Enrollment
336
Elementary
DISTRICT 244 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHERWOOD CASS R-VIII·NCES 291032000334
SHERWOOD ELEM.
33300 S SHERWOOD DR, CREIGHTON, MO 64739 · (660) 499-2239 · Cass County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL336 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
156 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within SHERWOOD CASS R-VIII. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
48.6%
MO avg 49.5% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
36.8%
MO avg 48.7% . -7.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 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
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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
336
-70 (-17%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 13.2:1
% White
91%
was 95%
% Hispanic
6%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SHERWOOD ELEM.
Set in CREIGHTON, Missouri, SHERWOOD ELEM. is a moderately sized primary school, operated by SHERWOOD CASS R-VIII. It works with 336 students across grades pre-K through 5.
Across the 3 schools in SHERWOOD CASS R-VIII (733 students total), SHERWOOD ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, SHERWOOD ELEM. logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Beyond that, the school lists 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, SHERWOOD ELEM. has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 46% of students at SHERWOOD ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Cass County's rate of about 35%.
After controlling for student poverty, SHERWOOD ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.0%.
In the broader community, census data for Cass County shows median household earnings sit near $87,535, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Cass County's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,093 students), SHERWOOD ELEM. is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: SHERWOOD MIDDLE, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around SHERWOOD ELEM.. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SHERWOOD ELEM. at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.8%.
The school occupies a rural site.
Looking at the recent track record. SHERWOOD ELEM.'s enrollment has fell 17% since 2018, when it stood at 406 (now 336). Hispanic enrollment moved from 1% to 6% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.
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Cass County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
110,773
Census ACS
Median income
$87,535
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
17,093 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SHERWOOD CASS R-VIII
- SHERWOOD HIGHHigh · 221 students
- SHERWOOD MIDDLEMiddle · 176 students
Other schools in CREIGHTON
- SHERWOOD HIGHHigh · 221 students
- SHERWOOD MIDDLEMiddle · 176 students
Nearby schools
- SHERWOOD MIDDLE0.0 mi · 176
- SHERWOOD HIGH0.0 mi · 221
- BALLARD ELEM.10.3 mi · 57
- BALLARD HIGH10.3 mi · 59
- EAST LYNNE ELEM.13.2 mi · 155
- CHILHOWEE ELEM.13.8 mi · 56
Frequently asked questions
About SHERWOOD ELEM.What is the total enrollment at SHERWOOD ELEM.?
SHERWOOD ELEM. enrolls approximately 336 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does SHERWOOD ELEM. serve?
SHERWOOD ELEM. serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SHERWOOD ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SHERWOOD ELEM. is approximately 11.6:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SHERWOOD ELEM.?
At SHERWOOD ELEM., the student body is approximately 91% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is SHERWOOD ELEM. public or private?
SHERWOOD ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by SHERWOOD CASS R-VIII.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.