By 1871 a public school had been built in Sheridan. In 1894, the school had an enrollment of about 100 students, with a single principal and two assistants. The single school district's building was worth $10,000 in 1908, and at that time the school employed six teachers, but grew to ten teachers two years later. By 1913 the school held classes through twelfth grade and included a manual labor training department.
