Enrollment
393
Elementary
DISTRICT 413 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KINGS CANYON JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 061970002376
Sheridan Elementary
1001 Ninth St., Orange Cove, CA 93646 · (559) 305-7260 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL393 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
374 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 84 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 38% larger than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
45.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +17.0pp since 2014
Math
31.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +15.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 17 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.6% | 21.4% | 24.7% | 30.2% |
| Math | 12.0% | 19.1% | 30.6% | 38.3% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 31.1% |
| 2023-24 | 46.4% | 34.3% |
| 2022-23 | 44.3% | 36.6% |
| 2021-22 | 43.8% | 36.5% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 21.9% |
| 2018-19 | 54.2% | 44.5% |
| 2017-18 | 48.8% | 37.9% |
| 2016-17 | 36.9% | 27.3% |
| 2015-16 | 42.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 28.0% | 16.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 24% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in California's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Sheridan Elementary
Sheridan Elementary's state test result (39.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheridan Elementary this school | 393 | 95.2% | 39.1% |
| Sara Coughlin Elementary Pacoima | 409 | 95.4% | 36.6% |
| Downtown Value Los Angeles | 395 | 94.9% | N/A |
| Sylmar Elementary Sylmar | 393 | 96.2% | 36.6% |
| El Dorado Avenue Elementary Sylmar | 364 | 95.6% | 33.8% |
| State Street Elementary South Gate | 396 | 95.2% | 29.3% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Sheridan Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #2,574 of 5,151 | #80 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #3,109 of 5,172 ▼ 450 | #102 of 185 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #2,445 of 5,172 ▼ 284 | #75 of 185 ▼ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #1,218 of 5,116 | #24 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 393 | #3,777 of 5,915 | #157 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #2,561 of 5,352 | #122 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.2% | #4,880 of 5,354 | #173 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.2% | #427 of 5,625 | #33 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.6% | #1,247 of 3,837 | #26 of 135 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
393
-73 (-16%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 21.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 393 | 17.5 | 22.5:1 | 95% (374) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 18.5 | 21.8:1 | 95% (382) |
| 2022-23 | 386 | 18.5 | 20.9:1 | 95% (368) |
| 2020-21 | 466 | 22 | 21.2:1 | 96% (448) |
| 2017-18 | 501 | 20 | 25.1:1 | 92% (461) |
| 2015-16 | 568 | 21 | 27.1:1 | 95% (542) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | N/A | N/A | 91% (488) |
| 2000-01 | 679 | 36 | 18.9:1 | 100% (676) |
| 1990-91 | 530 | 27 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sheridan Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (501 to 393); teachers down 12% (20 to 17.5).
About Sheridan Elementary
Sheridan Elementary is an elementary school in Orange Cove, California, reachable at (559) 305-7260. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 393 students enrolled.
Sheridan Elementary is one school in Kings Canyon Joint Unified, a system of 21 schools with 9,696 students.
Sheridan Elementary is 94% Hispanic by enrollment. The next largest groups are 3% White. In Fresno County overall, about 55% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 11%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 22.5:1. The school has 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California is about 22.3:1. Federal data show 95% of students (374) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 75% average for public schools in Fresno County is 20 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Sheridan Elementary lands at B, ahead of 62% of California public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Sheridan Elementary ranks in the top 10% in California. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 39.1%, against a prediction of 23.8%.
In Fresno County, home to about 1,016,725 people, the median household earns about $74,201 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. There are 368 public schools in the county, enrolling about 206,072, Sheridan Elementary among them.
Citrus Middle is the nearest public school to Sheridan Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Sheridan Elementary, there are 7 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Sheridan Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Distant. That means it sits in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment figures show a decrease of 73 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 21.2:1 to 22.5:1 over the same years.
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Fresno County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,016,725
Census ACS
Median income
$74,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
368
206,072 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kings Canyon Joint Unified
- Reedley HighHigh · 1,804 students
- Orange Cove HighHigh · 635 students
- Silas BartschElementary · 606 students
- Citrus MiddleMiddle · 602 students
- Thomas Law Reed ElementaryElementary · 558 students
- General Grant MiddleMiddle · 526 students
Other schools in Orange Cove
- Orange Cove HighHigh · 635 students
- Citrus MiddleMiddle · 602 students
- McCord ElementaryElementary · 426 students
- A. L. Conner ElementaryElementary · 308 students
Other Sheridan Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 11 states are named Sheridan Elementary. Sheridan Elementary is the 7th largest of the 16.
- Sheridan ElementarySan Francisco, CA · 196 students
- Sheridan ElementarySheridan, CA · 62 students
- Sheridan Elementary SchoolKATY, TX · 919 students
- Sheridan Elementary SchoolAllentown, PA · 591 students
- Sheridan Elementary SchoolSheridan, IN · 555 students
Nearby schools
- Citrus Middle0.3 mi · 602
- Orange Cove High0.5 mi · 635
- McCord Elementary0.7 mi · 426
- A. L. Conner Elementary0.9 mi · 308
- Kings Canyon Continuation3.9 mi · 141
- Alta Elementary4.5 mi · 364
Frequently asked questions
About Sheridan ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Sheridan Elementary?
Sheridan Elementary enrolls approximately 393 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Sheridan Elementary serve?
Sheridan Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Sheridan Elementary?
Approximately 22.5:1 students per teacher at Sheridan Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sheridan Elementary?
At Sheridan Elementary, the student body is approximately 3% White, 94% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Sheridan Elementary public or private?
Sheridan Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kings Canyon Joint Unified.
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