📍 301 22nd St., San Diego, San Diego County, 92102
Sherman Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in San Diego, San Diego County. The school has 539 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Nicole Enriquez. It is part of the San Diego Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.6:1.
Sherman Elementary enrolls 539 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% Hispanic or Latino, 3.9% Black or African American and 3.2% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 486 | 90% |
| Black or African American | 21 | 3.9% |
| White | 17 | 3.2% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 1.9% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
461 of the school's 539 students (86%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sherman Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Sherman Elementary is one of 175 schools in San Diego Unified, based in San Diego, California. The district serves 95,175 students district-wide and employs 4,290 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 539 students, Sherman Elementary is close to the district average of about 544 students per school.