SHERIDAN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

SHERIDAN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is an average-sized elementary-level community in SHERIDAN, Arkansas, run under SHERIDAN SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school caters to 585 students in grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 40% bigger than the state mean of about 418.

Within SHERIDAN SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 7 schools and 4,208 students, SHERIDAN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, SHERIDAN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL logs that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, SHERIDAN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.3:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SHERIDAN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.9%.

In the area at large, Grant County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,549 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Grant County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,468 students), of which SHERIDAN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is SHERIDAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around SHERIDAN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SHERIDAN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 42.8%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. SHERIDAN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 21% since 2018, when it stood at 743 (now 585). The White share of enrollment declined from 93% to 87% over that span.

On allk12, members of the SHERIDAN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.