School district · South Dakota
Sioux Falls School District 49-5
Sioux Falls School District 49-5 in South Dakota: 44 public schools with 25,060 students and 14.8 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $12,357 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 44
- Students
- 25,060
- Students per teacher
- 14.8
- SD 13.8 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $12,357
- SD $13K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,690
- Counselors (FTE)
- 74.9
- Students per counselor
- 334
- SD 330 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 17.5
- Librarians (FTE): 4.5
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on South Dakota's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
South Dakota: 49%47%proficient
+0.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 61% of school districts in South Dakota
Median 51% · 147 school districts compared
10,721 students tested, grades 3–8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
South Dakota: 45%43%proficient
+0.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 61% of school districts in South Dakota
Median 46% · 146 school districts compared
10,816 students tested, grades 3–8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 12% · $46.2M
- State
- 34% · $129.5M
- Local
- 54% · $203M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $7,375
- Support services
- $4,117
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $30.1M
- Long-term debt
- $279M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Learning Lab Early Childhood - 74Free meals for all | Pre-K | 65 | 10.0 | — | — |
| K–5 | 149 | 17.4 | 70% | 73% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 632 | 14.0 | 31% | 25% | |
Bridges At Horace Mann - 52Free meals for all | K–5 | 55 | 3.4 | 11% | 11% |
| 2–5 | 165 | 14.9 | 98% | 95% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 465 | 13.4 | 24% | 21% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 873 | 17.3 | 60% | 62% | |
Elementary Immersion Center - 43Free meals for all | K–5 | 106 | 13.4 | — | — |
| K–5 | 444 | 16.3 | 47% | 49% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 574 | 14.2 | 20% | 17% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 681 | 18.0 | 58% | 60% | |
Hawthorne Elementary - 56Free meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 443 | 12.9 | 20% | 14% |
| Pre-K–5 | 728 | 14.2 | 17% | 14% | |
| K–5 | 661 | 15.4 | 62% | 60% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 666 | 17.8 | 61% | 67% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 291 | 11.3 | 26% | 24% | |
| K–5 | 447 | 14.8 | 35% | 37% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 426 | 14.3 | 27% | 26% | |
| K–5 | 608 | 17.2 | 46% | 46% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 846 | 17.4 | 53% | 57% | |
| K–5 | 155 | 15.3 | 33% | 42% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 447 | 16.9 | 49% | 47% | |
| K–5 | 618 | 15.7 | 36% | 36% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 690 | 18.1 | 68% | 73% | |
| K–5 | 472 | 15.0 | 31% | 34% | |
| K–5 | 412 | 10.9 | 22% | 17% | |
Axtell Park Middle School - 47AlternativeFree meals for all | 6–8 | 31 | 2.7 | 8.8% | — |
| 6–8 | 885 | 14.3 | 58% | 47% | |
| 6–8 | 937 | 15.5 | 53% | 41% | |
| 6–8 | 780 | 13.1 | 33% | 25% | |
| 6–8 | 1,133 | 16.7 | 62% | 58% | |
| 6–8 | 925 | 15.8 | 62% | 56% | |
| 6–8 | 675 | 12.5 | 28% | 19% | |
Avera Adolescent Addiction Care Program - 81Alternative | 6–12 | 2 | 1.0 | — | — |
CTE - 37Career and technical | 9–12 | 1 | 0.2 | — | — |
Community Campus - 41Special education | 12 | 77 | 7.7 | — | — |
| 9–12 | 1,888 | 16.2 | — | — | |
| 9–12 | 1,954 | 16.5 | — | — | |
| 9–12 | 1,785 | 16.9 | — | — | |
Structured Teaching - 12Special education | 6–12 | 16 | 3.6 | — | — |
| 9–12 | 1,819 | 15.2 | — | — | |
ARISE Shelter Care - 71Alternative | K–12 | 4 | 2.9 | — | — |
Avera Behavioral Health Program - 82Alternative | K–12 | 9 | 2.2 | — | — |
Summit Oaks-Residential - 48Special education | K–12 | 20 | 6.5 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 201 E 38th St, Sioux Falls, SD 57105
- Phone
- (605)367-7900
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.