Is Sheridan Elementary School a good school?

Sheridan Elementary School ranks in the bottom 15.2% of Washington elementary schools.

How many students attend Sheridan Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 480 students attended Sheridan Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Sheridan Elementary School?

Students at Sheridan Elementary School are 45% Hispanic, 14% White, 13% Two or more races, 12% Asian, 10% African American, 5% Pacific Islander, 1% American Indian.

What schools do graduates of Sheridan Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Sheridan Elementary School usually go on to attend: High : Lincoln High School

Sheridan Elementary School

Summary:

Sheridan Elementary School is a public elementary school in Tacoma, Washington, serving 476 students in grades PK-5. The school has a diverse student population, with a majority Hispanic enrollment and significant representation from other racial groups. However, Sheridan consistently ranks in the bottom quarter of Washington elementary schools, with low proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Math that are well below the district and state averages.

Sheridan's academic performance has been declining over the years, with the school's statewide ranking dropping from 653 out of 1,106 schools in 2012-2013 to 991 out of 1,168 schools in 2023-2024. This trend is particularly concerning given the school's high percentage of students from low-income backgrounds, with 63.03% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared to nearby schools like Waller Road Elementary and Lyon Elementary School, Sheridan's academic performance is significantly lower, despite having a relatively high per-student spending of $19,409 in the 2021-2022 school year.

The data also reveals significant racial disparities in Sheridan's performance, with Asian and African American students performing much worse than their White and Hispanic peers on standardized tests. This highlights the need for the school and the Tacoma School District to implement targeted interventions and support systems to address the unique challenges faced by these student subgroups. With a high student-teacher ratio of 15.4 in the 2022-2023 school year, the school may also need to review its resource allocation and instructional practices to better support its diverse student population and improve educational outcomes.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

5317 E McKinley Ave
Tacoma, WA 98404

(253) 571-5900

District: Tacoma School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
991^st of 1,168 Washington Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $19,409

Students who attend Sheridan Elementary School usually attend:

High:

Lincoln High School

Student/teacher ratio: 16.7

Number of students: 480

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

44.8%

White:

14.2%

Two or more races:

12.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 75.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Sheridan Elementary School ranks worse than 84.8% of elementary schools in Washington. It also ranks 26^th among 35 ranked elementary schools in the Tacoma School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 18.3. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Sheridan Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (44.8%), White (14.2%), two or more races (12.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 75.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Sheridan Elementary School is 16.7. 24 elementary schools in the Tacoma School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Sheridan Elementary School is $19,409. 24 elementary schools in the Tacoma School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Sheridan Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Sheridan Elementary School 991^st of 1168 Washington public elementary schools. (See Sheridan Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Tacoma School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Tacoma School District 152^nd of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all students at Sheridan Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	28.42	783^rd	1026	23.7%
2005	14.77	929^th	1031	9.9%
2006	13.13	977^th	1051	7.0%
2007	19.17	931^st	1069	12.9%
2008	11.42	998^th	1067	6.5%
2009	17.82	942^nd	1072	12.1%
2010	13.75	1005^th	1088	7.6%
2011	8.81	1051^st	1092	3.8%
2012	21.62	940^th	1097	14.3%
2013	46.22	653^rd	1106	41.0%
2015	23.78	864^th	1067	19.0%
2016	17.87	904^th	1053	14.2%
2017	15.64	931^st	1056	11.8%
2018	20.92	867^th	1054	17.7%
2019	19.35	939^th	1130	16.9%
2021	16.27	950^th	1107	14.2%
2022	24.57	903^rd	1169	22.8%
2023	21.53	952^nd	1169	18.6%
2024	18.30	991^st	1168	15.2%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Sheridan Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	15.91	271^st	303	10.6%
2023	26.95	157^th	194	19.1%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Sheridan Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	36.95	221^st	333	33.6%
2019	43.80	122^nd	248	50.8%
2022	49.89	78^th	213	63.4%
2023	31.64	168^th	254	33.9%
2024	30.29	220^th	320	31.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Sheridan Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	11.07	634^th	637	0.5%
2019	13.95	561^st	566	0.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Sheridan Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	33.03	612^th	835	26.7%
2019	32.92	717^th	979	26.8%
2021	27.08	669^th	854	21.7%
2022	43.37	568^th	1019	44.3%
2023	30.55	760^th	1013	25.0%
2024	33.17	730^th	1024	28.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Sheridan Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	17.80	863^rd	1004	14.0%
2019	24.17	866^th	1068	18.9%
2021	12.70	944^th	1008	6.3%
2022	17.77	950^th	1100	13.6%
2023	17.61	938^th	1094	14.3%
2024	15.46	967^th	1093	11.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Sheridan Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	26.09	771^st	999	22.8%
2019	18.02	918^th	1075	14.6%
2021	23.87	790^th	1025	22.9%
2022	34.62	725^th	1113	34.9%
2023	24.93	854^th	1099	22.3%
2024	20.96	915^th	1099	16.7%

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Rank History for Asian students at Sheridan Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	31.27	123^rd	169	27.2%
2019	34.38	144^th	201	28.4%
2022	12.88	176^th	187	5.9%
2023	11.17	159^th	170	6.5%
2024	11.69	153^rd	163	6.1%

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Rank History for African American students at Sheridan Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	85.58	4^th	110	96.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Sheridan Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	42.95	304^th	540	43.7%
2019	21.91	597^th	697	14.3%
2021	33.34	331^st	501	33.9%
2022	47.81	315^th	694	54.6%
2023	20.54	553^rd	633	12.6%
2024	18.15	578^th	651	11.2%

