Sheridan El Sch

Located at 521 N 2nd St, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Sheridan El Sch is a moderately sized elementary campus that works with 591 students (grades 1 through 5), overseen by Allentown City SD. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 33% above typical.

Allentown City SD runs 23 schools in total, collectively educating 16,674 students. Sheridan El Sch is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Sheridan El Sch lists that 74% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 10% Black, 8% White, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Sheridan El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lehigh County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Sheridan El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.0%, the actual is 19.2%, a residual of -16.7 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Lehigh County put the typical household earns roughly $80,079 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Lehigh County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 56,984 students), Sheridan El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Harrison-Morton MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sheridan El Sch ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 20.2%.

Sheridan El Sch operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sheridan El Sch has fell 8%, going from 642 students in 2018 to 591 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.