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If you had an hour of school board time for Sherwood Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
553
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GASTON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370162000709
Sherwood Elementary
1744 Dixon Road, Gastonia, NC 28054 · (704) 866-6609 · Gaston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL553 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of North Carolina public elementary 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
550 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 71% · 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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
32.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
31.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. 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
31.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 →
Schools most like Sherwood Elementary
Sherwood Elementary's state test result (31.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwood Elementary this school | 553 | 99.5% | 31.6% |
| Knightdale Elementary Knightdale | 549 | 99.5% | 40.8% |
| Upchurch Elementary Raeford | 646 | 99.1% | 53.8% |
| L Gilbert Carroll Lumberton | 494 | 99.4% | 26.9% |
| La Grange Elementary La Grange | 547 | 99.5% | 49.5% |
| Sumner Elementary Greensboro | 549 | 99.5% | 44.0% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary 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 Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Gaston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #1,230 of 1,297 | #23 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #1,245 of 1,296 | #23 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #1,131 of 1,300 | #22 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 553 | #456 of 1,485 | #9 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #1,094 of 1,377 | #22 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #240 of 1,379 | #6 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #202 of 1,414 | #7 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #587 of 937 | #14 of 22 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
553
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 585
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 553 | 33.8 | 16.4:1 | 99% (550) |
| 2023-24 | 491 | 34.6 | 14.2:1 | 99% (488) |
| 2022-23 | 514 | 29 | 17.7:1 | 84% (433) |
| 2020-21 | 548 | 40 | 13.7:1 | 69% (379) |
| 2017-18 | 615 | 35.1 | 17.5:1 | 74% (454) |
| 2015-16 | 687 | 39 | 17.6:1 | 76% (525) |
| 2010-11 | 608 | 40 | 15.2:1 | 64% (390) |
| 2000-01 | 623 | 37 | 16.8:1 | 35% (221) |
| 1990-91 | 585 | 41 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sherwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (615 to 553); teachers down 4% (35.1 to 33.8).
About Sherwood Elementary
In Gastonia, North Carolina, part of Gaston County, Sherwood Elementary is an elementary school. The school counted 553 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
Gaston County Schools serves 30,995 students across 56 schools.
Black students account for 43% of enrollment at Sherwood Elementary, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 30% Hispanic, 16% White, and 9% multiracial. County-wide, 18% of Gaston County residents are Black. The diversity index for Sherwood Elementary is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 550 students, or 99%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Gaston County is 85%.
On the allk12 Grade, Sherwood Elementary lands at D, ahead of 5% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Sherwood Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 31.6%, compared with a predicted 48.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Gaston County show that the median household earns about $67,478 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Gaston County has 61 public schools with about 35,898 students, including Sherwood Elementary.
W P Grier Middle School sits about 0.3 miles from Sherwood Elementary. Sherwood Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Sherwood Elementary ranks 4th on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Sherwood Elementary is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment at Sherwood Elementary was 548 in 2020-21 and 553 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Students per teacher increased from 13.7 in 2020-21 to 16.4 in 2024-25.
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Gaston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
234,881
Census ACS
Median income
$67,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
35,898 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gaston County Schools
- Ashbrook HighHigh · 1,386 students
- Hunter Huss HighHigh · 1,165 students
- Forestview HighHigh · 1,133 students
- North Gaston HighHigh · 1,061 students
- South Point HighHigh · 989 students
- Cramerton MiddleMiddle · 959 students
Other schools in Gastonia
- Piedmont Community Charter SchoolCombined · 1,963 students
- Ashbrook HighHigh · 1,386 students
- Hunter Huss HighHigh · 1,165 students
- Forestview HighHigh · 1,133 students
- Pleasant Ridge ElementaryElementary · 887 students
- Southwest MiddleMiddle · 832 students
Other Sherwood Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 13 states are named Sherwood Elementary. Sherwood Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 18.
- Sherwood ElementarySalinas, CA · 859 students
- Sherwood Elementary SchoolCincinnati, OH · 689 students
- Sherwood Elementary SchoolSAGINAW, MI · 531 students
- Sherwood ElementaryMemphis, TN · 531 students
- Sherwood ElementarySandy Spring, MD · 498 students
Nearby schools
- W P Grier Middle School0.3 mi · 659
- Gardner Park Elementary1.2 mi · 560
- Piedmont Community Charter School1.5 mi · 1,963
- Ashbrook High1.6 mi · 1,386
- York Chester Middle2.2 mi · 398
- Lingerfeldt Elementary2.2 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About Sherwood ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Sherwood Elementary?
Sherwood Elementary enrolls approximately 553 students in grades PK-05.
Is Sherwood Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sherwood Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Sherwood Elementary have?
Sherwood Elementary employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sherwood Elementary?
At Sherwood Elementary, the student body is approximately 16% White, 30% Hispanic, 43% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Sherwood Elementary?
Sherwood Elementary is overseen by Gaston County Schools in Gaston County.
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