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Rank History for White students at Sheridan Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	10.71	783^rd	833	6.0%
2019	42.90	644^th	1027	37.3%
2023	33.84	709^th	1011	29.9%
2024	35.20	681^st	1009	32.5%

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Data source: test scores: Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Sheridan Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1988	187	96	35	16	15	n/a	n/a	349
1989	189	102	43	14	13	n/a	n/a	361
1990	153	112	43	21	5	n/a	n/a	334
1991	144	109	43	24	2	n/a	n/a	322
1992	133	97	69	14	5	n/a	n/a	318
1993	102	96	68	12	3	n/a	n/a	281
1994	213	122	65	30	2	n/a	n/a	432
1995	241	160	73	60	8	n/a	n/a	542
1996	241	160	73	60	8	n/a	n/a	542
1997	230	163	73	91	8	n/a	n/a	565
1998	246	182	62	138	11	n/a	n/a	639
1999	229	175	67	86	8	n/a	n/a	565
2000	252	181	62	104	7	n/a	n/a	606
2001	254	163	69	134	14	n/a	n/a	634
2002	204	186	76	152	12	n/a	n/a	630
2003	204	186	76	152	12	n/a	n/a	630
2004	173	188	79	181	16	n/a	n/a	637
2005	151	169	82	216	14	n/a	n/a	632
2006	144	201	104	191	16	n/a	n/a	656
2007	131	170	111	178	14	n/a	n/a	604
2008	112	157	98	190	10	n/a	n/a	567
2009	119	159	116	195	11	n/a	n/a	600
2010	100	140	124	202	8	n/a	n/a	574
2011	77	101	92	201	6	16	40	533
2012	88	88	93	215	5	14	50	553
2013	87	112	88	213	4	13	13	530
2014	86	121	88	214	9	11	33	562
2015	97	126	77	238	4	20	44	606
2016	95	98	75	248	7	22	59	604
2017	87	77	72	245	12	18	58	569
2018	92	55	70	212	14	14	65	522
2019	93	58	70	215	9	24	69	538
2020	97	61	73	230	10	22	72	565
2021	76	51	70	188	9	26	66	486
2022	62	60	66	204	8	14	57	471
2023	69	47	74	209	3	11	63	476
2024	68	48	58	215	5	26	60	480

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Sheridan Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	349	18.0	19.3	0
1989	361	17.0	21.2	n/a
1990	334	16.7	20.0	0
1991	322	19.1	16.8	n/a
1992	318	19.6	16.2	n/a
1993	281	18.8	14.9	n/a
1994	432	23.3	18.5	n/a
1995	542	26.3	20.6	n/a
1996	542	26.3	20.6	n/a
1997	565	26.4	21.4	n/a
1998	639	27.4	23.3	n/a
1999	565	28.0	20.2	n/a
2000	606	23.7	25.6	n/a
2001	634	29.6	21.4	n/a
2002	630	29.7	21.2	69
2003	630	29.7	21.2	69
2004	637	28.0	22.8	71.4
2005	632	28.0	22.6	65.2
2006	656	25.9	25.3	69.2
2007	604	29.2	20.7	76.2
2008	567	30.2	18.8	84.3
2009	600	30.2	19.9	82.8
2010	574	30.4	18.8	83.3
2011	533	29.4	18.1	71.1
2012	553	29.3	18.8	61.5
2013	530	28.5	18.5	87.2
2014	562	n/a	n/a	87.4
2015	606	39.0	15.5	86.5
2016	604	34.0	17.7	83.9
2017	569	32.0	17.7	81.5
2018	522	31.1	16.7	76.2
2019	538	30.2	17.7	66.7
2020	565	30.3	18.6	72.4
2021	486	31.5	15.4	73.9
2022	471	27.4	17.1	n/a
2023	476	30.8	15.4	63
2024	480	28.5	16.7	75.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Sheridan Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	349	18.0	19.3	0
1989	361	17.0	21.2	n/a
1990	334	16.7	20.0	0
1991	322	19.1	16.8	n/a
1992	318	19.6	16.2	n/a
1993	281	18.8	14.9	n/a
1994	432	23.3	18.5	n/a
1995	542	26.3	20.6	n/a
1996	542	26.3	20.6	n/a
1997	565	26.4	21.4	n/a
1998	639	27.4	23.3	n/a
1999	565	28.0	20.2	n/a
2000	606	23.7	25.6	n/a
2001	634	29.6	21.4	n/a
2002	630	29.7	21.2	69
2003	630	29.7	21.2	69
2004	637	28.0	22.8	71.4
2005	632	28.0	22.6	65.2
2006	656	25.9	25.3	69.2
2007	604	29.2	20.7	76.2
2008	567	30.2	18.8	84.3
2009	600	30.2	19.9	82.8
2010	574	30.4	18.8	83.3
2011	533	29.4	18.1	71.1
2012	553	29.3	18.8	61.5
2013	530	28.5	18.5	87.2
2014	562	n/a	n/a	87.4
2015	606	39.0	15.5	86.5
2016	604	34.0	17.7	83.9
2017	569	32.0	17.7	81.5
2018	522	31.1	16.7	76.2
2019	538	30.2	17.7	66.7
2020	565	30.3	18.6	72.4
2021	486	31.5	15.4	73.9
2022	471	27.4	17.1	n/a
2023	476	30.8	15.4	63
2024	480	28.5	16.7	75.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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