Sheridan Elementary: The scores are below where anyone wants them. Here's what they don't tell you.
Sheridan posts low test scores — and suspensions run below the state rate (0.9% vs 1.6%). If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 23 | 0% | 18% | — | 17.3% | 0.9% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Sheridan Elementary scores 23 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 6th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “18% proficient” and call it done. Sheridan deserves a closer read. The school sits in Sheridan, where two-thirds of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Test scores are one lens, and at this school they're a rough one right now. The sections below show the fuller picture — including the parts that are working.
The seven-year arc
Slipped from the 20th to the 6th percentile since 2022.
| Grade | 2022 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 27% | 17% |
| Grade | 2022 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 27% | 0% |
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask what changed in the last two years, and what the school is asking families for. Growth shows up in these numbers a year or two after it shows up in classrooms.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
Showing up, and staying in class
TK/K students miss school at roughly one and a half times the rate of Grades 4–6 students (15.4% vs 10.0%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the earliest grades — worth asking how the school works with new families on attendance.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$3,740 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 62 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 11 | 0% | 18% | 18% | 64% | 18% | −25 |
| Grade 4 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 5 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 11 | 0% | 18% | 18% | 64% | 18% | −28 |
| Grade 4 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 5 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheridan Elementary ← | — | 23 | 0.0% | 18.2% | — | 0.9% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25 | 20 | #4591 | 6.8% | 31.8% | 29.9% | 3.3% | — |
| 2024 | 20 | 4 | #5519 | 0.0% | 8.3% | 16.4% | 0.9% | — |
| 2025 | 23 | 6 | #5416 | 0.0% | 18.2% | 17.3% | 0.9% | — |
- — Growth data isn't available — the state needs matched grades across years to compute it.
- — Subgroup results are suppressed for small student counts (fewer than 15 tested), following CDE privacy rules.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 0.0% | 20.0% | +20.0pp |
| Male | 0.0% | 11.1% | +11.1pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 0.0% | 26.7% | +26.7pp |
| English Learners | 0.0% | 23.1% | +23.1pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 0.0% | 23.9% | +23.9pp |
| All Students | 0.0% | 16.4% | +16.4pp |
| Students with Disabilities | — | 16.7% | — |
| Homeless | — | 35.7% | — |
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