Enrollment
338
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT 41-2·NCES 463135001169
Explorer Elementary - 04
4010 W 82nd St, Sioux Falls, SD 57108 · (605) 743-2567 · Lincoln County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL338 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- BTest 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
13.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
94 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 70 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
59.9%
SD avg 50.3% . +5.2pp since 2022
Math
58.5%
SD avg 47.5% . +1.4pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.9% | 58.5% |
| 2023-24 | 59.2% | 48.7% |
| 2022-23 | 54.7% | 57.1% |
% 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
51.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.6%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Explorer Elementary - 04
Explorer Elementary - 04's state test result (51.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Explorer Elementary - 04 this school | 338 | 27.8% | 51.4% |
| Horizon Elementary - 09 Sioux Falls | 458 | 28.2% | 37.8% |
| Inspiration Elementary - 08 Sioux Falls | 345 | 25.2% | 75.2% |
| Journey Elementary - 05 Sioux Falls | 340 | 16.5% | 62.5% |
| Hillcrest Elementary - 04 Brookings | 316 | 26.3% | 41.7% |
| John F. Kennedy Elementary - 57 Sioux Falls | 661 | 37.5% | 57.8% |
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 Explorer Elementary - 04 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Lincoln County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #90 of 193 | #8 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #71 of 199 ▲ 37 | #9 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #57 of 202 ▼ 7 | #7 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 338 | #80 of 331 | #11 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #46 of 131 | #3 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #42 of 131 | #1 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.8% | #135 of 209 | #2 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.7% | #9 of 87 | N/A |
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
338
-185 (-35%) vs 2020
-27% since 2010-11, when it was 465
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 338 | 25.5 | 13.3:1 | 28% (94) |
| 2023-24 | 342 | 24.5 | 14.0:1 | 15% (51) |
| 2022-23 | 370 | 28.6 | 12.9:1 | 21% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 523 | 34 | 15.4:1 | 22% (117) |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 31.1 | 14.3:1 | 22% (98) |
| 2015-16 | 368 | 26 | 14.2:1 | 19% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 16% (73) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Explorer Elementary - 04.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (443 to 338); teachers down 18% (31.1 to 25.5).
About Explorer Elementary - 04
The public elementary school Explorer Elementary - 04 is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Its enrollment is 338 students, spread over kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in South Dakota enroll around 204, and this school is 66% larger than that mark.
Harrisburg School District 41-2 is responsible for 11 schools, Explorer Elementary - 04 included, with 6,222 students in all.
The student body at Explorer Elementary - 04 is 66% White. It is also 10% Black, 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 4% Native American. Lincoln County's residents are about 90% White, 24 points above the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 54, compared with 70 nationally.
Explorer Elementary - 04 lists 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.3 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in South Dakota, the average ratio is 15.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 28% of the student body. The 18% average for public schools in Lincoln County is 10 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Explorer Elementary - 04 lands at B-, ahead of 54% of South Dakota public elementary schools.
Explorer Elementary - 04 scores 51.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 51.6%.
The school's county is Lincoln County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $99,166 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Explorer Elementary - 04 shares Lincoln County with 25 other public schools.
Avera Adolescent Addiction Care Program - 81 sits about 0.8 miles from Explorer Elementary - 04. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Explorer Elementary - 04 ranks 6th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
Federal data place Explorer Elementary - 04 in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment figures show a decrease of 185 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.4:1 to 13.3:1 over the same years.
The Explorer Elementary - 04 discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Lincoln County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,638
Census ACS
Median income
$99,166
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
10,530 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harrisburg School District 41-2
- Harrisburg High School - 01High · 1,806 students
- Liberty Elementary - 02Elementary · 559 students
- Harrisburg North Middle School - 08Middle · 534 students
- Harrisburg South Middle School - 03Middle · 519 students
- Horizon Elementary - 09Elementary · 458 students
- Freedom Elementary - 06Elementary · 442 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
Other Explorer Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Explorer Elementary. Explorer Elementary - 04 is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Explorer ElementaryCALEDONIA, MI · 556 students
- Explorer Elementary SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 470 students
- Explorer Elementary SchoolGoddard, KS · 433 students
Nearby schools
- Avera Adolescent Addiction Care Program - 810.8 mi · 2
- Avera Behavioral Health Program - 820.8 mi · 9
- Endeavor Elementary - 071.5 mi · 358
- Harrisburg North Middle School - 081.6 mi · 534
- Journey Elementary - 052.0 mi · 340
- John F. Kennedy Elementary - 572.1 mi · 661
Frequently asked questions
About Explorer Elementary - 04What is the total enrollment at Explorer Elementary - 04?
Explorer Elementary - 04 enrolls approximately 338 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Explorer Elementary - 04 serve?
Explorer Elementary - 04 serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Explorer Elementary - 04?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Explorer Elementary - 04.
How diverse is Explorer Elementary - 04?
Explorer Elementary - 04 reports a student body of 66% White, 8% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Explorer Elementary - 04?
Explorer Elementary - 04 is overseen by Harrisburg School District 41-2 in Lincoln County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.