Enrollment
176
Middle
DISTRICT 244 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHERWOOD CASS R-VIII·NCES 291032001610
SHERWOOD MIDDLE
33300 S SHERWOOD DR, CREIGHTON, MO 64739 · (660) 499-2239 · Cass County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL176 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of Missouri public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
75 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 62 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 64 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 50 | 28% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
SHERWOOD MIDDLE→SHERWOOD HIGH
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SHERWOOD CASS R-VIII. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
19.2%
MO avg 44.9% . -16.1pp since 2021
Math
18.5%
MO avg 43.8% . -28.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 16 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 29 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.6% | 11.6% | 49.1% | 31.5% |
| Math | 5.8% | 12.7% | 37.7% | 43.6% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.2% | 18.5% |
| 2023-24 | 23.6% | 24.2% |
| 2022-23 | 34.4% | 39.6% |
| 2021-22 | 35.3% | 47.2% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.9%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like SHERWOOD MIDDLE
SHERWOOD MIDDLE's state test result (19.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHERWOOD MIDDLE this school | 176 | 42.6% | 19.0% |
| SPOKANE MIDDLE SPOKANE | 160 | 41.9% | 43.1% |
| SPARTA MIDDLE SPARTA | 187 | 45.5% | 42.6% |
| CLINTON CO. R-III MIDDLE PLATTSBURG | 197 | 39.1% | 34.7% |
| FORDLAND MIDDLE FORDLAND | 150 | 40.7% | 35.4% |
| MARIONVILLE MIDDLE Marionville | 157 | 47.8% | 67.5% |
Matched among Missouri middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where SHERWOOD MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Cass County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #342 of 379 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #342 of 380 ▼ 26 | #8 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #348 of 380 ▼ 14 | #8 of 8 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -22.4pp | #1 of 364 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 176 | #338 of 397 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.6% | #237 of 379 | #3 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
176
+3 (+2%) vs 2020
-26% since 2000-01, when it was 239
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 176 | 12.5 | 14.1:1 | 43% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 181 | 12.3 | 14.7:1 | 41% (74) |
| 2022-23 | 159 | 12.5 | 12.8:1 | 37% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 173 | 12 | 14.4:1 | 42% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 191 | 13.5 | 14.2:1 | 53% (101) |
| 2015-16 | 177 | 12 | 14.8:1 | 52% (92) |
| 2010-11 | 216 | 15 | 14.4:1 | 56% (122) |
| 2000-01 | 239 | 14 | 17.1:1 | 22% (53) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SHERWOOD MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (191 to 176); teachers down 7% (13.5 to 12.5).
About SHERWOOD MIDDLE
SHERWOOD MIDDLE, a small middle school, is located in CREIGHTON, Missouri. It educates 176 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 62% smaller than the 461 average for middle schools in Missouri.
SHERWOOD MIDDLE sits within SHERWOOD CASS R-VIII, which has 3 schools and 733 students.
The large majority of students at SHERWOOD MIDDLE, 91%, are White. The remaining shares are 3% Hispanic and 2% Native American. By the diversity index, SHERWOOD MIDDLE comes in at 16%.
SHERWOOD MIDDLE operates with 12.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.1:1. For comparison, middle schools in Missouri average 13.0:1. About 43% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That is higher than the 35% average for public schools in Cass County.
Measured against Missouri public middle schools, SHERWOOD MIDDLE receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for SHERWOOD MIDDLE is 43.9%. It actually posts 19.0%, which is 24.9 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Missouri schools.
Census estimates describe Cass County this way: median household income is about $87,535, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Cass County number 44 and enroll about 17,093.
SHERWOOD HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, SHERWOOD MIDDLE is 9th of 9 on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Remote. That means it sits in rural territory far from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 173 to 176, a small change.
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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 ELEM.Elementary · 336 students
- SHERWOOD HIGHHigh · 221 students
Other schools in CREIGHTON
- SHERWOOD ELEM.Elementary · 336 students
- SHERWOOD HIGHHigh · 221 students
Other Sherwood Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Sherwood Middle. SHERWOOD MIDDLE is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Sherwood Middle SchoolSherwood, OR · 1,112 students
- Sherwood Middle SchoolShrewsbury, MA · 951 students
- Sherwood MiddleMemphis, TN · 743 students
- Sherwood Middle SchoolColumbus, OH · 498 students
Nearby schools
- SHERWOOD HIGH0.0 mi · 221
- SHERWOOD ELEM.0.0 mi · 336
- BALLARD HIGH10.3 mi · 59
- BALLARD ELEM.10.3 mi · 57
- EAST LYNNE ELEM.13.2 mi · 155
- CHILHOWEE ELEM.13.8 mi · 56
Frequently asked questions
About SHERWOOD MIDDLEHow large is SHERWOOD MIDDLE?
SHERWOOD MIDDLE enrolls approximately 176 students in grades 06-08.
Is SHERWOOD MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
SHERWOOD MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at SHERWOOD MIDDLE?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at SHERWOOD MIDDLE.
What is the student diversity at SHERWOOD MIDDLE?
Student demographics at SHERWOOD MIDDLE are roughly 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees SHERWOOD MIDDLE?
SHERWOOD MIDDLE is overseen by SHERWOOD CASS R-VIII in Cass County.
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