Sherman, TX

Kids in Sherman

Public-school enrollment and staffing from NCES, plus bedrooms, childcare and how educated the adults already here are. This is not a GreatSchools ranking.

Public-school students: 25,810; NCES CCD 2024-2025, regular and charter districts in this metro.
Pupil–teacher ratio: 13; 1,988 teachers across 13 districts and 62 schools.
Districts / schools: 13 / 62; Open regular, component and charter LEAs geocoded to this CBSA.

Bedrooms you set: 1; A household this size usually wants a studio.
Childcare in this setup: $0; No kids under 5 in the current household, so this is $0.
Leftover with current kids: $2,847; After tax, rent and everything else.

Largest public school districts

The 12 biggest open regular and charter districts geocoded to the Sherman metro, ranked by students enrolled. District websites are the direct source for enrollment boundaries, calendars and programs.

District	City	Students	Schools	Pupil–teacher
SHERMAN ISD	SHERMAN	7,788	16	12.3
DENISON ISD	DENISON	4,977	10	13.7
VAN ALSTYNE ISD	VAN ALSTYNE	2,612	5	14.2
WHITESBORO ISD	WHITESBORO	1,802	4	14.9
POTTSBORO ISD	POTTSBORO	1,453	4	14.3
HOWE ISD	HOWE	1,265	4	12.3
GUNTER ISD	GUNTER	1,156	4	11.5
BELLS ISD	BELLS	1,007	3	12.2
S AND S CISD	SADLER	944	3	12.6
WHITEWRIGHT ISD	WHITEWRIGHT	801	3	11
TOM BEAN ISD	TOM BEAN	741	3	12.5
TIOGA ISD	TIOGA	664	1	14.8

SHERMAN ISD
SHERMAN
Students
7,788
Schools
16
Pupil–teacher
12.3
DENISON ISD
DENISON
Students
4,977
Schools
10
Pupil–teacher
13.7
VAN ALSTYNE ISD
VAN ALSTYNE
Students
2,612
Schools
5
Pupil–teacher
14.2
WHITESBORO ISD
WHITESBORO
Students
1,802
Schools
4
Pupil–teacher
14.9
POTTSBORO ISD
POTTSBORO
Students
1,453
Schools
4
Pupil–teacher
14.3
HOWE ISD
HOWE
Students
1,265
Schools
4
Pupil–teacher
12.3
GUNTER ISD
GUNTER
Students
1,156
Schools
4
Pupil–teacher
11.5
BELLS ISD
BELLS
Students
1,007
Schools
3
Pupil–teacher
12.2
S AND S CISD
SADLER
Students
944
Schools
3
Pupil–teacher
12.6
WHITEWRIGHT ISD
WHITEWRIGHT
Students
801
Schools
3
Pupil–teacher
11
TOM BEAN ISD
TOM BEAN
Students
741
Schools
3
Pupil–teacher
12.5
TIOGA ISD
TIOGA
Students
664
Schools
1
Pupil–teacher
14.8

Source: NCES CCD 2024–25, LEA directory, membership and staff files. Pupil–teacher is students divided by reported teacher FTE.

Public schools by level

Primary: 27; Elementary grades
Middle: 13; Middle or junior high
High: 18; Secondary grades
Other: 2; K–12, ungraded, alternative

60 open public schools in the NCES CCD 2024–25 school directory, grouped by the level NCES assigns from grades offered.

Where the Sherman metro sits

Roughly the core of the Sherman, TX metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.

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If this were a family of four

Two adults, two kids, one under five, three bedrooms: leftover in Sherman would be $739 a month, with $1,043 going to childcare. Run that household on the paycheck page →

Enrollment and staffing: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-2025, joined to metros with NCES EDGE LEA geocodes. Childcare is a national baseline scaled by this metro's cost index — not a daycare quote. No test-score rankings.