Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16

Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 is one of the well-populated K-5 schools in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, one of the schools within Sioux Falls School District 49-5, with 444 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 204 students each, so Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 sits 118% bigger than that benchmark.

Sioux Falls School District 49-5 runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 25,060 students. Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 shows that White students make up the majority at 68%; the rest is composed of 13% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Native American. By comparison, Minnehaha County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Roughly 47% of students at Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Minnehaha County) shows that median household income runs about $76,880, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Minnehaha County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,919 students), of which Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 is one.

Terry Redlin Elementary - 11 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 25.7%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 has changed only slightly, going from 442 students in 2018 to 444 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 76% to 68% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.