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Sherrard Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 209 1st St, Sherrard, Mercer County, 61281

237
Pupils
18.2
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Sherrard Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sherrard, Mercer County. The school has 237 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Casey Wyant. It is part of the Sherrard CUSD 200 school district. It serves grades Kโ€“4 in a rural setting. The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.2:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

Principal
Casey Wyant
School district
Sherrard CUSD 200

Enrollment & staffing

Sherrard Elementary School enrolls 237 students across grades Kโ€“4. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 13 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.2:1.

Male students
123 (52%)
Female students
114 (48%)
Teachers (FTE)
13
Student-teacher ratio
18.2:1
Grade span
Kโ€“4

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% White, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino and 3.4% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White21490%
Hispanic or Latino125.1%
Two or more races83.4%
Black or African American2<1%
Asian1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

60 of the school's 237 students (25%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Rural, DistantGrades Kโ€“4

Sherrard Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 37, state house district 74.

School district: Sherrard CUSD 200

Sherrard Elementary School is one of 5 schools in Sherrard CUSD 200, based in Sherrard, Illinois. The district serves 1,305 students district-wide and employs 89 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 237 students, Sherrard Elementary School is close to the district average of about 261 students per school.

1,305
District students
5
Schools
89
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

42%
Reading proficient
37%
Math proficient
9%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: Rural - Distant

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