Sherman Elementary is located in Northside Village. The public, zoned, HISD school opened in 1967. Sherman is also a dual language English/Spanish school. It is an additive bilingual program for native Spanish-speaking students and foreign language immersion program for English-speaking students. The current school is located on the site of the Cascara School which opened in 1893 and was renamed in 1906 for Sidney Sherman, an early hero of the Texas revolution. The original structure was the second-oldest in the city, but was rebuilt in 1967 and 2013.