Sheridan Elem School

Set in Bloomington, Illinois, Sheridan Elem School is a cozy elementary campus, overseen by Bloomington SD 87. It hosts 314 students across grades K through 5.

Bloomington SD 87 runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 4,809 students. Sheridan Elem School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Sheridan Elem School records that the most-represented group is Black (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 25% White, 20% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

In terms of school funding signals, Sheridan Elem School shows 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Sheridan Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against McLean County (around 40%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Sheridan Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.7%, the actual is 15.2%, a residual of -8.6 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for McLean County put the typical household earns roughly $79,905 per year, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Sheridan Elem School is one of 60 public schools in McLean County (combined enrollment of about 23,759 students).

The closest other public school is Bent Elem School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sheridan Elem School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sheridan Elem School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 38.8%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 14%: 364 students in 2018 compared to 314 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 32% to 25% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the Sheridan Elem School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.