Sherwood Forest Elementary

Set in Winston Salem, North Carolina, Sherwood Forest Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school, operated by Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools. It educates 670 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 43% bigger than the state mean of about 467.

Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools comprises 79 schools with combined enrollment of 51,745 students; Sherwood Forest Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Sherwood Forest Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 76%; the rest comes out to 7% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

On the resource side, Sherwood Forest Elementary records 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Forsyth County (around 88%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Sherwood Forest Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 87.5%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Forsyth County put the typical household earns roughly $67,165 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Forsyth County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,902 students), of which Sherwood Forest Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Thomas Jefferson Middle, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sherwood Forest Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 58.6%.

Sherwood Forest Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 671 students in 2018 compared to 670 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 12% to 6%.

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