Enrollment
347
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOX C-6·NCES 291230000507
SHERWOOD ELEM.
1769 MISSOURI STATE RD, ARNOLD, MO 63010 · (636) 282-6965 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL347 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
151 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
58.2%
MO avg 49.5% . -13.4pp since 2023
Math
59.5%
MO avg 48.7% . -27.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 27 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). 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
58.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Missouri 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 Missouri'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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
347
-76 (-18%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 12.6:1
% White
83%
was 86%
% Hispanic
8%
was 5%
% Black
2%
was 2%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SHERWOOD ELEM.
SHERWOOD ELEM. is a mid-sized primary school in ARNOLD, Missouri, operated by FOX C-6. The school educates 347 students in grades K through 5.
FOX C-6 comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 10,258 students; SHERWOOD ELEM. is among them.
Looking at the student body, SHERWOOD ELEM. shows that nearly all students (83%) are White. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 44% of students at SHERWOOD ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SHERWOOD ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.6%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household earnings sit near $82,851, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Jefferson County's 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,216 students), SHERWOOD ELEM. is one campus in the mix.
LONE DELL ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SHERWOOD ELEM. comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 49.1%.
SHERWOOD ELEM. operates from a commuter-belt location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SHERWOOD ELEM. has decreased 18%, going from 423 students in 2018 to 347 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.
On the community side, members of the SHERWOOD ELEM. community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
229,458
Census ACS
Median income
$82,851
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
36,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FOX C-6
- SECKMAN SR. HIGHHigh · 1,737 students
- FOX SR. HIGHHigh · 1,660 students
- SECKMAN MIDDLEMiddle · 687 students
- FOX MIDDLEMiddle · 570 students
- RIDGEWOOD MIDDLEMiddle · 567 students
- ANTONIA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 535 students
Other schools in ARNOLD
- FOX SR. HIGHHigh · 1,660 students
- FOX MIDDLEMiddle · 570 students
- RIDGEWOOD MIDDLEMiddle · 567 students
- RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM.Elementary · 410 students
- ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM.Elementary · 386 students
- LONE DELL ELEM.Elementary · 381 students
Nearby schools
- LONE DELL ELEM.1.1 mi · 381
- DON EARL EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR.1.6 mi · 125
- RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE1.6 mi · 567
- FOX SR. HIGH1.7 mi · 1,660
- FOX MIDDLE1.8 mi · 570
- FOX ELEM.1.8 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About SHERWOOD ELEM.How many students attend SHERWOOD ELEM.?
SHERWOOD ELEM. enrolls approximately 347 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does SHERWOOD ELEM. serve?
SHERWOOD ELEM. serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does SHERWOOD ELEM. have?
SHERWOOD ELEM. employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the student diversity at SHERWOOD ELEM.?
Student demographics at SHERWOOD ELEM. are roughly 83% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is SHERWOOD ELEM. public or private?
SHERWOOD ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by FOX C-6.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.