Sherwood Middle School

As an expansive middle-grades school in Sherwood, Oregon, Sherwood Middle School enrolls 1,112 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Sherwood SD 88J. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 494 students each, so Sherwood Middle School sits 125% bigger than that benchmark.

Sherwood SD 88J runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,797 students. Sherwood Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Sherwood Middle School records that White students make up the majority at 73%. The remainder reads as 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Sherwood Middle School logs 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.4:1. The state averages around 19.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Washington County's rate of about 57%.

With demographic context factored in, Sherwood Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Washington County) records that median household income runs about $107,772, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Washington County's 136 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,469 students), Sherwood Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hawks View Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sherwood Middle School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 55.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Sherwood Middle School's enrollment has expanded 60% since 2018, when it stood at 693 (now 1,112). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 80% to 73%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 in 2025.

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