📍 3480 Rhodes Ave, Memphis, Shelby County, 38111
Sherwood Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Memphis, Shelby County. The school has 688 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. 6% of students are proficient in reading. 3% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sherwood Middle enrolls 688 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 45 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% Black or African American, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 1.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 489 | 71% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 178 | 26% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 1.6% |
| White | 8 | 1.2% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Sherwood Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TN At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 33, state house district 93.
Sherwood Middle is one of 222 schools in Memphis-Shelby County Schools, based in Memphis, Tennessee. The district serves 111,124 students district-wide and employs 6,885 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 688 students, Sherwood Middle is larger than the district average of about 501 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large