Enrollment
255
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GEARY COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 200789001262
Sheridan Elem
429 W Ash, Junction City, KS 66441 · (785) 717-4670 · Geary County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL255 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
162 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 51%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 22 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 58% · 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
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
61.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
53.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.3% | 53.3% |
| 2023-24 | 50.8% | 47.1% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% typical for Kansas 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 21 points, placing it in Kansas'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 Elem
Sheridan Elem's state test result (52.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheridan Elem this school | 255 | 63.5% | 52.4% |
| Riverside Leadership Magnet Elementary Wichita | 255 | 62.0% | 44.6% |
| Benton Elem Wichita | 273 | 70.7% | 32.4% |
| McClure Elem Topeka | 301 | 69.1% | 31.9% |
| Henry Leavenworth Leavenworth | 297 | 58.6% | 29.3% |
| Ruth Clark Elementary K-5 Wichita | 316 | 63.0% | 32.6% |
Matched among Kansas 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 Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Geary County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #185 of 625 | #3 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #175 of 625 | #2 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #158 of 625 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 255 | #453 of 714 | #9 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #135 of 539 | #2 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #67 of 540 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.5% | #220 of 658 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.4% | #105 of 151 | #7 of 7 |
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
255
+26 (+11%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 259
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 255 | 20.8 | 12.2:1 | 64% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 276 | 21 | 13.2:1 | 62% (172) |
| 2022-23 | 305 | 21 | 14.5:1 | 60% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 229 | 17 | 13.5:1 | 46% (105) |
| 2017-18 | 242 | 16 | 15.1:1 | 61% (147) |
| 2015-16 | 218 | 15 | 14.5:1 | 52% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 267 | 17 | 15.7:1 | 58% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 233 | 13 | 17.9:1 | 45% (105) |
| 1990-91 | 259 | 13 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sheridan Elem.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (242 to 255); teachers up 30% (16 to 20.8).
About Sheridan Elem
The public elementary school Sheridan Elem is located in Junction City, Kansas. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 255 students.
Geary County Schools has a total of 15 schools and 7,293 students, Sheridan Elem among them.
Enrollment at Sheridan Elem is mixed, with White students the largest group at 49%. After that, the student body is 21% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 10% Black, and 3% Pacific Islander. Census figures show Geary County is about 59% White. Sheridan Elem has a diversity index of 68%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 12.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Kansas average 13.2:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 64%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Geary County is 55%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Sheridan Elem beats its 31.8% prediction with 52.4%, a top-10% result in Kansas.
Federal survey data for Geary County show that median household income is about $59,317, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sheridan Elem is among the 14 public schools in Geary County.
The nearest public school is Lincoln Elem, at about 0.9 miles. Sheridan Elem has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 40.8%, lower than Sheridan Elem's 52.4%.
Sheridan Elem is in a town close to an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Fringe.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 11%, from 229 to 255. The ratio was 13.5:1 in 2020-21 and 12.2:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Geary County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,815
Census ACS
Median income
$59,317
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
6,880 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Geary County Schools
- Junction City Sr HighHigh · 1,713 students
- Junction City Middle SchoolMiddle · 900 students
- Ware ElemElementary · 623 students
- LTG Richard J. Seitz ElementaryElementary · 615 students
- Fort Riley Middle SchoolMiddle · 541 students
- Morris Hill ElemElementary · 413 students
Other schools in Junction City
- Junction City Sr HighHigh · 1,713 students
- Junction City Middle SchoolMiddle · 900 students
- Spring Valley ElementaryElementary · 400 students
- Eisenhower ElemElementary · 370 students
- Washington ElemElementary · 350 students
- Lincoln ElemElementary · 305 students
Other Sheridan Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 11 states are named Sheridan Elementary. Sheridan Elem is the 12th largest of the 16.
- Sheridan Elementary SchoolKATY, TX · 919 students
- Sheridan Elementary SchoolAllentown, PA · 591 students
- Sheridan Elementary SchoolSheridan, IN · 555 students
- Sheridan Elementary SchoolTacoma, WA · 525 students
- SHERIDAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSHERIDAN, AR · 523 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elem0.9 mi · 305
- Eisenhower Elem1.3 mi · 370
- Washington Elem1.6 mi · 350
- Westwood Elem1.8 mi · 278
- Spring Valley Elementary2.3 mi · 400
- Grandview Elem2.4 mi · 83
Frequently asked questions
About Sheridan ElemHow large is Sheridan Elem?
Sheridan Elem enrolls approximately 255 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Sheridan Elem serve?
Sheridan Elem serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sheridan Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sheridan Elem is approximately 12.2:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sheridan Elem?
Student demographics at Sheridan Elem are roughly 49% White, 21% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Is Sheridan Elem public or private?
Sheridan Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Geary County Schools.
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