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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Sherwood Forest Elementary?
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Enrollment
406
Elementary
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORFOLK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510267001136
Sherwood Forest Elementary
3035 Sherwood Forest Lane, Norfolk, VA 23513 · (757) 852-4500 · Norfolk city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL406 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Virginia public elementary schools
- DTest 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 Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
408 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 66%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 41% larger than its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 71% · 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
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
56.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -5.0pp since 2022
Math
57.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 50.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. 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
51.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.7%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for Virginia 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 Virginia'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 →
Where Sherwood Forest Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Norfolk city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #961 of 1,101 | #16 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #934 of 1,111 ▲ 82 | #16 of 29 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #926 of 1,111 ▲ 12 | #20 of 29 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 406 | #796 of 1,176 | #20 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #220 of 1,105 | #10 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.6% | #161 of 1,106 | #4 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #88 of 1,157 | #11 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.3% | #31 of 759 | #2 of 27 |
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
406
-45 (-10%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 809
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 406 | 33 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 32 | 13.7:1 | 100% (437) |
| 2022-23 | 480 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 98% (469) |
| 2020-21 | 451 | 31 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 600 | 37.3 | 16.1:1 | 100% (597) |
| 2015-16 | 626 | 41 | 15.3:1 | 61% (383) |
| 2010-11 | 636 | 35 | 18.2:1 | 72% (457) |
| 2000-01 | 787 | 47 | 16.7:1 | 60% (471) |
| 1990-91 | 809 | 38 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sherwood Forest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (600 to 406); teachers down 12% (37.3 to 33).
About Sherwood Forest Elementary
Sherwood Forest Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school based in Norfolk, Virginia. School enrollment was 406 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5.
Norfolk City Public Schools runs Sherwood Forest Elementary along with 43 other schools, enrolling 26,807 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Sherwood Forest Elementary is Black (39%). Other groups make up 27% Hispanic, 23% White, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. County-wide, about 40% of residents are Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Sherwood Forest Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 72%.
Teachers at Sherwood Forest Elementary total 33 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.3:1. The 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is higher than this school's figure.
allk12 grades Sherwood Forest Elementary a C-. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Sherwood Forest Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 51.3% is 9.5 points below the 60.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
According to the American Community Survey, in Norfolk city, median household income is about $66,109, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sherwood Forest Elementary is one of 54 public schools in Norfolk city, which together enroll about 26,807 students.
The nearest public school is Coleman Place Elementary, at about 0.5 miles. Sherwood Forest Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Sherwood Forest Elementary comes in 3rd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Sherwood Forest Elementary as City: Mid-size.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 406 was 10% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 451. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.3:1.
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Norfolk city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
233,596
Census ACS
Median income
$66,109
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
26,807 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Norfolk City Public Schools
- Granby HighHigh · 1,980 students
- Matthew Fontaine Maury HighHigh · 1,713 students
- Norview HighHigh · 1,585 students
- Norview MiddleMiddle · 1,196 students
- Blair MiddleMiddle · 1,141 students
- Lake Taylor HighHigh · 1,107 students
Other schools in Norfolk
- Granby HighHigh · 1,980 students
- Matthew Fontaine Maury HighHigh · 1,713 students
- Norview HighHigh · 1,585 students
- Norview MiddleMiddle · 1,196 students
- Blair MiddleMiddle · 1,141 students
- Lake Taylor HighHigh · 1,107 students
Other Sherwood Forest Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sherwood Forest Elementary. Sherwood Forest Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Sherwood Forest ElementaryWinston Salem, NC · 670 students
- Sherwood Forest ElementaryBellevue, WA · 415 students
- Sherwood Forest Elementary SchoolFEDERAL WAY, WA · 325 students
Nearby schools
- Coleman Place Elementary0.5 mi · 551
- Norview Middle1.2 mi · 1,196
- Norview Elementary1.4 mi · 412
- Academy for Discovery at Lakewood1.4 mi · 739
- Norview High1.6 mi · 1,585
- Ingleside Elementary1.6 mi · 574
Frequently asked questions
About Sherwood Forest ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Sherwood Forest Elementary?
Sherwood Forest Elementary enrolls approximately 406 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Sherwood Forest Elementary serve?
Sherwood Forest Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Sherwood Forest Elementary?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Sherwood Forest Elementary.
How diverse is Sherwood Forest Elementary?
Sherwood Forest Elementary reports a student body of 23% White, 27% Hispanic, 39% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Sherwood Forest Elementary?
Sherwood Forest Elementary is overseen by Norfolk City Public Schools in Norfolk city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.