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What's the most underrated thing about Sherwood Acres Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
630
Elementary
DISTRICT 481 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGHERTY COUNTY·NCES 130183000840
Sherwood Acres Elementary School
2201 Doncaster Dr, Albany, GA 31707 · (229) 431-3397 · Dougherty County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL630 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
630 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 67 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
28.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +7.7pp since 2021
Math
36.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +13.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.3% | 36.4% |
| 2023-24 | 28.6% | 35.4% |
| 2022-23 | 24.0% | 29.7% |
| 2021-22 | 20.6% | 23.4% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Sherwood Acres Elementary School
Sherwood Acres Elementary School's state test result (35.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwood Acres Elementary School this school | 630 | 100.0% | 35.3% |
| Wheeless Road Elementary School Augusta | 649 | 100.0% | 8.5% |
| Sue Reynolds Elementary School Augusta | 652 | 100.0% | 12.9% |
| Radium Springs Elementary School Albany | 682 | 100.0% | 15.0% |
| Atlanta Heights Charter School Atlanta | 663 | 100.0% | N/A |
| E. C. West Elementary School Fairburn | 678 | 100.0% | 43.9% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Sherwood Acres Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Dougherty County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #662 of 1,208 | #4 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #699 of 1,215 ▲ 16 | #4 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #783 of 1,215 ▲ 37 | #4 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.3pp | #119 of 1,183 | #5 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 630 | #525 of 1,324 | #3 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #1,085 of 1,301 | #9 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.1% | #1,109 of 1,301 | #4 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #199 of 1,312 | #4 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #390 of 854 | #6 of 10 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
630
+76 (+14%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 572
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 630 | 42.1 | 15.0:1 | 100% (630) |
| 2023-24 | 646 | 41.3 | 15.6:1 | 100% (646) |
| 2022-23 | 642 | 39 | 16.5:1 | 100% (642) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 39 | 14.2:1 | 100% (554) |
| 2017-18 | 736 | 43.5 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 787 | 43 | 18.3:1 | 100% (784) |
| 2010-11 | 693 | 39 | 17.8:1 | 77% (537) |
| 2000-01 | 405 | 33 | 12.3:1 | 46% (186) |
| 1990-91 | 572 | 32 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sherwood Acres Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (736 to 630); teachers down 3% (43.5 to 42.1).
About Sherwood Acres Elementary School
Sherwood Acres Elementary School is an elementary school in Albany, Georgia, according to federal school records. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 630 students.
Dougherty County enrolls 13,241 students in 22 schools, including Sherwood Acres Elementary School.
The share of Black students at Sherwood Acres Elementary School is 85%. Enrollment also includes 7% Hispanic, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. The school's Black share is 14 points above the 71% share among Dougherty County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 27%.
Based on 42.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, Sherwood Acres Elementary School has a ratio of 15.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Georgia, 13.3:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 98% average for public schools in Dougherty County.
Sherwood Acres Elementary School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 67% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Sherwood Acres Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (35.3%) and its predicted rate (25.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Dougherty County show that the median household earns about $49,044 a year, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 19% of residents are in poverty. Dougherty County has 22 public schools with about 13,241 students, including Sherwood Acres Elementary School.
Sherwood Acres Elementary School is about 1.0 miles from Lake Park Elementary School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Sherwood Acres Elementary School at 4th of 9.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
The school grew from 554 students in 2020-21 to 630 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Sherwood Acres Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Dougherty County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,091
Census ACS
Median income
$49,044
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
13,241 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dougherty County
- Westover High SchoolHigh · 1,234 students
- Dougherty Comprehensive High SchoolHigh · 1,191 students
- Monroe High SchoolHigh · 1,189 students
- Live Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 833 students
- Merry Acres Middle SchoolMiddle · 807 students
- Albany Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
Other schools in Albany
- Westover High SchoolHigh · 1,234 students
- Dougherty Comprehensive High SchoolHigh · 1,191 students
- Monroe High SchoolHigh · 1,189 students
- Live Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 833 students
- Merry Acres Middle SchoolMiddle · 807 students
- Albany Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Park Elementary School1.0 mi · 494
- Northside Elementary School1.5 mi · 381
- Merry Acres Middle School1.6 mi · 807
- Westover High School1.7 mi · 1,234
- Lincoln Elementary Magnet School2.7 mi · 404
- West Town Elementary School3.1 mi · 309
Frequently asked questions
About Sherwood Acres Elementary SchoolHow large is Sherwood Acres Elementary School?
Sherwood Acres Elementary School enrolls approximately 630 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Sherwood Acres Elementary School serve?
Sherwood Acres Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Sherwood Acres Elementary School?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Sherwood Acres Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Sherwood Acres Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sherwood Acres Elementary School are roughly 5% White, 7% Hispanic, 85% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Sherwood Acres Elementary School?
Sherwood Acres Elementary School is overseen by Dougherty County in Dougherty County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.