Perrin Early Childhood Center

Size

Perrin Early Childhood Center is the smallest of Sherman ISD's 2 schools; its 168 students are 2.2% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest schools are a median 32.3 miles away and have a median of 356 students, so Perrin 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

Perrin Early Childhood Center serves a single grade, pre-K, with 168 students.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 42.9% of enrollment, a lower share than across Sherman ISD (48.4%). Black students are next, at 19.6%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

87.5% of students qualify 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

Perrin Early Childhood Center has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14 students per teacher. At the median Texas school ratio of 17, a school with 168 students would have about 9.9 teachers, so Perrin Early Childhood Center has 2.1 more.

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

Location

NCES classifies its location as rural, fringe, which means it is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town. The nearest other school is Fred Douglass Early Childhood Center, 5.2 miles away in the same district. There are 0 schools within 5 miles and 1 within 10 miles.

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