SHERWOOD HIGH

SHERWOOD HIGH operates as a small senior high in CREIGHTON, Missouri, operated by SHERWOOD CASS R-VIII. Current enrollment sits at 221 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 56% smaller than the state mean of about 501.

Across the 3 schools in SHERWOOD CASS R-VIII (733 students total), SHERWOOD HIGH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, SHERWOOD HIGH records that nearly all students (95%) are White. Other groups include 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Cass County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, SHERWOOD HIGH has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting SHERWOOD HIGH tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 34% of students at SHERWOOD HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SHERWOOD HIGH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.9%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Cass County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $87,535 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. SHERWOOD HIGH is one of 44 public schools in Cass County (combined enrollment of about 17,093 students).

SHERWOOD MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around SHERWOOD HIGH. On composite proficiency, SHERWOOD HIGH comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 44.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SHERWOOD HIGH has declined 7%, going from 238 students in 2018 to 221 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

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