📍 400 Sunset Blvd, Sherman, Grayson County, 75092
Wakefield el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sherman, Grayson County. The school has 325 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Ashely Woods. It is part of the Sherman Isd school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Wakefield el enrolls 325 students across grades K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 27 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 39% White, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 15% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 128 | 39% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 83 | 26% |
| Black or African American | 50 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 35 | 11% |
| Asian | 24 | 7.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | 1.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
319 of the school's 325 students (98%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 299 qualify for free lunch and 20 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.
Wakefield el 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.
Wakefield el 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 325 students, Wakefield el is smaller than the district average of about 519 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small