Elementary Schools in Sherwood School District 88J

Elementary schools in Sherwood School District 88J number five and enroll about 2,017 students: four district-run elementaries serving PK–5 or K–5, plus one K–8 charter school. Enrollment ranges from 222 at Sherwood Charter School to 635 at Ridges Elementary School. The district is ranked #5 of 141 Oregon districts, in the 96th percentile with 5 stars, and every school here tops the state in all-grade English language arts, math, and science. Chronic absenteeism at each school ranges from 12.9% to 19.3%, well below the district's 22.2% and the state's 33.5%.

Ridges Elementary School is the academic anchor, leading all schools in all-grade ELA (68%), math (68.6%), and science (61.5%), with the best current rank at #39 of 709 and 5 stars. It achieves this with the largest enrollment, the highest student/teacher ratio (20.3), and the lowest per-student spending among district-run elementaries ($16,259). Archer Glen Elementary School also earns 5 stars and posts the district's highest grade-level results, with 3rd-grade ELA and math both at 83%, though its 4th- and 5th-grade ELA scores sit nearer 61–62%. Middleton Elementary School has the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (12.66%), the smallest classes (16.3 ratio), and the highest spending ($19,573), yet its all-grade science of 42.4% trails the district's 47.7%.

Hawks View Elementary School shows that high poverty does not block achievement: with 50.11% free/reduced lunch and 19.3% absenteeism, it still beats district averages in math (53.9%) and science (54.8%) and nearly matches ELA (59.4% vs 59.7%). Sherwood Charter School, the smallest, is uneven — all-grade math of 50% is below the district's 52.5%, and 7th-grade math of 27.8% is the only tested result below its state comparison, though its science of 55.6% beats the district. It reports $5,901 per student, and its free/reduced lunch rate is not reported.