Sherwood Heights Elementary Sch

Sherwood Heights Elementary Sch operates as a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Auburn, Maine, run under Auburn Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 291 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 27% larger than the typical public school in Maine, which averages around 229 students.

Within Auburn Public Schools, which oversees 8 schools and 3,241 students, Sherwood Heights Elementary Sch is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Sherwood Heights Elementary Sch logs that 75% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 12% Black, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Androscoggin County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Sherwood Heights Elementary Sch has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 76% of students at Sherwood Heights Elementary Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Androscoggin County (around 52%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Androscoggin County put the typical household earns roughly $67,873 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Sherwood Heights Elementary Sch is one of 36 public schools in Androscoggin County (combined enrollment of about 15,588 students).

Nearest neighbor: Walton School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sherwood Heights Elementary Sch.

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sherwood Heights Elementary Sch has contracted 32%, going from 425 students in 2018 to 291 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 89% to 75%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

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