Enrollment
325
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FEDERAL WAY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530282002301
Sherwood Forest Elementary School
34600 12TH AV SW, FEDERAL WAY, WA 98023 · (253) 945-3800 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
13.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
224 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 4 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
81%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 79% · 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
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
44.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -9.4pp since 2014
Math
38.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -12.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 38.2% |
| 2023-24 | 40.4% | 31.1% |
| 2022-23 | 37.7% | 34.5% |
| 2021-22 | 37.8% | 30.3% |
| 2018-19 | 44.8% | 41.5% |
| 2017-18 | 45.4% | 47.1% |
| 2016-17 | 46.9% | 43.4% |
| 2015-16 | 52.0% | 45.9% |
| 2014-15 | 53.3% | 50.7% |
% 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
38.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 School
Sherwood Forest Elementary School's state test result (38.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwood Forest Elementary School this school | 325 | 68.9% | 38.3% |
| Camelot Elementary School AUBURN | 292 | 69.5% | 40.8% |
| Woodmont K-8 School DES MOINES | 402 | 70.9% | 34.5% |
| Brigadoon Elementary School Federal Way | 366 | 65.8% | 42.5% |
| Adelaide Elementary School Federal Way | 321 | 72.3% | 28.5% |
| Larchmont Elementary School Tacoma | 303 | 71.6% | 34.1% |
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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #661 of 936 | #207 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #701 of 1,103 ▲ 132 | #205 of 281 ▲ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #653 of 1,102 ▲ 58 | #188 of 280 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #175 of 928 | #42 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #878 of 1,268 | #233 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #108 of 1,085 | #32 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 80.5% | #13 of 1,088 | #8 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.9% | #280 of 1,169 | #57 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.1% | #147 of 778 | #55 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
325
-67 (-17%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 594
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 325 | 24 | 13.5:1 | 69% (224) |
| 2023-24 | 357 | 26 | 13.7:1 | 67% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 350 | 24.5 | 14.3:1 | 62% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 392 | 29 | 13.5:1 | 54% (210) |
| 2017-18 | 452 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 44% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 460 | 26 | 17.7:1 | 49% (225) |
| 2010-11 | 500 | 26 | 19.2:1 | 37% (183) |
| 2000-01 | 599 | 29 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 594 | 21 | 28.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sherwood Forest Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (452 to 325); teachers down 17% (29 to 24).
About Sherwood Forest Elementary School
Sherwood Forest Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school found in FEDERAL WAY, Washington. Federal data show 325 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Besides Sherwood Forest Elementary School, Federal Way School District runs 42 other schools. The district enrolls 22,250 students.
At Sherwood Forest Elementary School, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 29%. The remaining students are 22% White, 17% Asian, 13% Black, and 13% multiracial. Among people living in King County, the Hispanic share is about 11%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 81%.
Sherwood Forest Elementary School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1. The school's 13.5:1 compares with an average of 17.3:1 for elementary schools in Washington. The school has 69% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 38% average for public schools in King County.
Among Washington public elementary schools, Sherwood Forest Elementary School outscored 46%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 38.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 34.0%.
Looking at the county, King County, the median household earns about $124,746 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. King County has 544 public schools with about 278,492 students, including Sherwood Forest Elementary School.
Among nearby public schools, Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie is closest at about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 36.2% proficiency; Sherwood Forest Elementary School posts 38.3%.
Under the NCES locale system, Sherwood Forest Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Sherwood Forest Elementary School had a net loss of 67 students, or 17%.
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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 Federal Way School District
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,810 students
- Federal Way High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Todd Beamer High SchoolHigh · 1,412 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 810 students
- Kilo Middle SchoolMiddle · 669 students
Other schools in FEDERAL WAY
- Federal Way High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Todd Beamer High SchoolHigh · 1,412 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Sacajawea Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Illahee Middle SchoolMiddle · 655 students
- Lakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 645 students
Other Sherwood Forest Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sherwood Forest Elementary. Sherwood Forest Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Sherwood Forest ElementaryBellevue, WA · 415 students
- Sherwood Forest ElementaryWinston Salem, NC · 670 students
- Sherwood Forest ElementaryNorfolk, VA · 406 students
Nearby schools
- Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie0.5 mi · 532
- Enterprise Elementary School0.5 mi · 450
- Panther Lake Elementary School0.8 mi · 427
- Employment Transition Program0.9 mi · 62
- Illahee Middle School1.2 mi · 655
- Silver Lake Elementary School1.3 mi · 382
Frequently asked questions
About Sherwood Forest Elementary SchoolHow large is Sherwood Forest Elementary School?
Sherwood Forest Elementary School enrolls approximately 325 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Sherwood Forest Elementary School serve?
Sherwood Forest Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sherwood Forest Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sherwood Forest Elementary School is approximately 13.5:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sherwood Forest Elementary School?
At Sherwood Forest Elementary School, the student body is approximately 22% White, 29% Hispanic, 13% Black, 17% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Sherwood Forest Elementary School in?
Sherwood Forest Elementary School is part of Federal Way School District.
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