Jefferson Learning Center

Size

Jefferson Learning Center is the 2nd largest of Sherman ISD's 4 high schools; its 82 students are 1.1% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 7.4 miles away with a median enrollment of 332; Jefferson Learning Center is smaller than most of them.

NCES lists it as an alternative school: one that serves students whose needs a regular school may not meet, or that offers a non-traditional program alongside regular schools.

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

Its largest grade is grade 12 with 48 students, and its smallest is grade 10 with 10, against an average of 27 per grade. This year grade 12 has 380% more students than grade 10 (48 against 10). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is Hispanic students: 42.7% here and 48.4% across Sherman ISD. White students are next, at 34.1%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

84.1% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 72.5% across Sherman ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high 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 9.96 full-time-equivalent teachers for 82 students, Jefferson Learning Center has 8.2 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 82 students would have about 5.9 teachers, so Jefferson Learning Center has 4.1 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).

Location

Jefferson Learning Center is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town, which NCES calls rural, fringe. The nearest other high school is Cooke/Fannin/Grayson County Juvenile Post Ajud Fac, 0.6 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 6 other high schools, 3 of them within 5 miles.

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