SHERIDAN EL

SHERIDAN EL operates as a big elementary-level community in KATY, Texas, one of the schools within CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD. Current enrollment sits at 919 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 77% larger than the state mean of about 519.

Within CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD, which oversees 92 schools and 117,927 students, SHERIDAN EL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SHERIDAN EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 42% Black, 7% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. Compared to Harris County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, SHERIDAN EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.9%; this one delivers 33.9%.

In the area at large, census data for Harris County shows median household income runs about $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which SHERIDAN EL is one.

The closest other public school is THORNTON MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SHERIDAN EL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 40.3%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. SHERIDAN EL's enrollment has fell 21% since 2018, when it stood at 1,156 (now 919). Black enrollment moved from 29% to 42% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for SHERIDAN EL typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.