📍 1930 Election House Rd NW, Lancaster, Fairfield County, 43130
General Sherman Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Lancaster, Fairfield County. The school has 707 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lancaster City school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.2:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
General Sherman Junior High School enrolls 707 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% White, 5.8% Two or more races and 3.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 622 | 88% |
| Two or more races | 41 | 5.8% |
| Black or African American | 23 | 3.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 19 | 2.7% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
399 of the school's 707 students (56%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 337 qualify for free lunch and 62 for a reduced price. 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.
General Sherman Junior High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OH At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 20, state house district 77.
General Sherman Junior High School is one of 10 schools in Lancaster City, based in Lancaster, Ohio. The district serves 6,248 students district-wide and employs 303 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 707 students, General Sherman Junior High School is close to the district average of about 625 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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