Sherrod Elementary School
Palmer, AK 99645
Phone: (907) 761-4100
District: Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
GreatSchools Rating
public • Grades PK,KG,1,2,3,4,5 • 383 students
Sherrod Elementary School, a public school located in Palmer, AK, serves grades PK-5 in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 7 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.
Sherrod Elementary School is a public school located in Palmer, AK. 383 students attend Sherrod Elementary School.
School Ratings
| Category | Rating | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Test Scores | 8/10 | The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2024 Alaska Science Assessment data from Alaska Department of Education, and using 2024 Alaska System of Academic Readiness data from Alaska Department of Education. |
| Academic Progress | 6/10 | The Academic Progress Rating is a growth proxy rating based on a model using unmatched cohorts, or school-level data instead of student-level data. The Academic Progress Rating was created using 2019 and 2022 Alaska Science Assessment data from Alaska Department of Education, using 2019 Alaska Performance Evaluation for Alaska's Schools data from Alaska Department of Education, using 2022 Alaska System of Academic Readiness data from Alaska Department of Education, and using 2019 demographic data from the National Center for Education Statistics. |
Worrisome patterns of chronic student absenteeism have been identified.
Posted: January 28, 2012
My daughter has gone to this school for 3 years. She has always done well. The school does a lot to have after school family fun nights, movie night, arts and crafts night, and before and after school activities such as guitar lessons and knitting, a family knitathon, and after school bus shuttles kids to swim lessons once a week if you enroll. In addition to that, my daughter comes home with a homework packet every week. She has hard spelling words and math that she needs my help with. I love it because she is being challenged. Parents get a letter to initial every week for missing work. Kids have incentives for reading 4 books every quarter, neon bowling ore ice skating. This school is everything I expect and more. Also, there are minorities here but I have never witnessed any racial problems. Just thought I would throw that in there because it might be important for someone. The only problem is that they almost never have snow days. The wind can be downing power lines and the lights in the school flicker but they still have school. Occasionally they have weather optional days if you choose to keep your child home it's excused. They have indoor recess when extremely cold.
Reviews provided by GreatSchools™
| # | Name | Type | City | State | Overall Rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bluffs at The Ranch | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Wasilla | AK | 8.6 mi | |
| 2 | Wasilla Alaska | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Wasilla | AK | 21.6 mi | |
| 3 | Eagle Pointe | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Eagle River | AK | 26.5 mi | |
| 4 | Fort Richardson Housing Area | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Anchorage | AK | 29.7 mi | |
| 5 | Elmendorf Housing Area | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Anchorage | AK | 34.1 mi | |
| 6 | Cheney Housing Area | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Anchorage | AK | 35.9 mi | |
| 7 | Airport Heights | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Anchorage | AK | 36.6 mi | |
| 8 | Rogers Park | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Anchorage | AK | 38 mi | |
| 9 | Scenic Way in Downtown Anchorage | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Anchorage | AK | 38.8 mi | |
| 10 | Spruce Mobile Home Park | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Anchorage | AK | 39.5 mi | |
| 11 | Turnagain Housing Area | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Anchorage | AK | 39.7 mi | |
| 12 | Westbury Drive | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Anchorage | AK | 40 mi | |
| 13 | Spenard Housing Area | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Anchorage | AK | 40.5 mi | |
| 14 | Huffman Housing Area | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Anchorage | AK | 42.2 mi | |
| 15 | Strawberry Lane Apartment Homes | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Anchorage | AK | 42.5 mi |
| Base | Distance |
|---|---|
| Fort Richardson | 31.6 mi. |
| Elmendorf AFB | 33.7 mi. |
