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Enrollment
670
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINSTON SALEM / FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370150000637
Sherwood Forest Elementary
1055 Yorkshire Road, Winston Salem, NC 27106 · (336) 774-4646 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL670 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.2:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
127 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 3 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 119 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
82.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
90.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 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
87.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.1%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Forest Elementary
Sherwood Forest Elementary's state test result (87.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwood Forest Elementary this school | 670 | 19.0% | 87.5% |
| Olde Providence Elementary Charlotte | 687 | 19.1% | 83.3% |
| Pinehurst Elementary Pinehurst | 584 | 18.7% | 87.0% |
| Selwyn Elementary Charlotte | 669 | 14.8% | 88.5% |
| Chatham Grove Elementary Pittsboro | 683 | 18.0% | 77.7% |
| Porters Neck Elementary Wilmington | 666 | 22.4% | 75.0% |
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 Forest Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.5% | #19 of 1,297 | #1 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.2% | #24 of 1,296 | #1 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.6% | #27 of 1,300 | #1 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 670 | #220 of 1,485 | #9 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #823 of 1,377 | #39 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.4% | #1,168 of 1,379 | #44 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.0% | #1,364 of 1,414 | #44 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.1% | #937 of 937 | #32 of 32 |
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
670
+34 (+5%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 609
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
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 | 670 | 44 | 15.2:1 | 19% (127) |
| 2023-24 | 648 | 48.7 | 13.3:1 | 20% (130) |
| 2022-23 | 650 | 46.4 | 14.0:1 | 21% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 636 | 44 | 14.4:1 | 14% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 671 | 46.8 | 14.3:1 | 16% (110) |
| 2015-16 | 603 | 39 | 15.5:1 | 19% (116) |
| 2010-11 | 561 | 40 | 14.0:1 | 15% (84) |
| 2000-01 | 503 | 51 | 9.9:1 | 24% (120) |
| 1990-91 | 609 | 27 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sherwood Forest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (671 to 670); teachers down 6% (46.8 to 44).
About Sherwood Forest Elementary
Sherwood Forest Elementary is an elementary school in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and it is part of Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools. The school has 670 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 467 students for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools (79 schools, 51,745 students) runs Sherwood Forest Elementary.
At Sherwood Forest Elementary, 76% of students are White. The remaining students are 7% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 4% Asian. Census figures show Forsyth County is about 56% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Sherwood Forest Elementary scores 40%.
Its staff includes 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.2 students per teacher. The 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is close to this figure. Roughly 19% of students at Sherwood Forest Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Forsyth County, the average eligibility rate is 88%.
Sherwood Forest Elementary holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 96% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Sherwood Forest Elementary is 14.5 points above its prediction. Actual: 87.5%. Predicted: 73.1%.
In Forsyth County, home to about 389,977 people, median household income comes to about $67,165, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Forsyth County's 88 public schools enroll about 55,902 students and include Sherwood Forest Elementary.
The closest school to Sherwood Forest Elementary is Thomas Jefferson Middle, located about 0.9 miles away. Sherwood Forest Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Sherwood Forest Elementary ranks 1st of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 87.5% against a local average of 58.6%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 5% rise took enrollment from 636 in 2020-21 to 670 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Sherwood Forest Elementary, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Forsyth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
389,977
Census ACS
Median income
$67,165
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
55,902 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools
- West Forsyth HighHigh · 2,145 students
- Ronald W Reagan High SchoolHigh · 2,122 students
- R J Reynolds HighHigh · 1,759 students
- East Forsyth HighHigh · 1,647 students
- Parkland HighHigh · 1,569 students
- Mount Tabor High SchoolHigh · 1,426 students
Other schools in Winston Salem
- R J Reynolds HighHigh · 1,759 students
- Parkland HighHigh · 1,569 students
- Mount Tabor High SchoolHigh · 1,426 students
- North Forsyth Magnet HighHigh · 1,084 students
- Hanes Magnet SchoolMiddle · 967 students
- Speas ElementaryElementary · 793 students
Other Sherwood Forest Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sherwood Forest Elementary. Sherwood Forest Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Sherwood Forest ElementaryBellevue, WA · 415 students
- Sherwood Forest ElementaryNorfolk, VA · 406 students
- Sherwood Forest Elementary SchoolFEDERAL WAY, WA · 325 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas Jefferson Middle0.9 mi · 808
- Whitaker Elementary1.3 mi · 490
- Mount Tabor High School1.4 mi · 1,426
- South Fork Elementary1.8 mi · 503
- Speas Elementary1.8 mi · 793
- Childrens Center1.9 mi · 83
Frequently asked questions
About Sherwood Forest ElementaryHow many students attend Sherwood Forest Elementary?
Sherwood Forest Elementary enrolls approximately 670 students in grades PK-05.
Is Sherwood Forest Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sherwood Forest Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Sherwood Forest Elementary?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Sherwood Forest Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Sherwood Forest Elementary?
Student demographics at Sherwood Forest Elementary are roughly 76% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Sherwood Forest Elementary in?
Sherwood Forest Elementary is part of Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.