📍 402 W Pecan, Sherman, Grayson County, 75090
Piner Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Sherman, Grayson County. The school has 818 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jeff Chancellor. It is part of the Sherman Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 61.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. 41% of students are proficient in reading. 31% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Piner Middle enrolls 818 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 61.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% Hispanic or Latino, 34% White and 11% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 355 | 43% |
| White | 278 | 34% |
| Black or African American | 93 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 55 | 6.7% |
| Asian | 32 | 3.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
612 of the school's 818 students (75%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 532 qualify for free lunch and 80 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.
Piner Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 TX-40, state senate district 30, state house district 62.
Piner Middle is one of 15 schools in SHERMAN ISD, based in SHERMAN, Texas. The district serves 7,788 students district-wide and employs 601 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 818 students, Piner Middle is larger than the district average of about 519 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small