SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a compact elementary school in PENSACOLA, Florida, one of the schools within ESCAMBIA. Current enrollment sits at 452 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 25% below typical.

ESCAMBIA comprises 66 schools with combined enrollment of 36,795 students; SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 50% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 31% White, 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 21% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Escambia County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.9%, the actual is 42.5%, a residual of -1.4 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Escambia County put median household earnings sit near $67,500, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Escambia County runs 71 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,056 students), of which SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

CAPSTONE ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 38.8%.

SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 25%, going from 603 students in 2018 to 452 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 36% to 31% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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