Sheridan Elementary

Set in Sheridan, California, Sheridan Elementary is a very small elementary school, part of Western Placer Unified. It serves 62 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 87% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

Western Placer Unified comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 8,030 students; Sheridan Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Sheridan Elementary logs that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 37% White, 11% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Sheridan Elementary reports 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Sheridan Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 71% of students at Sheridan Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Placer County runs at roughly 33%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Sheridan Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 37.2%; actual is 9.0%, a gap of -28.2 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Placer County put median household earnings sit near $115,998, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Placer County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 70,590 students), Sheridan Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Wheatland Union High, roughly 3.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sheridan Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 42.1%.

Sheridan Elementary operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sheridan Elementary has grew 19%, going from 52 students in 2018 to 62 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share shrank from 52% to 47%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 today.

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