The Sheridan school district has a long and involved history. In the beginning it was a private school which Mr. C. E. Rogers of the Rogers Shed, Union Shed and such fame, hired a Mrs. M. E. Reynolds. He boarded her and paid her $60.00 a month for two months out of his own pocket and provided the ballroom of the shed for the school. On May 7, 1864 the Norwich school district was formed out of a portion of the Manzanita District. The Shed burned in 1868 and there seems to be no record of where school was held until a wooden two room schoolhouse was constructed at the present site in 1877. This building also became the social center for the town of Sheridan.
In 1882, it is reported that the building was 30 x 60 feet in size and could seat 60 pupils. The house was well finished with patent furniture. It commanded a fine view of the valley and the mountains. . . .Miss Luanna Carns was the teacher of 50 pupils with nine of them in grammar grades. J. M. Long was the district clerk.
It is said that the building cost $3,000 and contained a school room, library and ante-room.
In 1927 the wooden building was torn down and replaced by a new hollow tile building which contained besides the two large classrooms, a library, a teacher’s lounge, an office, as well as cloakrooms and lavatories. For a number of years during the early 1930's, this school was designated a California demonstration school where the latest experiments in progressive education were conducted.
In 1949 a new classroom wing was added to the school and in 1970 the hollow tile building was demolished because it failed to meet the requirements of the “Field Act for Earthquake Safety” and the present building was constructed.
Among the many teachers who have taught at Sheridan School the best remembered by the older generation of today are Carrie Peckham and Amy Stineman.
According to Jerry Logan’s “Western Placer County and Lincoln According to History Vol. 2 (1901-1950)”, Sheridan school is still operating at its site at 4730 H Street.