Anne Sullivan Elementary - 20

Anne Sullivan Elementary - 20 is a well-populated elementary-level community in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, one of the schools within Sioux Falls School District 49-5. The school serves 632 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 204 students each, so Anne Sullivan Elementary - 20 sits 210% larger than that benchmark.

Within Sioux Falls School District 49-5, which oversees 44 schools and 25,060 students, Anne Sullivan Elementary - 20 is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Anne Sullivan Elementary - 20 reports that 45% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 18% Asian, 14% White, 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 7%.

In terms of school funding signals, Anne Sullivan Elementary - 20 records 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Anne Sullivan Elementary - 20 tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Minnehaha County's rate of about 42%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Anne Sullivan Elementary - 20 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.9%, the actual is 29.6%, a residual of +0.8 points.

In the area at large, census data for Minnehaha County shows median household earnings sit near $76,880, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Minnehaha County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,919 students), Anne Sullivan Elementary - 20 is one campus in the mix.

Washington High School - 01 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Anne Sullivan Elementary - 20 at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 33.7%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 628 students in 2018 compared to 632 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 30% to 45% across the same window.

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