Enrollment
55
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIOUX FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT 49-5·NCES 466627001139
Bridges At Horace Mann - 52
1401 E 26th St, Sioux Falls, SD 57105 · (605) 367-6190 · Minnehaha County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL55 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded South Dakota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
3.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
55 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 1 | 2% |
| Grade 1 | 5 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 7 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 10 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 33% |
| Grade 5 | 14 | 25% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 53% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
11.4%
SD avg 50.3% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
8.6%
SD avg 47.5% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.4% | 8.6% |
| 2023-24 | 10.7% | 7.1% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SD Smarter Balanced. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
9.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.1%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for South Dakota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among South Dakota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bridges At Horace Mann - 52
Bridges At Horace Mann - 52's state test result (9.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridges At Horace Mann - 52 this school | 55 | 100.0% | 9.4% |
| Hawthorne Elementary - 56 Sioux Falls | 443 | 100.0% | 16.9% |
| Terry Redlin Elementary - 11 Sioux Falls | 412 | 85.2% | 20.5% |
| Renberg Elementary - 42 Renner | 155 | 56.1% | 38.0% |
| Early Learning Center - 04 Wagner | 102 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Oelrichs Elementary - 02 Oelrichs | 55 | 100.0% | 18.5% |
Matched among South Dakota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bridges At Horace Mann - 52 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Minnehaha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 55 | #243 of 331 | #39 of 39 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
55
-10 (-15%) vs 2020
+139% since 2010-11, when it was 23
Student : Teacher
3.4:1
was 3.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55 | 16 | 3.4:1 | 100% (55) |
| 2023-24 | 55 | 12.1 | 4.5:1 | 73% (40) |
| 2022-23 | 52 | 14.1 | 3.7:1 | 71% (37) |
| 2020-21 | 65 | 17 | 3.8:1 | 100% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 83 | 16.7 | 5.0:1 | 80% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 40 | 10 | 4.0:1 | 88% (35) |
| 2010-11 | 23 | 3 | 7.7:1 | 87% (20) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bridges At Horace Mann - 52.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (83 to 55); teachers down 4% (16.7 to 16).
About Bridges At Horace Mann - 52
Bridges At Horace Mann - 52 is a small elementary school in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, administered by Sioux Falls School District 49-5. Enrollment is 55 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5. Against the 204-student average for elementary schools in South Dakota, enrollment here is 73% lower.
A total of 44 schools make up Sioux Falls School District 49-5, with 25,060 students enrolled.
White students form the largest group at Bridges At Horace Mann - 52, 40% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 24% multiracial, 22% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 5% Native American. In Minnehaha County overall, about 80% of residents are White. Bridges At Horace Mann - 52 has a diversity index of 73%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 16 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 3.4:1. Among elementary schools in South Dakota, the typical ratio is 15.4:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%. The rate at public schools in Minnehaha County averages 42%, lower than here.
Bridges At Horace Mann - 52 is graded F by allk12, scoring above 4% of South Dakota public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Bridges At Horace Mann - 52 is 12.6 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 9.4% actual, 22.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in South Dakota.
Minnehaha County has these Census figures: median household income is about $76,880, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. A total of 83 public schools operate in Minnehaha County, serving about 34,919 students.
Of nearby public schools, Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Bridges At Horace Mann - 52 ranks 8th on proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Federal counts put enrollment at 65 in 2020-21 and 55 in 2024-25, a 15% decrease.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Minnehaha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
203,289
Census ACS
Median income
$76,880
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
34,919 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sioux Falls School District 49-5
- Lincoln High School - 02High · 1,954 students
- Jefferson High School - 67High · 1,888 students
- Washington High School - 01High · 1,819 students
- Roosevelt High School - 03High · 1,785 students
- Memorial Middle School - 04Middle · 1,133 students
- Edison Middle School - 06Middle · 937 students
Other schools in Sioux Falls
- Lincoln High School - 02High · 1,954 students
- Jefferson High School - 67High · 1,888 students
- Washington High School - 01High · 1,819 students
- Roosevelt High School - 03High · 1,785 students
- Memorial Middle School - 04Middle · 1,133 students
- Edison Middle School - 06Middle · 937 students
Nearby schools
- Patrick Henry Middle School - 070.6 mi · 925
- Lincoln High School - 020.7 mi · 1,954
- Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 161.0 mi · 444
- Susan B. Anthony Elementary - 661.1 mi · 472
- Challenge Center - 511.1 mi · 165
- Robert Frost Elementary - 181.1 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About Bridges At Horace Mann - 52How many students attend Bridges At Horace Mann - 52?
Bridges At Horace Mann - 52 enrolls approximately 55 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Bridges At Horace Mann - 52 serve?
Bridges At Horace Mann - 52 serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bridges At Horace Mann - 52?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bridges At Horace Mann - 52 is approximately 3.4:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bridges At Horace Mann - 52?
At Bridges At Horace Mann - 52, the student body is approximately 40% White, 9% Hispanic, 22% Black, 24% Two or more.
Who oversees Bridges At Horace Mann - 52?
Bridges At Horace Mann - 52 is overseen by Sioux Falls School District 49-5 in Minnehaha County.
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