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Sheridan Elementary School
521 North 2nd St
Allentown PA, 18102, Lehigh County
Phone: 484-765-4881
Ranking:
(1,940 out of 2,311, bottom 16%)*

Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 1 to Grade 5
School District: Allentown City School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 33 | 32 | 18 | 37 | 33 | 38 | 35 | |||||||
Total Students: | 719 | 653 | 688 | 627 | 654 | 675 | 641 | |||||||
Grade 1: | 151 | 21.0% | 126 | 19.3% | 133 | 19.3% | 128 | 20.4% | 134 | 20.5% | 136 | 20.1% | 128 | 20.0% |
Grade 2: | 151 | 21.0% | 127 | 19.4% | 132 | 19.2% | 122 | 19.5% | 126 | 19.3% | 137 | 20.3% | 116 | 18.1% |
Grade 3: | 123 | 17.1% | 128 | 19.6% | 134 | 19.5% | 121 | 19.3% | 143 | 21.9% | 135 | 20.0% | 135 | 21.1% |
Grade 4: | 151 | 21.0% | 149 | 22.8% | 142 | 20.6% | 131 | 20.9% | 121 | 18.5% | 142 | 21.0% | 130 | 20.3% |
Grade 5: | 143 | 19.9% | 123 | 18.8% | 147 | 21.4% | 125 | 19.9% | 130 | 19.9% | 125 | 18.5% | 132 | 20.6% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 362 | 50.3% | 322 | 49.3% | 353 | 51.3% | 306 | 48.8% | 314 | 48.0% | 342 | 50.7% | 328 | 51.2% |
Female: | 357 | 49.7% | 331 | 50.7% | 335 | 48.7% | 321 | 51.2% | 332 | 50.8% | 325 | 48.1% | 309 | 48.2% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 4 | 0.6% | 4 | 0.6% | 8 | 1.2% | 6 | 1.0% | 5 | 0.8% | 7 | 1.0% | 10 | 1.6% |
Hispanic: | 502 | 69.8% | 470 | 72.0% | 512 | 74.4% | 450 | 71.8% | 491 | 75.1% | 501 | 74.2% | 455 | 71.0% |
Black: | 97 | 13.5% | 82 | 12.6% | 78 | 11.3% | 84 | 13.4% | 86 | 13.1% | 88 | 13.0% | 96 | 15.0% |
White: | 92 | 12.8% | 89 | 13.6% | 84 | 12.2% | 87 | 13.9% | 72 | 11.0% | 79 | 11.7% | 80 | 12.5% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 20 | 2.8% | 7 | 1.1% | 6 | 0.9% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 643 | 89.4% | 578 | 88.5% | 573 | 83.3% | 556 | 88.7% | 546 | 83.5% | 607 | 89.9% | 602 | 93.9% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 24 | 3.3% | 34 | 5.2% | 34 | 4.9% | 53 | 8.5% | 47 | 7.2% | 45 | 6.7% | 36 | 5.6% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 22.12 | 20.25 | 39.18 | 17.05 | 19.73 | 17.70 | 18.20 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
PSSA | ||||||
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87% | 71% | 81% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88% | 73% | 83% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.4% | 66.5% | 78.5% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 68.1% | 80.5% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 71% | 81.7% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.9% | 68.8% | 84.5% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 70.1% | 83.5% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64.8% | 65% | 80% |
2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 46% | 44% | 68% |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 53% | 51% | 69% |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 48.7% | 57% | 72.8% |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70% | 58.9% | 76.8% |
2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.3% | 62% | 77% |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 54% | 75.2% |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 61.9% | 59.2% | 77.2% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 46.7% | 52.7% | 74.1% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 59.7% | 64% | 77.2% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 62.4% | 78% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 67.4% | 79.6% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 71.9% | 81.8% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.9% | 73.1% | 84.9% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 73.1% | 85.2% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 72% | 66.7% | 82.6% |
2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 44.4% | 45.2% | 68.1% |
2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 41.1% | 47.6% | 70.1% |
2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 52.7% | 49.5% | 70.1% |
2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 59.6% | 54.3% | 72.6% |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.8% | 53.4% | 72.9% |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.7% | 54.8% | 73.3% |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 56% | 50.7% | 72.1% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 43.8% | 57.4% | 81.5% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 55.8% | 61.2% | 83.4% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 47.8% | 58.2% | 81.4% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.5% | 59.1% | 82.9% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 52.5% | 58.6% | 82.3% |
2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.6% | 48.3% | 56.3% |
2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.9% | 53% | 61.8% |
2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.4% | 60.9% | 69% |
2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.2% | 56.9% | 66.9% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 55.5% | 62.7% | 71% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.7% | 58.6% | 73.2% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.1% | 59.6% | 73.5% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.5% | 60.4% | 74.4% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 66.3% | 76.3% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.5% | 54.9% | 73.3% |
2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 30.9% | 41.3% | 58% |
2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.6% | 46% | 62.7% |
2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 30.2% | 41.2% | 64.2% |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 25% | 42.5% | 60.6% |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 31.7% | 39.4% | 60% |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.4% | 39.6% | 61.6% |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.9% | 45.7% | 64.5% |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.3% | 43.9% | 64.1% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.9% | 47.7% | 67.3% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.8% | 42.9% | 65% |
2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 12.8% | 38.9% | 54.1% |
2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 16.9% | 36.1% | 57.3% |
2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 11.1% | 27.2% | 57.3% |
2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 20.5% | 34.1% | 58.1% |
2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 15.6% | 35.3% | 61.8% |
2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 36.4% | 50.8% | 67.1% |
2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 23.5% | 42% | 64.2% |
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* Sheridan Elementary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.