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Enrollment
444
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIOUX FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT 49-5·NCES 466627000585
Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16
501 S Highland Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57103 · (605) 367-6160 · Minnehaha County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL444 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
16.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
207 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 26% larger than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
51%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
47.9%
SD avg 50.3% . +3.1pp since 2022
Math
49.3%
SD avg 47.5% . +12.8pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 13 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.9% | 49.3% |
| 2023-24 | 46.2% | 44.1% |
| 2022-23 | 44.8% | 36.5% |
% 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
49.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.9%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16
Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16's state test result (49.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 this school | 444 | 46.6% | 49.7% |
| Robert Frost Elementary - 18 Sioux Falls | 447 | 42.1% | 50.4% |
| John F. Kennedy Elementary - 57 Sioux Falls | 661 | 37.5% | 57.8% |
| Vandenberg Elementary - 02 Box Elder | 454 | 40.5% | 46.4% |
| Woodrow Wilson Elementary - 17 Rapid City | 328 | 41.8% | 41.0% |
| Longfellow Elementary - 05 Mitchell | 290 | 45.5% | 52.0% |
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 Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Minnehaha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #99 of 193 | #19 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #105 of 199 ▲ 24 | #19 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #113 of 202 ▲ 7 | #21 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 444 | #42 of 331 | #19 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #107 of 131 | #21 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.3% | #45 of 131 | #16 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.6% | #62 of 209 | #15 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.5% | #36 of 36 | #13 of 13 |
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
444
+46 (+12%) vs 2020
+41% since 1990-91, when it was 315
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 444 | 27.3 | 16.3:1 | 47% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 26.5 | 15.9:1 | 38% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 413 | 27.8 | 14.9:1 | 30% (124) |
| 2020-21 | 398 | 23 | 17.3:1 | 34% (137) |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 28.2 | 15.7:1 | 38% (168) |
| 2015-16 | 426 | 25 | 17.0:1 | 44% (189) |
| 2010-11 | 281 | 18 | 15.6:1 | 37% (105) |
| 2000-01 | 277 | 15 | 18.5:1 | 26% (73) |
| 1990-91 | 315 | 17 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (442 to 444); teachers down 3% (28.2 to 27.3).
About Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16
Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 is a large elementary school in South Dakota, with an address in Sioux Falls. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 444 students. That is 118% above the average of about 204 students for elementary schools in South Dakota.
Sioux Falls School District 49-5 serves 25,060 students across 44 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 is 68% White. Other groups include 13% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 2% Native American. The county population is about 80% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 51%.
For every teacher at Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16, there are about 16.3 students; the school has 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in South Dakota average 15.4:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 47%.
Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 61% of South Dakota public elementary schools.
The model predicts 43.9% for a school in South Dakota with Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16's free or reduced-price lunch share. Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 posts 49.7%.
In Minnehaha County, the median household earns about $76,880 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Minnehaha County, 83 public schools serve about 34,919 students.
Terry Redlin Elementary - 11 is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 is 2nd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 398 to 444, a 12% rise. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.3:1) than in 2020-21 (17.3:1).
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- Terry Redlin Elementary - 110.4 mi · 412
- Whittier Middle School - 080.8 mi · 675
- Bridges At Horace Mann - 521.0 mi · 55
- Cleveland Elementary - 141.1 mi · 465
- Anne Sullivan Elementary - 201.4 mi · 632
- Laura B. Anderson Elementary - 101.4 mi · 291
Frequently asked questions
About Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16What is the total enrollment at Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16?
Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 enrolls approximately 444 students in grades KG-05.
Is Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 is approximately 16.3:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16?
At Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16, the student body is approximately 68% White, 9% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 in?
Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 is part of Sioux Falls School District 49-5.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.