Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLEVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530039000086
Sherwood Forest Elementary
16411 NE 24th Street, Bellevue, WA 98008 · (425) 456-5700 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of Washington public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
218 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 44 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 68% · 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
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
42.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -18.8pp since 2014
Math
34.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -20.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 19 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 20 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.2% | 34.9% |
| 2023-24 | 44.8% | 39.4% |
| 2022-23 | 44.4% | 41.8% |
| 2021-22 | 49.7% | 42.0% |
| 2018-19 | 42.6% | 36.8% |
| 2017-18 | 47.1% | 39.8% |
| 2016-17 | 50.8% | 43.9% |
| 2015-16 | 56.7% | 43.3% |
| 2014-15 | 61.0% | 55.3% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
41.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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 Forest Elementary
Sherwood Forest Elementary's state test result (41.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwood Forest Elementary this school | 415 | 52.5% | 41.1% |
| Sierra Heights Elementary School Renton | 323 | 53.9% | 35.3% |
| Evergreen Heights Elementary AUBURN | 457 | 54.0% | 49.1% |
| Mountlake Terrace Elementary Mountlake Terrace | 426 | 55.4% | 40.1% |
| N.E. Tacoma Elementary School Tacoma | 418 | 53.8% | 49.9% |
| Martha Lake Elementary LYNNWOOD | 545 | 50.8% | 38.9% |
Matched among Washington 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 Forest Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #606 of 936 | #197 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #777 of 1,103 ▼ 135 | #216 of 281 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #688 of 1,102 ▼ 83 | #198 of 280 ▼ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.3pp | #76 of 928 | #25 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #568 of 1,268 | #156 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #73 of 1,085 | #26 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #213 of 1,088 | #115 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.5% | #586 of 1,169 | #103 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.0% | #717 of 778 | #205 of 220 |
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
415
+51 (+14%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 399
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 415 | 31.6 | 13.1:1 | 53% (218) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 31.2 | 12.6:1 | 64% (253) |
| 2022-23 | 375 | 29.8 | 12.6:1 | 57% (215) |
| 2020-21 | 364 | 34 | 10.7:1 | 43% (155) |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 31.1 | 13.7:1 | 48% (204) |
| 2015-16 | 423 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 47% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 391 | 25 | 15.6:1 | 52% (204) |
| 2000-01 | 337 | 20 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 399 | 18 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sherwood Forest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (428 to 415); teachers up 2% (31.1 to 31.6).
About Sherwood Forest Elementary
Sherwood Forest Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Washington, with an address in Bellevue. Total enrollment is 415 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5.
Besides Sherwood Forest Elementary, Bellevue School District runs 29 other schools. The district enrolls 20,339 students.
The largest group at Sherwood Forest Elementary is Hispanic students, at 42%. The remaining students are 23% White, 18% Asian, 8% Black, and 8% multiracial. Census figures show King County is about 11% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Sherwood Forest Elementary scores 72%.
There are 31.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Sherwood Forest Elementary, giving a ratio of 13.1:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1. A total of 218 students, or 53%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 38% average for public schools in King County.
Sherwood Forest Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 17% of Washington public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Sherwood Forest Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 41.1%; the prediction is 45.0%.
In King County, home to about 2,287,171 people, median household income comes to about $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. King County's 544 public schools enroll about 278,492 students and include Sherwood Forest Elementary.
About 0.2 miles separate Sherwood Forest Elementary from the closest public school, Interlake Senior High School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Sherwood Forest Elementary at 6th of 9.
Sherwood Forest Elementary falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 14%, from 364 to 415. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 10.7:1 to 13.1:1.
The allk12 page for Sherwood Forest Elementary lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bellevue School District
- Newport Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- Bellevue High SchoolHigh · 1,683 students
- Interlake Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Sammamish Senior HighHigh · 1,363 students
- Tyee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,007 students
- Odle Middle SchoolMiddle · 974 students
Other schools in Bellevue
- Newport Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- Bellevue High SchoolHigh · 1,683 students
- Interlake Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Sammamish Senior HighHigh · 1,363 students
- Tyee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,007 students
- Odle Middle SchoolMiddle · 974 students
Other Sherwood Forest Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sherwood Forest Elementary. Sherwood Forest Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Sherwood Forest Elementary SchoolFEDERAL WAY, WA · 325 students
- Sherwood Forest ElementaryWinston Salem, NC · 670 students
- Sherwood Forest ElementaryNorfolk, VA · 406 students
Nearby schools
- Interlake Senior High School0.2 mi · 1,611
- Ardmore Elementary School0.6 mi · 415
- Bennett Elementary School0.9 mi · 513
- Highland Middle School1.0 mi · 589
- John J. Audubon Elementary1.0 mi · 431
- Puesta del Sol Elementary School1.5 mi · 494
Frequently asked questions
About Sherwood Forest ElementaryHow large is Sherwood Forest Elementary?
Sherwood Forest Elementary enrolls approximately 415 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 13.1:1 students per teacher at Sherwood Forest Elementary.
How diverse is Sherwood Forest Elementary?
Sherwood Forest Elementary reports a student body of 23% White, 42% Hispanic, 8% Black, 18% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Sherwood Forest Elementary in?
Sherwood Forest Elementary is part of Bellevue School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.