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Enrollment
528
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001083
Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy
533 W 27th St, Chicago, IL 60616 · (773) 534-9120 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Illinois public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
284 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 58 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (58).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 69% · 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
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
75.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.6pp since 2023
Math
70.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +18.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.1% | 70.1% |
| 2023-24 | 67.5% | 52.1% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
69.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+29.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for Illinois 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 29 points, placing it in Illinois'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 Math & Science Academy
Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy's state test result (69.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy this school | 528 | 53.8% | 69.5% |
| Mark Twain Elementary School Niles | 489 | 66.5% | 40.2% |
| White Eagle Elementary Naperville | 541 | 23.5% | 65.6% |
| Apollo Elementary School Des Plaines | 536 | 68.3% | 33.4% |
| Arlene Welch Elementary School Naperville | 576 | 29.0% | 61.0% |
| Keller Elementary Gifted Magnet School Chicago | 222 | 38.7% | 93.9% |
Matched among Illinois 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 Math & Science Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #131 of 1,925 | #49 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #220 of 2,077 ▲ 50 | #81 of 829 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #226 of 2,077 ▼ 87 | #89 of 829 ▼ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #438 of 2,419 | #218 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,793 of 2,035 | #743 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #601 of 2,042 | #221 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.8% | #1,197 of 2,132 | #583 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #1,157 of 1,461 | #552 of 661 |
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
528
-21 (-4%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 554
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 | 528 | 32 | 16.5:1 | 54% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 529 | 29 | 18.2:1 | 57% (304) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 29.5 | 17.9:1 | 53% (283) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 560 | 28.1 | 19.9:1 | 45% (253) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 28 | 20.0:1 | 50% (280) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | 26 | 20.5:1 | 68% (363) |
| 2000-01 | 523 | 27 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 554 | 28 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (560 to 528); teachers up 14% (28.1 to 32).
About Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy
This page covers Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy, a medium-sized elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 8, with 528 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 622 schools with a combined 324,396 students. Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy is one of them.
Roughly 59% of students at Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy are Asian. Other reported shares: 20% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% White, and 3% multiracial. Cook County's residents are about 8% Asian, 51 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 59% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 32 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 16.5:1. That is 2.6 students per teacher above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy reports 54% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is lower than the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
allk12 grades Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy an A+. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school in Illinois with Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 40.5%. Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy scores 69.5%.
Across Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
Ward J Elementary School is located about 0.3 miles from Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy. The five-mile area around Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 69.5% average proficiency ranks 1st among 9 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 4% from 2020-21, when Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy had 549 students, to 2024-25, when it had 528.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
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- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other schools in Chicago
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Nearby schools
- Ward J Elementary School0.3 mi · 500
- Healy Elementary School0.3 mi · 1,194
- Haines Elementary School0.5 mi · 461
- Drake Elementary School0.6 mi · 302
- Holden Elementary School0.8 mi · 407
- Walsh Elementary School0.8 mi · 245
Frequently asked questions
About Sheridan Elementary Math & Science AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy?
Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy enrolls approximately 528 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy serve?
Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy is approximately 16.5:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy?
Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy reports a student body of 7% White, 20% Hispanic, 11% Black, 59% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy?
Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.