Fred Douglass Early Childhood Center

Size

Of the 2 schools in Sherman ISD, Fred Douglass Early Childhood Center is the largest, with 2.9% of the district's students. Its 8 closest schools sit a median 27.9 miles away with a median enrollment of 356; Fred Douglass Early Childhood Center is smaller than most of them.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Fred Douglass Early Childhood Center serves a single grade, pre-K, with 224 students.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is Hispanic students: 71.9% here and 48.4% across Sherman ISD. White students are next, at 12.1%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

85.7% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 72.5% across Sherman ISD and a median of 85.7% for Texas schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

With 16.45 full-time-equivalent teachers for 224 students, Fred Douglass Early Childhood Center has 13.6 students per teacher. At the median Texas school ratio of 17, a school with 224 students would have about 13.2 teachers, so Fred Douglass Early Childhood Center has 3.3 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas schools (17).

Location

Fred Douglass Early Childhood Center is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people, which NCES calls city, small. The nearest other school is Perrin Early Childhood Center, 5.2 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there is 1 other school, 0 of them within 5 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.