Sherman School
2 Route 37 East
Sherman CT, 06784, Fairfield County
Phone: 203-355-3793
Ranking:
(169 out of 765, top 22%)*

Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8
School District: Sherman 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: | 36 | 36 | 38 | 39 | 37 | 41 | 37 | |||||||
Total Students: | 372 | 383 | 397 | 408 | 444 | 458 | 456 | |||||||
Prekindergarten: | 33 | 8.9% | 28 | 7.3% | 23 | 5.8% | 21 | 5.1% | 22 | 5.0% | 18 | 3.9% | 18 | 3.9% |
Kindergarten: | 24 | 6.5% | 27 | 7.0% | 40 | 10.1% | 29 | 7.1% | 38 | 8.6% | 31 | 6.8% | 33 | 7.2% |
Grade 1: | 30 | 8.1% | 43 | 11.2% | 31 | 7.8% | 34 | 8.3% | 30 | 6.8% | 36 | 7.9% | 49 | 10.7% |
Grade 2: | 43 | 11.6% | 32 | 8.4% | 38 | 9.6% | 31 | 7.6% | 35 | 7.9% | 52 | 11.4% | 52 | 11.4% |
Grade 3: | 34 | 9.1% | 39 | 10.2% | 31 | 7.8% | 35 | 8.6% | 48 | 10.8% | 54 | 11.8% | 44 | 9.6% |
Grade 4: | 44 | 11.8% | 32 | 8.4% | 35 | 8.8% | 47 | 11.5% | 54 | 12.2% | 48 | 10.5% | 46 | 10.1% |
Grade 5: | 28 | 7.5% | 33 | 8.6% | 45 | 11.3% | 52 | 12.7% | 48 | 10.8% | 48 | 10.5% | 57 | 12.5% |
Grade 6: | 35 | 9.4% | 48 | 12.5% | 52 | 13.1% | 50 | 12.3% | 48 | 10.8% | 59 | 12.9% | 61 | 13.4% |
Grade 7: | 49 | 13.2% | 52 | 13.6% | 51 | 12.8% | 50 | 12.3% | 59 | 13.3% | 61 | 13.3% | 53 | 11.6% |
Grade 8: | 52 | 14.0% | 49 | 12.8% | 51 | 12.8% | 59 | 14.5% | 62 | 14.0% | 51 | 11.1% | 43 | 9.4% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 192 | 51.6% | 201 | 52.5% | 206 | 51.9% | 211 | 51.7% | 226 | 50.9% | 232 | 50.7% | 229 | 50.2% |
Female: | 180 | 48.4% | 182 | 47.5% | 191 | 48.1% | 197 | 48.3% | 210 | 47.3% | 218 | 47.6% | 223 | 48.9% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.5% | 3 | 0.7% | 3 | 0.7% |
Asian: | 3 | 0.8% | 5 | 1.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.7% | 8 | 1.8% | 7 | 1.5% | 11 | 2.4% |
Hispanic: | 6 | 1.6% | 7 | 1.8% | 7 | 1.8% | 4 | 1.0% | 5 | 1.1% | 4 | 0.9% | 3 | 0.7% |
Black: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.2% | 7 | 1.6% | 7 | 1.5% | 6 | 1.3% |
White: | 347 | 93.3% | 359 | 93.7% | 373 | 94.0% | 388 | 95.1% | 422 | 95.0% | 437 | 95.4% | 433 | 95.0% |
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: | 16 | 4.3% | 10 | 2.6% | 14 | 3.5% | 12 | 2.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 17 | 4.6% | 25 | 6.5% | 26 | 6.5% | 27 | 6.6% | 13 | 2.9% | 9 | 2.0% | 10 | 2.2% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 10.23 | 10.58 | 10.53 | 10.56 | 11.88 | 12.30 | 12.20 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
CMT | ||||||
2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 88.9% | 78.3% |
2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.7% | 95.7% | 80.1% |
2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.8% | 97.8% | 80.7% |
2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 92.5% | 82.8% |
2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.8% | 95.8% | 83.6% |
2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 88.9% | 84.3% |
2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 93.1% | 85.8% |
2013 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.1% | 92.1% | 82.7% |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.4% | 70.4% | 69.2% |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87% | 87% | 69.3% |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.4% | 84.4% | 68.4% |
2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.3% | 94.3% | 71.1% |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 89.4% | 72.3% |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 76.5% | 74% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 89.3% | 74.5% |
2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.3% | 70.3% | 72.4% |
2006 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 77.8% | 81.7% |
2007 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.7% | 95.7% | 82.4% |
2008 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 88.9% | 82.9% |
2009 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 94.4% | 83.2% |
2010 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.9% | 93.9% | 80.3% |
2011 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 77.8% | 81.1% |
2012 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 87.1% | 83.2% |
2013 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 87.2% | 80.4% |
2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.3% | 93.3% | 80.3% |
2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 82.5% | 80.9% |
2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.8% | 97.8% | 81.5% |
2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.9% | 97.9% | 84.6% |
2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 100% | 100% | 85.2% |
2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.8% | 97.8% | 85.2% |
2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 86.1% | 85.8% |
2013 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.6% | 96.6% | 83.8% |
2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 86.9% | 71.8% |
2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 75.4% | 70.6% |
2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 80.4% | 69.7% |
2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 86% | 86% | 74.4% |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 90.7% | 72.9% |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.6% | 95.6% | 74.7% |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 79.4% | 78.3% |
2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 85.7% | 77.6% |
2006 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.7% | 96.7% | 84.2% |
2007 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 86% | 86% | 84.1% |
2008 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 91.3% | 84.8% |
2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 93.6% | 85% |
2010 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 98.1% | 98.1% | 86.5% |
2011 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.8% | 97.8% | 85.4% |
2012 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 83.3% | 83.7% |
2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 90.3% | 83.5% |
2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 94.1% | 80.8% |
2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.1% | 95.1% | 82.5% |
2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 89.5% | 83.1% |
2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.9% | 97.9% | 85.9% |
2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.9% | 95.9% | 87.8% |
2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 98.1% | 98.1% | 87.6% |
2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.3% | 95.3% | 85.7% |
2013 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 90.3% | 84.4% |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.3% | 86.3% | 72.8% |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.1% | 95.1% | 73.4% |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.9% | 78.9% | 74% |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 87.2% | 77.7% |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 85.4% | 75.4% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 90.6% | 75.1% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 93% | 93% | 79.7% |
