Sherwood Elementary

As a reasonably sized K-5 school in Modesto, California, Sherwood Elementary caters to 489 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Sylvan Union Elementary.

Sylvan Union Elementary runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 7,974 students. Sherwood Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Sherwood Elementary reports that 55% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 27% White, 8% Asian, 8% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Sherwood Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.4%; this one delivers 36.4%.

In the surrounding community, Stanislaus County reports that median household earnings sit near $81,468, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Stanislaus County runs 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), of which Sherwood Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Somerset Middle, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sherwood Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sherwood Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 28.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sherwood Elementary has held roughly steady, going from 478 students in 2018 to 489 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 33% to 55% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 24.5:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 in 2025.

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