Enrollment
335
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001100434
Sherwood Park Elementary
2115 Hope Mills Road, Fayetteville, NC 28304 · (910) 424-4797 · Cumberland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL335 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
12.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
320 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 21 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
67%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
53.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
59.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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
57.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Park Elementary
Sherwood Park Elementary's state test result (57.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwood Park Elementary this school | 335 | 95.5% | 57.9% |
| Moss Street Elementary Reidsville | 354 | 97.5% | 23.5% |
| Cumberland Road Elementary Fayetteville | 337 | 98.2% | 48.8% |
| South End Elementary Reidsville | 355 | 94.6% | 30.9% |
| McLeansville Elementary McLeansville | 332 | 99.1% | 33.9% |
| South Creek Elementary Robersonville | 337 | 99.1% | 38.5% |
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 Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #571 of 1,297 | #14 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #615 of 1,296 | #14 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #489 of 1,300 | #15 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 335 | #1,100 of 1,485 | #38 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #104 of 1,377 | #3 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #379 of 1,379 | #20 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.5% | #1,051 of 1,414 | #48 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #628 of 937 | #20 of 36 |
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
335
+31 (+10%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 644
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 335 | 27.7 | 12.1:1 | 96% (320) |
| 2023-24 | 327 | 28.9 | 11.3:1 | 99% (324) |
| 2022-23 | 279 | 27.9 | 10.0:1 | 99% (276) |
| 2020-21 | 304 | 28 | 10.9:1 | 99% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 368 | 27.5 | 13.4:1 | 99% (365) |
| 2015-16 | 393 | 27 | 14.6:1 | 99% (388) |
| 2010-11 | 523 | 38 | 13.8:1 | 72% (374) |
| 2000-01 | 736 | 35 | 21.0:1 | 48% (350) |
| 1990-91 | 644 | 35 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sherwood Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (368 to 335); teachers up 1% (27.5 to 27.7).
About Sherwood Park Elementary
Sherwood Park Elementary is a public elementary school run by Cumberland County Schools in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The school enrolls 335 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average enrollment is about 467.
Cumberland County Schools has 86 schools; together they serve 49,002 students.
The student body at Sherwood Park Elementary is 50% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 16% White, and 13% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 38%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
Staffing at Sherwood Park Elementary comes to 27.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.1:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1. Sherwood Park Elementary counts 96% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 10 points above the 86% average for public schools in Cumberland County.
Sherwood Park Elementary holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 59% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Sherwood Park Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 57.9%; the prediction is 49.7%.
Cumberland County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $61,291, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Cumberland County's 89 public schools enroll about 50,815 students and include Sherwood Park Elementary.
J W Coon Elementary is about 1.0 miles from Sherwood Park Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Sherwood Park Elementary ranks 2nd on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Sherwood Park Elementary is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Sherwood Park Elementary had a net gain of 31 students, or 10%. The number of students per teacher increased from 10.9 to 12.1 over 4 years.
The allk12 page for Sherwood Park Elementary lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
338,545
Census ACS
Median income
$61,291
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
50,815 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cumberland County Schools
- Jack Britt HighHigh · 1,940 students
- Pine Forest HighHigh · 1,551 students
- Cape Fear HighHigh · 1,515 students
- South View HighHigh · 1,461 students
- Gray's Creek HighHigh · 1,458 students
- Seventy-First HighHigh · 1,332 students
Other schools in Fayetteville
- Jack Britt HighHigh · 1,940 students
- Pine Forest HighHigh · 1,551 students
- Cape Fear HighHigh · 1,515 students
- Seventy-First HighHigh · 1,332 students
- Westover HighHigh · 1,234 students
- Terry Sanford HighHigh · 1,201 students
Nearby schools
- J W Coon Elementary1.0 mi · 186
- Cumberland Mills Elementary1.2 mi · 573
- Douglas Byrd High1.2 mi · 1,006
- Douglas Byrd Middle1.3 mi · 855
- Mary McArthur Elementary1.3 mi · 447
- William H Owen Elementary1.7 mi · 393
Frequently asked questions
About Sherwood Park ElementaryHow large is Sherwood Park Elementary?
Sherwood Park Elementary enrolls approximately 335 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Sherwood Park Elementary serve?
Sherwood Park Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sherwood Park Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sherwood Park Elementary is approximately 12.1:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Sherwood Park Elementary?
Sherwood Park Elementary reports a student body of 16% White, 19% Hispanic, 50% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Sherwood Park Elementary?
Sherwood Park Elementary is overseen by Cumberland County Schools in Cumberland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.