Is Sherwood Elementary School a good school?

Yes. Sherwood Elementary School ranks in the top 8.3% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Sherwood Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 354 students attended Sherwood Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Sherwood Elementary School?

Students at Sherwood Elementary School are 78% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more races, 4% African American.

What schools do graduates of Sherwood Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Sherwood Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Edgewood Middle School High : Deerfield High School High : Highland Park High School

Sherwood Elementary School

Summary:

Sherwood Elementary School is a public K-5 school in Highland Park, Illinois, serving 375 students and part of the highly-ranked North Shore School District 112. This school consistently performs in the top 15-20% of Illinois elementary schools, earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger in the 2023-2024 school year.

Sherwood Elementary excels academically, with 62.9% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 59.4% in Mathematics - significantly outperforming the state and district averages. The school's 5th-grade students are especially strong, with 70.7% proficient in ELA and 72.4% in Math. Sherwood also maintains low chronic absenteeism rates and spends $21,111 per student, higher than nearby Indian Trail Elementary and Ravinia Elementary.

While Sherwood is a high-performing school, some nearby schools in the Deerfield School District 109, such as South Park Elementary and Wilmot Elementary, outperform Sherwood in certain academic metrics. Additionally, Sherwood could focus on improving outcomes for Hispanic students and English Language Learners to ensure equitable opportunities for all.

Detail:

Public K-5

1900 Stratford Rd
Highland Park, IL 60035-3701

(224) 765-3800

District: North Shore School District 112

SchoolDigger Rank:
172^nd of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $26,348

Students who attend Sherwood Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Edgewood Middle School
High:	Deerfield High School
	Highland Park High School

Student/teacher ratio: 9.4

Number of students: 354

Racial breakdown:

White:

78.2%

Hispanic:

7.1%

Asian:

6.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 6.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Sherwood Elementary School ranks better than 91.7% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 3^rd among 7 ranked elementary schools in the North Shore School District 112. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 90.78. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (78.2%), Hispanic (7.1%), Asian (6.2%). (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Sherwood Elementary School is 9.4, which is the lowest among 7 elementary schools in the North Shore School District 112! (See more...)

Compare Sherwood Elementary School employs 37.2 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Sherwood Elementary School is $26,348, which is the 2^nd highest among 7 elementary schools in the North Shore School District 112.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Sherwood Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Sherwood Elementary School 172^nd of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Sherwood Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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North Shore School District 112:

SchoolDigger ranks North Shore School District 112 114^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Sherwood Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Sherwood Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	78.16	412^th	2020	79.6%
2004	84.25	198^th	2030	90.2%
2005	74.99	489^th	2022	75.8%
2006	84.16	131^st	2086	93.7%
2007	78.40	341^st	2095	83.7%
2008	81.78	258^th	2092	87.7%
2009	77.61	452^nd	2120	78.7%
2010	79.28	378^th	2139	82.3%
2011	79.88	364^th	2147	83.0%
2012	77.29	469^th	2166	78.3%
2013	80.16	402^nd	2167	81.4%
2014	83.68	305^th	2093	85.4%
2015	87.16	245^th	2052	88.1%
2016	89.98	177^th	2046	91.3%
2017	79.74	368^th	2044	82.0%
2018	77.38	417^th	2037	79.5%
2019	78.67	382^nd	2086	81.7%
2021	80.35	328^th	1948	83.2%
2022	83.41	312^th	2082	85.0%
2023	83.26	312^th	2077	85.0%
2024	90.78	172^nd	2067	91.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Sherwood Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	44.57	362^nd	718	49.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Sherwood Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	78.07	143^rd	1194	88.0%
2021	70.24	121^st	640	81.1%
2022	77.27	146^th	1113	86.9%
2023	82.78	126^th	1156	89.1%
2024	86.76	105^th	1195	91.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Sherwood Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	53.59	711^th	1765	59.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Sherwood Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	70.55	530^th	1964	73.0%
2019	77.65	378^th	2019	81.3%
2021	72.08	391^st	1680	76.7%
2022	79.18	356^th	1970	81.9%
2023	87.18	204^th	1957	89.6%
2024	91.24	142^nd	1942	92.7%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Sherwood Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	83.17	75^th	907	91.7%
2024	73.14	119^th	886	86.6%

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Rank History for Military Connected students at Sherwood Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	51.49	8^th	11	27.3%

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Rank History for Male students at Sherwood Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	82.75	281^st	1972	85.8%
2019	76.82	397^th	2019	80.3%
2021	78.82	280^th	1707	83.6%
2022	84.86	246^th	1977	87.6%
2023	75.02	422^nd	1984	78.7%
2024	87.86	207^th	1959	89.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Sherwood Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	49.48	441^st	938	53.0%

