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Which teacher or staff member at Sherwood Middle School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,112
Middle
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHERWOOD SD 88J·NCES 411129001245
Sherwood Middle School
16956 SW Meinecke Rd, Sherwood, OR 97140 · (503) 825-5500 · Washington County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,112 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Oregon public middle schools
- ATest 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 Oregon public middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.9:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
240 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 76%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 365 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 384 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 363 | 33% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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 Middle School→Sherwood High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Sherwood SD 88J. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
61.7%
OR avg 43.0% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
50.5%
OR avg 31.8% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.7% | 50.5% |
| 2023-24 | 63.4% | 50.0% |
% 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
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.2%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Middle School
Sherwood Middle School's state test result (49.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwood Middle School this school | 1,112 | 21.6% | 49.1% |
| Lakeridge Middle School Lake Oswego | 888 | 12.3% | 59.2% |
| Rosemont Ridge Middle School West Linn | 699 | 28.9% | 56.0% |
| Athey Creek Middle School West Linn | 470 | 24.7% | 46.3% |
| Lake Oswego Middle School Lake Oswego | 791 | 15.4% | 64.0% |
| Otto Petersen Elementary School Scappoose | 416 | 31.7% | 39.9% |
Matched among Oregon middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #17 of 190 | #4 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #17 of 200 no change | #4 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #19 of 201 ▼ 7 | #4 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,112 | #2 of 208 | #1 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #145 of 180 | #14 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.9% | #125 of 180 | #20 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.6% | #192 of 194 | #21 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +60.5% | #1 of 38 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,112
-97 (-8%) vs 2020
+273% since 1990-91, when it was 298
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 1,112 | 54.5 | 20.4:1 | 22% (240) |
| 2023-24 | 1,120 | 59 | 19.0:1 | 18% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 1,135 | 55.9 | 20.3:1 | 12% (131) |
| 2020-21 | 1,209 | 57 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 693 | 31.4 | 22.0:1 | 20% (138) |
| 2015-16 | 735 | 32 | 23.0:1 | 22% (165) |
| 2010-11 | 646 | 32 | 20.2:1 | 22% (139) |
| 2000-01 | 619 | 33 | 18.8:1 | 11% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 298 | 18 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sherwood Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 60% (693 to 1,112); teachers up 73% (31.4 to 54.5).
About Sherwood Middle School
Sherwood Middle School sits in Sherwood, Oregon, and is classified as a middle-grades school. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 1,112 students. Average enrollment for middle schools in Oregon is about 494, so this school runs 125% bigger than that.
The district for Sherwood Middle School is Sherwood SD 88J, with 7 schools and 4,797 students.
Sherwood Middle School is 73% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. In Washington County overall, about 64% of residents are White. Sherwood Middle School's diversity index is 44%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at Sherwood Middle School total 54.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 20.4:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 19.3:1 average for middle schools in Oregon. The school counts 240 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 22%. Among public schools in Washington County, the average eligibility rate is 57%.
Measured against Oregon public middle schools, Sherwood Middle School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 49.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 54.2%.
In Washington County (population about 603,947), the median household income is $107,772, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 48% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. There are 136 public schools in Washington County, enrolling about 79,469 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, Hawks View Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Sherwood Middle School. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Sherwood Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Sherwood Middle School as Suburb: Large.
The school enrolled 1,112 students in 2024-25, 97 fewer than the 1,209 it had in 2020-21.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
603,947
Census ACS
Median income
$107,772
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
136
79,469 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sherwood SD 88J
- Sherwood High SchoolHigh · 1,668 students
- Ridges Elementary SchoolElementary · 635 students
- Hawks View Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
- Middleton Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Archer Glen Elementary SchoolElementary · 308 students
- Sherwood Charter SchoolElementary · 222 students
Other schools in Sherwood
- Sherwood High SchoolHigh · 1,668 students
- Ridges Elementary SchoolElementary · 635 students
- Hawks View Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
- Middleton Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Archer Glen Elementary SchoolElementary · 308 students
- Sherwood Charter SchoolElementary · 222 students
Other Sherwood Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Sherwood Middle. Sherwood Middle School is the largest of the 5.
- Sherwood Middle SchoolShrewsbury, MA · 951 students
- Sherwood MiddleMemphis, TN · 743 students
- Sherwood Middle SchoolColumbus, OH · 498 students
- SHERWOOD MIDDLECREIGHTON, MO · 176 students
Nearby schools
- Hawks View Elementary School0.5 mi · 457
- Archer Glen Elementary School0.6 mi · 308
- Sherwood Charter School0.6 mi · 222
- Ridges Elementary School0.8 mi · 635
- Sherwood High School1.0 mi · 1,668
- Middleton Elementary School1.0 mi · 395
Frequently asked questions
About Sherwood Middle SchoolHow many students attend Sherwood Middle School?
Sherwood Middle School enrolls approximately 1,112 students in grades 06-08.
Is Sherwood Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sherwood Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Sherwood Middle School?
Approximately 20.4:1 students per teacher at Sherwood Middle School.
How diverse is Sherwood Middle School?
Sherwood Middle School reports a student body of 73% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Sherwood Middle School public or private?
Sherwood Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sherwood SD 88J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.