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If you had an hour of school board time for Sherwood Heights Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
439
Elementary
DISTRICT 330 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENDLETON SD 16·NCES 410951001106
Sherwood Heights Elementary School
3235 SW Nye Ave, Pendleton, OR 97801 · (541) 966-3050 · Umatilla County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL439 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of Oregon public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 Oregon public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
368 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 76%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 23% |
This year's 1st grade class (82) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 59% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Sherwood Heights Elementary School→Sunridge Middle School
Based on grade levels within Pendleton SD 16. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
26.1%
OR avg 43.0% . -3.1pp since 2023
Math
21.1%
OR avg 31.8% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.1% | 21.1% |
| 2023-24 | 29.2% | 22.5% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. 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
21.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% typical for Oregon 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 Oregon'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 Heights Elementary School
Sherwood Heights Elementary School's state test result (21.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwood Heights Elementary School this school | 439 | 83.8% | 21.7% |
| Laurel Elementary School Junction City | 442 | 82.4% | 37.3% |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary Medford | 401 | 86.8% | 38.6% |
| Griffin Creek Elementary School Medford | 492 | 86.8% | 32.9% |
| Central Point Elementary School Central Point | 427 | 80.1% | 25.3% |
| Faulconer-Chapman School Sheridan | 515 | 83.1% | 16.0% |
Matched among Oregon 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 Heights Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Umatilla County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #492 of 591 | #14 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #506 of 646 ▼ 14 | #14 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #542 of 646 ▼ 42 | #14 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 439 | #140 of 710 | #4 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #225 of 587 | #10 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.9% | #226 of 587 | #2 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.8% | #229 of 645 | #11 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #455 of 493 | #9 of 11 |
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
439
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 454
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 439 | 27 | 16.3:1 | 84% (368) |
| 2023-24 | 441 | 28 | 15.8:1 | 65% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 476 | 29 | 16.4:1 | 64% (307) |
| 2020-21 | 437 | 25 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 22.9 | 20.2:1 | 65% (299) |
| 2015-16 | 355 | 19 | 18.7:1 | 57% (202) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | 21 | 20.1:1 | 67% (285) |
| 2000-01 | 443 | 19 | 23.3:1 | 33% (145) |
| 1990-91 | 454 | 21 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sherwood Heights Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (463 to 439); teachers up 18% (22.9 to 27).
About Sherwood Heights Elementary School
Sherwood Heights Elementary School serves students in Pendleton, Oregon, as a medium-sized elementary school. It enrolled 439 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Oregon average about 321 students each.
Pendleton SD 16, which runs Sherwood Heights Elementary School, has 8 schools and 2,901 students.
White students are the majority at Sherwood Heights Elementary School, with 62% of enrollment. It is also 20% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 5% Native American. Sherwood Heights Elementary School's diversity index is 56%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers at Sherwood Heights Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 16.3:1. That matches the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon fairly closely. The lunch program counts 84% of students at Sherwood Heights Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Sherwood Heights Elementary School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 17% of Oregon public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 30.0% at Sherwood Heights Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 21.7%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Umatilla County, the median household income is $67,728, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 35 public schools in Umatilla County, enrolling about 13,143 students in all.
Nearby, McKay Creek Elementary School is about 0.6 miles away. There are 7 more public schools inside five miles. Sherwood Heights Elementary School ranks 5th of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 21.7% against a local average of 31.5%.
The school's locale code, Town: Distant, means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 437 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 439. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.5:1 in 2020-21, and 16.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Umatilla County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
79,940
Census ACS
Median income
$67,728
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
13,143 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pendleton SD 16
- Pendleton High SchoolHigh · 763 students
- Sunridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 672 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 420 students
- McKay Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 265 students
- Pendleton Early Learning CenterElementary · 197 students
- Nixyaawii Community SchoolHigh · 89 students
Other schools in Pendleton
- Pendleton High SchoolHigh · 763 students
- Sunridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 672 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 420 students
- McKay Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 265 students
- Pendleton Early Learning CenterElementary · 197 students
- InterMountain Virtual Learning AcademyCombined · 107 students
Nearby schools
- McKay Creek Elementary School0.6 mi · 265
- InterMountain Virtual Learning Academy0.7 mi · 107
- Pendleton Early Learning Center1.3 mi · 197
- Sunridge Middle School1.4 mi · 672
- Pendleton High School1.6 mi · 763
- Hawthorne Alternative High School1.8 mi · 56
Frequently asked questions
About Sherwood Heights Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sherwood Heights Elementary School?
Sherwood Heights Elementary School enrolls approximately 439 students in grades KG-05.
Is Sherwood Heights Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sherwood Heights Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sherwood Heights Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sherwood Heights Elementary School is approximately 16.3:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sherwood Heights Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sherwood Heights Elementary School are roughly 62% White, 20% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Sherwood Heights Elementary School in?
Sherwood Heights Elementary School is part of Pendleton SD 16.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.