th	5650	61.3%
2024	49.85	2469^th	5636	56.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Sherman Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	65.84	1331^st	4830	72.4%
2019	59.77	1698^th	4963	65.8%
2022	71.42	1084^th	5084	78.7%
2023	69.89	1190^th	5098	76.7%
2024	57.36	1821^st	5102	64.3%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

Review counts

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by a parent on FaceBook
Friday, October 7, 2011

Went to sherman elementary in 1975, Great school great teachers nice childhood memories of course the school was so different! Close Quote

Enrollment information for Sherman Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1988	49	52	107	791	0	n/a	n/a	999
1989	54	52	99	952	1	n/a	n/a	1158
1990	67	67	85	1050	1	n/a	n/a	1270
1991	56	69	58	947	0	n/a	n/a	1130
1992	55	52	54	998	0	n/a	n/a	1159
1993	38	58	43	1097	2	n/a	n/a	1238
1994	39	42	29	929	0	n/a	n/a	1039
1995	31	67	14	964	0	n/a	n/a	1076
1996	31	67	14	964	0	n/a	n/a	1076
1997	36	67	11	1028	0	n/a	n/a	1142
1998	42	50	9	854	1	n/a	n/a	956
1999	74	55	8	841	2	n/a	n/a	980
2000	77	67	9	905	2	n/a	n/a	1060
2001	61	50	5	845	1	n/a	n/a	962
2002	35	39	4	707	2	n/a	n/a	787
2003	35	39	4	707	2	n/a	n/a	787
2004	32	35	3	620	0	n/a	n/a	690
2005	20	35	4	555	0	n/a	n/a	614
2006	13	26	2	469	0	n/a	n/a	510
2009	8	11	0	390	1	0	0	410
2010	7	17	5	430	1	0	4	464
2011	5	16	3	446	0	0	7	477
2012	7	22	2	523	2	0	4	560
2013	14	25	0	575	1	0	7	622
2014	25	21	3	579	1	0	21	650
2015	16	24	2	616	2	0	18	678
2016	19	28	3	596	2	0	23	671
2017	11	24	4	591	1	1	31	663
2018	23	19	3	598	2	3	30	678
2019	15	28	4	556	2	2	30	637
2020	11	27	5	538	0	2	28	611
2021	7	18	6	517	1	3	29	581
2022	19	23	8	489	0	1	23	563
2023	17	21	5	486	0	0	10	539
2024	19	22	7	467	0	0	12	527

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Sherman Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	999	39.2	25.4	n/a
1989	1158	43.7	26.4	n/a
1990	1270	47.9	26.5	n/a
1991	1130	47.2	23.9	n/a
1992	1159	48.0	24.1	95
1993	1238	53.8	23.0	92
1994	1039	50.6	20.5	95
1995	1076	48.8	22.0	95
1996	1076	48.8	22.0	95
1997	1142	53.6	21.3	89.1
1998	956	53.7	17.8	95
1999	980	56.0	17.5	95
2000	1060	58.0	18.3	97.9
2001	962	59.0	16.3	28.7
2002	787	47.0	16.7	72.9
2003	787	47.0	16.7	72.9
2004	690	40.0	17.3	57.7
2005	614	33.0	18.6	69.2
2006	510	37.0	13.8	97.8
2009	410	21.0	18.6	98
2010	464	20.0	23.2	98.1
2011	477	n/a	n/a	97.9
2012	560	33.0	16.9	n/a
2013	622	35.0	17.7	99.5
2014	650	28.0	23.2	86.3
2015	678	28.0	24.2	87.2
2016	671	28.0	23.9	89.7
2017	663	28.0	23.6	90.2
2018	678	26.0	26.0	87.3
2019	637	26.0	24.5	86.8
2020	611	n/a	n/a	86.4
2021	581	24.0	24.2	71.6
2022	563	24.0	23.4	81.3
2023	539	21.9	24.6	85.5
2024	527	21.9	24.0	83.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Sherman Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	999	39.2	25.4	n/a
1989	1158	43.7	26.4	n/a
1990	1270	47.9	26.5	n/a
1991	1130	47.2	23.9	n/a
1992	1159	48.0	24.1	95
1993	1238	53.8	23.0	92
1994	1039	50.6	20.5	95
1995	1076	48.8	22.0	95
1996	1076	48.8	22.0	95
1997	1142	53.6	21.3	89.1
1998	956	53.7	17.8	95
1999	980	56.0	17.5	95
2000	1060	58.0	18.3	97.9
2001	962	59.0	16.3	28.7
2002	787	47.0	16.7	72.9
2003	787	47.0	16.7	72.9
2004	690	40.0	17.3	57.7
2005	614	33.0	18.6	69.2
2006	510	37.0	13.8	97.8
2009	410	21.0	18.6	98
2010	464	20.0	23.2	98.1
2011	477	n/a	n/a	97.9
2012	560	33.0	16.9	n/a
2013	622	35.0	17.7	99.5
2014	650	28.0	23.2	86.3
2015	678	28.0	24.2	87.2
2016	671	28.0	23.9	89.7
2017	663	28.0	23.6	90.2
2018	678	26.0	26.0	87.3
2019	637	26.0	24.5	86.8
2020	611	n/a	n/a	86.4
2021	581	24.0	24.2	71.6
2022	563	24.0	23.4	81.3
2023	539	21.9	24.6	85.5
2024	527	21.9	24.0	83.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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