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What advice would you give to incoming students at Sheridan Elementary School?
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Enrollment
525
Elementary
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TACOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530870001500
Sheridan Elementary School
5317 E McKinley Ave, Tacoma, WA 98404 · (253) 571-5900 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL525 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of Washington public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
363 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 | 55 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 68% · 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
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
30.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -3.6pp since 2014
Math
28.3%
WA avg 51.2% . -15.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 15 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.3% | 28.3% |
| 2023-24 | 34.1% | 29.1% |
| 2022-23 | 36.1% | 28.8% |
| 2021-22 | 38.7% | 29.4% |
| 2018-19 | 42.3% | 36.1% |
| 2017-18 | 41.5% | 39.8% |
| 2016-17 | 29.5% | 37.8% |
| 2015-16 | 37.8% | 38.3% |
| 2014-15 | 33.9% | 43.4% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
30.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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 (30.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheridan Elementary School this school | 525 | 69.1% | 30.7% |
| Boze Elementary School Tacoma | 485 | 67.6% | 33.9% |
| Blix Elementary School Tacoma | 442 | 71.9% | 29.0% |
| Valhalla Elementary School AUBURN | 517 | 75.2% | 35.4% |
| Terminal Park Elementary School AUBURN | 610 | 69.3% | 41.8% |
| Scenic Hill Elementary School Kent | 481 | 73.8% | 31.4% |
Matched among Washington 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 Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #791 of 936 | #124 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #905 of 1,103 ▼ 38 | #123 of 142 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #935 of 1,102 ▼ 71 | #129 of 142 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.8pp | #155 of 928 | #28 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 525 | #231 of 1,268 | #36 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #928 of 1,085 | #116 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.8% | #148 of 1,088 | #51 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.1% | #277 of 1,169 | #31 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.6% | #249 of 257 | #42 of 43 |
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
525
+39 (+8%) vs 2020
+63% since 1990-91, when it was 322
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 525 | 29.8 | 17.6:1 | 69% (363) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 28.6 | 16.8:1 | 75% (362) |
| 2022-23 | 476 | 30.9 | 15.4:1 | 63% (300) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 74% (359) |
| 2017-18 | 522 | 31.1 | 16.8:1 | 76% (398) |
| 2015-16 | 604 | 34 | 17.8:1 | 84% (507) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | 29 | 18.4:1 | 71% (379) |
| 2000-01 | 634 | 29 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 322 | 19 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sheridan Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (522 to 525); teachers down 4% (31.1 to 29.8).
About Sheridan Elementary School
Sheridan Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school based in Tacoma, Washington. It teaches 525 students in pre-K through 5. That is 38% larger than the average of about 380 students for elementary schools in Washington.
Across its 66 schools, Tacoma School District enrolls 28,900 students. Sheridan Elementary School is one of those schools.
The student body at Sheridan Elementary School has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 43%. Other groups include 14% White, 14% multiracial, 11% Black, and 11% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Pierce County's population at about 13%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 75, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Washington is about 17.3:1. A total of 363 students, or 69%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Pierce County, the average eligibility rate is 50%.
Sheridan Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 7% of Washington public elementary schools.
Sheridan Elementary School scores 30.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 33.8%.
Pierce County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $99,564 a year, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Pierce County number 287, with about 138,462 students.
Sheridan Elementary School's nearest public school is Fawcett Elementary School (about 0.6 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Sheridan Elementary School is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Sheridan Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Enrollment increased by 8% across 4 years, from 486 in 2020-21 to 525 in 2024-25. The ratio was 15.7:1 in 2020-21 and 17.6:1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Sheridan Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Pierce County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,319
Census ACS
Median income
$99,564
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
287
138,462 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tacoma School District
- Stadium High SchoolHigh · 1,700 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,556 students
- Mount Tahoma High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Dr. Dolores Silas High SchoolHigh · 1,160 students
- Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 687 students
- Tacoma School of the ArtsHigh · 658 students
Other schools in Tacoma
- Stadium High SchoolHigh · 1,700 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,556 students
- Mount Tahoma High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Dr. Dolores Silas High SchoolHigh · 1,160 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 989 students
- Franklin Pierce High SchoolHigh · 977 students
Other Sheridan Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 11 states are named Sheridan Elementary. Sheridan Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 16.
- Sheridan Elementary SchoolKATY, TX · 919 students
- Sheridan Elementary SchoolAllentown, PA · 591 students
- Sheridan Elementary SchoolSheridan, IN · 555 students
- SHERIDAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSHERIDAN, AR · 523 students
- Sheridan ElementaryOrangeburg, SC · 450 students
Nearby schools
- Fawcett Elementary School0.6 mi · 426
- First Creek Middle School0.7 mi · 584
- Lyon Elementary School0.7 mi · 381
- Stewart Middle School0.7 mi · 650
- Boze Elementary School0.8 mi · 485
- Blix Elementary School1.0 mi · 442
Frequently asked questions
About Sheridan Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sheridan Elementary School?
Sheridan Elementary School enrolls approximately 525 students in grades PK-05.
Is Sheridan Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sheridan Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sheridan Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sheridan Elementary School is approximately 17.6:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sheridan Elementary School?
At Sheridan Elementary School, the student body is approximately 14% White, 43% Hispanic, 11% Black, 11% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Sheridan Elementary School?
Sheridan Elementary School is overseen by Tacoma School District in Pierce County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.