General Sherman Junior High School
701 Union St
Lancaster OH, 43130, Fairfield County
Phone: 740-687-7344
Ranking: (1,033 out of 2,572, top 40%)*
Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
School District: Lancaster City School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 42 | 41 | 36 | 38 | 37 | 39 | 35 | |||||||
Total Students: | 729 | 704 | 672 | 653 | 700 | 691 | 656 | |||||||
Grade 6: | 230 | 31.6% | 241 | 34.2% | 250 | 37.2% | 215 | 32.9% | 219 | 31.3% | 237 | 34.3% | 225 | 34.3% |
Grade 7: | 241 | 33.1% | 248 | 35.2% | 215 | 32.0% | 214 | 32.8% | 234 | 33.4% | 235 | 34.0% | 216 | 32.9% |
Grade 8: | 258 | 35.4% | 215 | 30.5% | 207 | 30.8% | 224 | 34.3% | 247 | 35.3% | 219 | 31.7% | 215 | 32.8% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 383 | 52.5% | 369 | 52.4% | 342 | 50.9% | 347 | 53.1% | 353 | 50.4% | 351 | 50.8% | 318 | 48.5% |
Female: | 346 | 47.5% | 335 | 47.6% | 330 | 49.1% | 306 | 46.9% | 327 | 46.7% | 322 | 46.6% | 327 | 49.8% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 3 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.2% |
Hispanic: | 5 | 0.7% | 4 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.5% | 7 | 1.0% | 7 | 1.0% | 1 | 0.2% |
Black: | 10 | 1.4% | 13 | 1.8% | 10 | 1.5% | 15 | 2.3% | 6 | 0.9% | 4 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.5% |
White: | 696 | 95.5% | 676 | 96.0% | 646 | 96.1% | 623 | 95.4% | 672 | 96.0% | 667 | 96.5% | 644 | 98.2% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 15 | 2.1% | 9 | 1.3% | 9 | 1.3% | 9 | 1.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 328 | 45.0% | 320 | 45.5% | 296 | 44.0% | 289 | 44.3% | 308 | 44.0% | 265 | 38.4% | NA | NA |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 60 | 8.2% | 55 | 7.8% | 58 | 8.6% | 55 | 8.4% | 54 | 7.7% | 49 | 7.1% | NA | NA |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.49 | 17.09 | 18.78 | 17.08 | 18.93 | 17.90 | 19.00 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
OAA | ||||||
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.4% | 80.4% | 74% |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.6% | 82.2% | 76.6% |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.7% | 82.3% | 75.2% |
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 78.3% | 77.4% |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.2% | 85.1% | 77.5% |
2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 83.8% | 79.9% |
2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 84.2% | 74.7% |
2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.3% | 78.4% | 78% |
2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 77.5% | 79.4% | 79.7% |
2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 84% | 81.3% |
2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 87% | 85.1% | 84.1% |
2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.7% | 90.1% | 85.6% |
2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.8% | 88.5% | 86.7% |
2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 87.4% | 82.8% |
2005 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.6% | 63.5% | 58.5% |
2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.1% | 67.9% | 63.2% |
2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.6% | 74.6% | 71% |
2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.6% | 78.1% | 68.8% |
2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 80.1% | 74.3% |
2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 83% | 80.9% | 71.1% |
2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 80.8% | 74.8% |
2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 84.1% | 73.6% |
2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 77.3% | 72.8% |
2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 74.8% | 78.9% |
2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 76% | 74.9% | 77% |
2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.2% | 77.3% | 77.3% |
2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 74.1% | 76.6% |
2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.7% | 82.1% | 80.2% |
2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 77.8% | 77.3% |
2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 82.0% | 79.5% |
2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.8% | 83.3% | 81% |
2007 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.9% | 76.9% | 81% |
2008 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.8% | 89.9% | 85.7% |
2009 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.2% | 76% | 80.5% |
2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.2% | 66.3% | 60.1% |
2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 77.1% | 79.1% | 68.6% |
2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.2% | 84.5% | 71% |
2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 81.2% | 72.8% |
2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.6% | 85.2% | 70.6% |
2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 76.9% | 69.2% |
2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.9% | 83.3% | 74.3% |
2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.1% | 87.7% | 79.6% |
2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 86.2% | 76.6% |
2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 78.3% | 77% | 78.9% |
2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 71% | 74.7% | 77.1% |
2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 82.8% | 80% |
2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.1% | 80.7% | 79.4% |
2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 77.3% | 76.5% | 72.4% |
2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 83% | 80.2% | 80.9% |
2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 85.6% | 85.1% |
2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.0% | 86.0% | 83% |
2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.4% | 90.6% | 85.7% |
2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.4% | 68.3% | 62% |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 71.6% | 66.6% | 62.2% |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 76.2% | 62.8% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 73% | 71.6% | 64.8% |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 74.3% | 67.4% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.9% | 81.8% | 71.5% |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 82.8% | 83.1% | 68.6% |
2007 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.2% | 55.5% | 49% |
2008 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 64% | 65.1% | 53.5% |
2009 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.6% | 57.4% | 51.1% |
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* General Sherman Junior High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.