2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.2% | 96.2% | 79.1% |
2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 82.5% | 81.1% |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.8% | 93.8% | 82.9% |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 98% | 98% | 82.5% |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.2% | 96.2% | 82.4% |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.3% | 93.3% | 82.4% |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.8% | 93.8% | 81.7% |
2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.1% | 96.1% | 85.3% |
2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 98.4% | 98.4% | 85.7% |
2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 89.5% | 85.7% |
2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.8% | 93.8% | 86.5% |
2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 85.7% | 87.3% |
2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 100% | 100% | 88% |
2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.7% | 97.7% | 88.5% |
2013 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.4% | 84.4% | 87.7% |
2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 95.3% | 95.3% | 79.8% |
2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.6% | 92.6% | 82.7% |
2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 98.3% | 98.3% | 84.3% |
2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 91.4% | 86.8% |
2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 100% | 100% | 88.2% |
2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 100% | 100% | 88.5% |
2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 98.1% | 98.1% | 87.2% |
2013 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 97.9% | 97.9% | 85.9% |
2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 86% | 86% | 75.4% |
2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.2% | 85.2% | 75.7% |
2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 98.3% | 98.3% | 77.6% |
2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 86% | 86% | 80.3% |
2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 93.5% | 85.5% |
2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 97.9% | 97.9% | 86.5% |
2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.2% | 94.3% | 84.8% |
2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 95.7% | 95.7% | 84.5% |
2006 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 93% | 93% | 82.7% |
2007 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 87% | 87% | 83.8% |
2008 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 95% | 95% | 82.9% |
2009 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.4% | 86.4% | 83.1% |
2010 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 93.6% | 85.5% |
2011 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 85.7% | 86.1% |
2012 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.2% | 92.5% | 84.9% |
2013 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 98.0% | 98.0% | 84.3% |
2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.9% | 92.9% | 77.8% |
2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 100% | 100% | 80.2% |
2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 94.4% | 82.6% |
2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 95.2% | 95.2% | 85.7% |
2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 94.8% | 87.4% |
2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 98% | 98% | 87.2% |
2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 92% | 92% | 86.7% |
2013 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 94.2% | 84.9% |
2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.1% | 91.1% | 76.4% |
2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.9% | 92.9% | 75.5% |
2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 94.4% | 79.7% |
2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 98.4% | 98.4% | 83.4% |
2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.5% | 84.5% | 85.3% |
2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 94.1% | 85.7% |
2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 85.7% | 87.4% |
2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 98.0% | 98.1% | 87.0% |
2006 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 96.4% | 96.4% | 80.9% |
2007 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 85.7% | 81.1% |
2008 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 96.3% | 96.3% | 80.1% |
2009 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 98.4% | 98.4% | 80.9% |
2010 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 83.1% | 79.7% |
2011 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 84.3% | 79.8% |
2012 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 88% | 88% | 83.9% |
2013 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 96.1% | 94.2% | 83.2% |
2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 96.9% | 96.9% | 78.9% |
2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 94.7% | 80.8% |
2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 95.3% | 95.3% | 81.2% |
2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 94.2% | 84.5% |
2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 95.1% | 95.1% | 86.6% |
2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.2% | 91.2% | 86% |
2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 98% | 98% | 87.1% |
2013 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 89.4% | 86.1% |
2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 92.2% | 76.6% |
2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 94.7% | 76.4% |
2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 97.7% | 97.7% | 77% |
2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 98% | 98% | 80.5% |
2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 100% | 100% | 82.6% |
2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.2% | 91.2% | 83.4% |
2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 96% | 96% | 86.2% |
2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 91.3% | 85.7% |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 93% | 93% | 75.2% |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 94.2% | 76.6% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 96.7% | 96.7% | 76% |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 81% | 81% | 75.9% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 98% | 98% | 77.1% |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 85.1% | 76.5% |
2006 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 96.9% | 96.9% | 81.9% |
2007 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 100% | 100% | 82.5% |
2008 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 100% | 100% | 82.7% |
2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 98% | 96.2% | 83.7% |
2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 96.7% | 96.7% | 80.6% |
2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 91.4% | 81.6% |
2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 98% | 98% | 86.2% |
2013 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 100.0% | 100.0% | 85.7% |
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* Sherman School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.