Enrollment
325
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VENTURA UNIFIED·NCES 064098006767
Sheridan Way Elementary
573 Sheridan Way, Ventura, CA 93001 · (805) 641-5491 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
25.0:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
306 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 70 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 32% larger than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
12.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.1pp since 2014
Math
17.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.9% | 8.0% | 17.8% | 69.3% |
| Math | 3.7% | 13.4% | 25.0% | 57.9% |
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 | 12.9% | 17.1% |
| 2023-24 | 15.4% | 11.1% |
| 2022-23 | 13.0% | 16.0% |
| 2021-22 | 18.4% | 15.8% |
| 2020-21 | 19.5% | 16.8% |
| 2018-19 | 31.9% | 18.6% |
| 2017-18 | 36.2% | 19.3% |
| 2016-17 | 39.3% | 25.2% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
14.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 Way Elementary
Sheridan Way Elementary's state test result (14.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheridan Way Elementary this school | 325 | 94.2% | 14.1% |
| Carmela Elementary Whittier | 317 | 94.0% | 21.1% |
| Wilson Elementary Costa Mesa | 323 | 94.1% | 24.6% |
| J. E. Hester Elementary Farmersville | 333 | 94.9% | N/A |
| Seeley Elementary Seeley | 325 | 93.2% | 26.3% |
| Everett A. Rea Elementary Costa Mesa | 344 | 93.3% | 39.4% |
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 Way Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.1% | #4,980 of 5,151 | #118 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #4,563 of 5,172 ▲ 412 | #110 of 122 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #5,099 of 5,172 ▼ 90 | #121 of 122 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.2pp | #1,170 of 5,116 | #29 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #4,526 of 5,915 | #100 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.0:1 | #4,435 of 5,352 | #106 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.4% | #4,967 of 5,354 | #106 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.2% | #556 of 5,625 | #7 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.8% | #711 of 3,837 | #16 of 99 |
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
325
-80 (-20%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 426
Student : Teacher
25.0:1
was 25.3:1
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 | 325 | 13 | 25.0:1 | 94% (306) |
| 2023-24 | 355 | 14.5 | 24.5:1 | 94% (332) |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 16.3 | 24.2:1 | 93% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 405 | 16 | 25.3:1 | 96% (389) |
| 2017-18 | 450 | 18 | 25.0:1 | 95% (427) |
| 2015-16 | 486 | 20 | 24.3:1 | 82% (400) |
| 2010-11 | 525 | N/A | N/A | 97% (508) |
| 2000-01 | 673 | 34 | 19.8:1 | 95% (638) |
| 1990-91 | 426 | 17 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sheridan Way Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (450 to 325); teachers down 28% (18 to 13).
About Sheridan Way Elementary
Federal records list Sheridan Way Elementary as an elementary school in Ventura, California. It serves 325 students in kindergarten through 5. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 30% smaller than that.
Ventura Unified is made up of 27 schools with 14,346 students in all.
Sheridan Way Elementary enrolls a student body that is 95% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 4% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Ventura County's population at about 44%. Sheridan Way Elementary has a diversity index of 9%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 25.0:1 comes from the school's 13 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 94% in 2024-25. Among public schools in Ventura County, the average eligibility rate is 59%.
The allk12 Grade for Sheridan Way Elementary is F. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 4% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Sheridan Way Elementary is 10.3 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 14.1% actual, 24.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
Federal survey data for Ventura County show that median household income is about $109,797, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Sheridan Way Elementary is among the 238 public schools in Ventura County.
E. P. Foster Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line. Sheridan Way Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 38.9% proficiency; Sheridan Way Elementary posts 14.1%.
Sheridan Way Elementary is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
Sheridan Way Elementary saw enrollment fall 20% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Ventura County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
837,469
Census ACS
Median income
$109,797
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
238
147,841 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ventura Unified
- Ventura HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Buena HighHigh · 1,585 students
- Foothill Technology HighHigh · 951 students
- Cabrillo MiddleMiddle · 936 students
- Balboa MiddleMiddle · 845 students
- Anacapa MiddleMiddle · 592 students
Other schools in Ventura
- Ventura HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Buena HighHigh · 1,585 students
- Foothill Technology HighHigh · 951 students
- Cabrillo MiddleMiddle · 936 students
- Balboa MiddleMiddle · 845 students
- Anacapa MiddleMiddle · 592 students
Nearby schools
- E. P. Foster Elementary0.7 mi · 299
- Ventura Charter School of Arts and Global Education1.1 mi · 455
- De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts1.1 mi · 577
- Lincoln Elementary1.4 mi · 202
- Cabrillo Middle1.7 mi · 936
- Ventura High2.3 mi · 1,939
Frequently asked questions
About Sheridan Way ElementaryHow large is Sheridan Way Elementary?
Sheridan Way Elementary enrolls approximately 325 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Sheridan Way Elementary serve?
Sheridan Way Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sheridan Way Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sheridan Way Elementary is approximately 25.0:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sheridan Way Elementary?
At Sheridan Way Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 95% Hispanic, 1% Black.
What district is Sheridan Way Elementary in?
Sheridan Way Elementary is part of Ventura Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.