Enrollment
314
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLOOMINGTON SD 87·NCES 170648000325
Sheridan Elementary School
1403 W Walnut St, Bloomington, IL 61701 · (309) 828-2359 · McLean County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
260 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 56%
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 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Bloomington SD 87. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
22.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.2pp since 2023
Math
9.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.4% | 9.2% |
| 2023-24 | 9.2% | 3.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
15.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for Illinois 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 Illinois'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 Elementary School
Sheridan Elementary School's state test result (15.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheridan Elementary School this school | 314 | 82.8% | 15.2% |
| South Shores Elementary School Decatur | 335 | 87.2% | 8.0% |
| Michael E Baum Elementary School Decatur | 313 | 86.6% | 16.4% |
| Muffley Elementary School Decatur | 386 | 84.5% | 10.8% |
| Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School Dekalb | 328 | 80.2% | 13.3% |
| Fairview Elementary School Springfield | 302 | 79.5% | 21.5% |
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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McLean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #1,749 of 1,925 | #29 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.2% | #1,935 of 2,077 ▲ 29 | #29 of 29 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #1,868 of 2,077 ▲ 81 | #28 of 29 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 314 | #1,459 of 2,419 | #16 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #295 of 2,035 | #4 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.9% | #266 of 2,042 | #13 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.8% | #449 of 2,132 | #1 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #723 of 1,461 | #11 of 23 |
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
314
-48 (-13%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 516
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 | 314 | 28.4 | 11.1:1 | 83% (260) |
| 2023-24 | 355 | 25.4 | 14.0:1 | 88% (312) |
| 2022-23 | 365 | 24.3 | 15.0:1 | 74% (269) |
| 2020-21 | 362 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 364 | 28 | 13.0:1 | 75% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 389 | 26 | 15.0:1 | 84% (327) |
| 2010-11 | 390 | 27 | 14.4:1 | 86% (337) |
| 2000-01 | 560 | 41 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 516 | 37 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sheridan Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (364 to 314); teachers up 1% (28 to 28.4).
About Sheridan Elementary School
Sheridan Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school for students in Bloomington, Illinois. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 314 students.
Sheridan Elementary School is one of the 9 schools that make up Bloomington SD 87 (4,809 students in total).
Black students account for 47% of enrollment at Sheridan Elementary School, more than any other group. Other groups make up 25% White, 20% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. County-wide, 9% of McLean County residents are Black. The diversity index for Sheridan Elementary School is 67%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Sheridan Elementary School lists 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.1 students per teacher. The school's 11.1:1 compares with an average of 13.9:1 for elementary schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 83% of the student body. That rate is above the 40% average among public schools in McLean County.
Sheridan Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (15.2%) and its predicted rate (23.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
For McLean County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $79,905 a year, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Sheridan Elementary School, McLean County has 60 public schools.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, Bent Elementary School, is the closest to Sheridan Elementary School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Sheridan Elementary School. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Sheridan Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Sheridan Elementary School had a net loss of 48 students, or 13%.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
McLean County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
171,556
Census ACS
Median income
$79,905
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
23,759 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bloomington SD 87
- Bloomington High SchoolHigh · 1,369 students
- Bloomington Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,050 students
- Oakland Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Bent Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
- Irving Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
Other schools in Bloomington
- Bloomington High SchoolHigh · 1,369 students
- Bloomington Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,050 students
- Evans Junior High SchoolMiddle · 778 students
- Benjamin Elementary SchoolElementary · 607 students
- Northpoint Elementary SchoolElementary · 472 students
- Oakland Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
Other Sheridan Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 11 states are named Sheridan Elementary. Sheridan Elementary School is the 9th largest of the 16.
- Sheridan Elementary SchoolLake Forest, IL · 265 students
- Sheridan Elementary SchoolSheridan, IL · 135 students
- Sheridan Elementary SchoolKATY, TX · 919 students
- Sheridan Elementary SchoolAllentown, PA · 591 students
- Sheridan Elementary SchoolSheridan, IN · 555 students
Nearby schools
- Bent Elementary School0.7 mi · 389
- Sarah A Raymond School of Early Educ0.8 mi · 260
- Irving Elementary School1.0 mi · 303
- Oakdale Elementary School1.3 mi · 386
- YBMC Charter School1.4 mi · 16
- Glenn Elementary School1.5 mi · 272
Frequently asked questions
About Sheridan Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sheridan Elementary School?
Sheridan Elementary School enrolls approximately 314 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Sheridan Elementary School serve?
Sheridan Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Sheridan Elementary School?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at Sheridan Elementary School.
How diverse is Sheridan Elementary School?
Sheridan Elementary School reports a student body of 25% White, 7% Hispanic, 47% Black, 20% Two or more.
Who oversees Sheridan Elementary School?
Sheridan Elementary School is overseen by Bloomington SD 87 in McLean County.
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