SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 2541 POST RD, in MELBOURNE, Florida, SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a cozy elementary school that serves 493 students (grades pre-K through 6), run under BREVARD.

BREVARD comprises 109 schools with combined enrollment of 73,587 students; SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 59% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 14% Black, 14% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. By comparison, Brevard County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Brevard County (around 42%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 50.8%; SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 68.4%, +17.6 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, Brevard County reports that median household income runs about $78,476, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Brevard County runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,587 students), of which SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 54.6%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 7% since 2018, when it stood at 459 (now 493).

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.