📍 1700 Sherwood Forest, Houston, Harris County, 77043
Sherwood el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 460 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Patricia Thomas. It is part of the Spring Branch Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. 34% of students are proficient in reading. 26% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sherwood el enrolls 460 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 67% Hispanic or Latino, 17% White and 9.8% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 310 | 67% |
| White | 76 | 17% |
| Black or African American | 45 | 9.8% |
| Asian | 15 | 3.3% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 2.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
305 of the school's 460 students (66%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 292 qualify for free lunch and 13 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sherwood el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 7, state house district 138.
Sherwood el is one of 49 schools in SPRING BRANCH ISD, based in HOUSTON, Texas. The district serves 32,668 students district-wide and employs 2,171 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 460 students, Sherwood el is smaller than the district average of about 667 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large