SHERWOOD ELEM.

SHERWOOD ELEM. is an average-sized elementary campus in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, part of SPRINGFIELD R-XII. The school serves 396 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 26% above the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

Across the 54 schools in SPRINGFIELD R-XII (24,450 students total), SHERWOOD ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, SHERWOOD ELEM. records that White students make up the majority at 62%. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 9% Black, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting SHERWOOD ELEM. higher than the state norm the norm. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Greene County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SHERWOOD ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Greene County shows median household income runs about $61,479, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. SHERWOOD ELEM. is one of 97 public schools in Greene County (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students).

CARVER MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SHERWOOD ELEM. comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 56.8%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SHERWOOD ELEM. has fell 21%, going from 501 students in 2018 to 396 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 74% to 62%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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