Sherwood Elementary School

Sherwood Elementary School is one of the high-enrollment K-5 schools in Cincinnati, Ohio, one of the schools within Forest Hills Local, with 689 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 71% larger than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Sherwood Elementary School is one of 9 schools operated by Forest Hills Local, a district that serves 6,827 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Sherwood Elementary School reports that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 2% Black. By comparison, Hamilton County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.9:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 13% of students at Sherwood Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Hamilton County's rate of about 34%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sherwood Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 83.9%; this one delivers 89.4%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Hamilton County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $72,470 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hamilton County's 212 public schools (combined enrollment of about 111,403 students), Sherwood Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Anderson High School, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sherwood Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 84.5%.

Sherwood Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 11%: 622 students in 2018 compared to 689 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 91% to 82% across the same window.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.