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Rank History for White students at Sherwood Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	79.04	237^th	1463	83.8%
2019	67.08	425^th	1462	70.9%
2021	71.23	301^st	1308	77.0%
2022	67.72	398^th	1425	72.1%
2023	68.36	366^th	1419	74.2%
2024	82.60	184^th	1392	86.8%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Sherwood Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1994	306	3	10	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	325
1995	235	7	7	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	256
1996	235	7	7	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	256
1997	243	2	8	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	262
1998	231	2	5	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	246
1999	247	3	10	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	280
2000	274	4	8	45	0	n/a	n/a	0	331
2001	280	5	10	49	0	n/a	n/a	0	344
2002	350	0	3	65	0	n/a	n/a	0	418
2003	350	0	3	65	0	n/a	n/a	0	418
2004	349	5	3	63	0	n/a	n/a	0	420
2005	337	0	7	62	0	n/a	n/a	3	409
2006	336	0	5	62	0	n/a	n/a	3	406
2007	315	1	7	59	0	n/a	n/a	11	393
2008	325	0	9	58	0	n/a	n/a	8	400
2009	312	1	9	56	0	n/a	n/a	10	388
2010	300	1	11	61	0	n/a	n/a	9	382
2011	286	2	11	62	0	0	8	0	369
2012	272	1	15	63	5	0	6	0	362
2013	263	1	18	68	3	0	6	0	359
2014	243	0	14	68	3	0	6	0	334
2015	226	1	13	72	2	0	7	0	321
2016	206	1	14	73	4	0	6	0	304
2017	200	1	13	77	1	0	10	0	302
2018	207	1	8	75	0	0	4	0	295
2019	311	12	19	25	1	1	12	0	381
2020	298	10	20	24	0	0	17	0	369
2021	338	10	19	26	0	0	15	0	408
2022	333	14	24	22	0	0	20	0	413
2023	292	17	22	26	0	0	18	0	375
2024	277	13	22	25	0	0	17	0	354

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Sherwood Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1994	325	15.5	21.0	n/a
1995	256	12.7	20.2	n/a
1996	256	12.7	20.2	n/a
1997	262	13.4	19.6	n/a
1998	246	12.7	19.4	n/a
1999	280	13.7	20.4	n/a
2000	331	17.1	19.4	n/a
2001	344	17.1	20.1	n/a
2002	418	22.4	18.7	0
2003	418	22.4	18.7	0
2004	420	21.8	19.3	0
2005	409	21.6	18.9	0
2006	406	23.2	17.5	0
2007	393	28.0	14.0	0
2008	400	22.0	18.2	0
2009	388	26.8	14.5	0
2010	382	30.0	12.7	0
2011	369	28.2	13.0	0
2012	362	28.2	12.8	16
2013	359	26.5	13.5	17
2014	334	25.6	13.0	18
2015	321	26.0	12.3	19.6
2016	304	26.0	11.6	19.4
2017	302	24.8	12.1	18.5
2018	295	25.4	11.6	23.4
2019	381	31.6	12.0	8.4
2020	369	32.7	11.2	10
2021	408	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	413	39.0	10.5	6.8
2023	375	38.7	9.6	n/a
2024	354	37.2	9.4	n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Sherwood Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1994	325	15.5	21.0	n/a
1995	256	12.7	20.2	n/a
1996	256	12.7	20.2	n/a
1997	262	13.4	19.6	n/a
1998	246	12.7	19.4	n/a
1999	280	13.7	20.4	n/a
2000	331	17.1	19.4	n/a
2001	344	17.1	20.1	n/a
2002	418	22.4	18.7	0
2003	418	22.4	18.7	0
2004	420	21.8	19.3	0
2005	409	21.6	18.9	0
2006	406	23.2	17.5	0
2007	393	28.0	14.0	0
2008	400	22.0	18.2	0
2009	388	26.8	14.5	0
2010	382	30.0	12.7	0
2011	369	28.2	13.0	0
2012	362	28.2	12.8	16
2013	359	26.5	13.5	17
2014	334	25.6	13.0	18
2015	321	26.0	12.3	19.6
2016	304	26.0	11.6	19.4
2017	302	24.8	12.1	18.5
2018	295	25.4	11.6	23.4
2019	381	31.6	12.0	8.4
2020	369	32.7	11.2	10
2021	408	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	413	39.0	10.5	6.8
2023	375	38.7	9.6	n/a
2024	354	37.2	9.4	n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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