Elementary · South Dakota
RF Pettigrew Elementary - 17
RF Pettigrew Elementary - 17, a public elementary school in Sioux Falls, South Dakota: grades pre-k–5, 846 students, 17.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Sioux Falls School District 49-5.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 846
- Teachers (FTE)
- 48.5
- Students per teacher
- 17.4
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 93% of elementary schools in South Dakota
Median 12.8 · 318 schools compared
More students per teacher than 76% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 99% of elementary schools in South Dakota
Median 150 · 319 schools compared
Larger than 96% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Midsize city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Sioux Falls School District 49-5.
Location
- Address
- 7900 W 53rd St, Sioux Falls, SD 57106
- Phone
- (605)362-3560
- City or town
- Sioux Falls
- County
- Minnehaha County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| K–5 | 292 | 13.9 | |
| K–5 | 661 | 15.4 | |
| K–5 | 608 | 17.2 | |
| Pre-K–5 | 873 | 17.3 | |
| K–5 | 338 | 13.3 | |
| Pre-K–5 | 728 | 14.2 |
Sources
- 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).
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