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Enrollment
493
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREVARD·NCES 120015000112
SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2541 POST RD, MELBOURNE, FL 32935 · (321) 254-6424 · Brevard County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL493 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
299 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
65.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
71.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
68.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
493
+34 (+7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.1:1
% White
59%
was 59%
% Hispanic
14%
was 17%
% Black
14%
was 11%
% Asian
1%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
Brevard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
632,780
Census ACS
Median income
$78,476
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
73,587 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BREVARD
- VIERA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,334 students
- MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,122 students
- HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,960 students
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,917 students
- ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,579 students
Other schools in MELBOURNE
- MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- EAU GALLIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,398 students
- PALM BAY MAGNET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,359 students
- WEST SHORE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 948 students
- QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 687 students
- ROY ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 619 students
Nearby schools
- LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 578
- SOUTH AREA ALTERNATIVE LEARNING CENTER2.0 mi · 68
- LYNDON B. JOHNSON MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 580
- DR. W.J. CREEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 542
- SABAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 493
- CROTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 493 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 59% White, 14% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BREVARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.