Bridges At Horace Mann - 52

Bridges At Horace Mann - 52 is a rural-scale K-5 school in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, overseen by Sioux Falls School District 49-5. The school teaches 55 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 204 students per school, that is 73% smaller than typical.

Bridges At Horace Mann - 52 is one of 44 schools operated by Sioux Falls School District 49-5, a district that educates 25,060 students overall.

Demographically, Bridges At Horace Mann - 52 lists that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 24% multiracial, 22% Black, 9% Hispanic, 5% Native American. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 3.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Bridges At Horace Mann - 52 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Minnehaha County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Bridges At Horace Mann - 52 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.1%, the actual is 9.4%, a residual of -12.6 points.

In the broader community, census data for Minnehaha County shows median household earnings sit near $76,880, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bridges At Horace Mann - 52 is one of 83 public schools in Minnehaha County (combined enrollment of about 34,919 students).

Nearest neighbor: Patrick Henry Middle School - 07, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bridges At Horace Mann - 52 ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 47.4%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Bridges At Horace Mann - 52's enrollment has shrank 34% since 2018, when it stood at 83 (now 55). White enrollment moved from 53% to 40% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 5.0:1 in 2018 to 3.4:1 in 2025.

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