IllinoisSchoolsSherwood Elem School

Sherwood Elem School

PublicRegular
Highland Park, Illinois · North Shore SD 112
Teachers37.0FTE
Ratio9.6:1students per teacher
Students354enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students354
Grade Span0–5
Student:Teacher9.6:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
4.2%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
37
0.0%vs prior yr
Enrollment
342
3.4%vs prior yr
Years of Data
5
2020–2024
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

8.7:110.1:111.6:113.0:114.5:115.9:12020202120222023202410.6:19.9:19.6:19.2:1Sherwood Elem SchoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

3363533693864024193737383839392020202120222023202440841337535434239383737EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment408413375354342
Teacher FTE39383737
Pupil : Teacher ratio10.6:19.9:19.6:19.2:115.4:1

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20202024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.