Sherwood Elementary

Sherwood Elementary operates as a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Memphis, Tennessee, one of the schools within Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 531 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools comprises 211 schools with combined enrollment of 111,979 students; Sherwood Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Sherwood Elementary lists that Black students make up the majority at 58%. The remainder is composed of 37% Hispanic, 3% White.

In the surrounding community, Shelby County reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,767 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sherwood Elementary is one of 287 public schools in Shelby County (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students).

Sherwood Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sherwood Elementary.

Sherwood Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sherwood Elementary has fell 27%, going from 728 students in 2018 to 531 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 75% to 58% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Sherwood Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.