 The land surrounding the school grounds was subdivided into smaller lots, through which roads were surveyed that would later become McCulla Street and Hall Street.Enrolments at West Oxley fluctuated, from 135 in 1869, to 72 in 1873, and 160 in 1877.In May 1878 the name of the Oxley West railway station changed to Sherwood railway station, and in the same year the school became known as Sherwood State School.