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Enrollment
574
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIOUX FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT 49-5·NCES 466627000587
Garfield Elementary - 19
705 S Roberts Dr, Sioux Falls, SD 57104 · (605) 367-6180 · Minnehaha County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL574 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- DTest 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
14.2:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
507 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 57 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
78%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
21.9%
SD avg 50.3% . +1.2pp since 2022
Math
19.8%
SD avg 47.5% . -0.4pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.9% | 19.8% |
| 2023-24 | 22.9% | 20.2% |
| 2022-23 | 20.7% | 20.2% |
% 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
20.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.8%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Garfield Elementary - 19
Garfield Elementary - 19's state test result (20.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Elementary - 19 this school | 574 | 88.3% | 20.4% |
| Terry Redlin Elementary - 11 Sioux Falls | 412 | 85.2% | 20.5% |
| Hawthorne Elementary - 56 Sioux Falls | 443 | 100.0% | 16.9% |
| Lowell Elementary - 28 Sioux Falls | 426 | 87.3% | 29.7% |
| Laura B. Anderson Elementary - 10 Sioux Falls | 291 | 85.2% | 23.8% |
| Laura Wilder Elementary - 31 Sioux Falls | 447 | 66.7% | 30.4% |
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 Garfield Elementary - 19 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Minnehaha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #180 of 193 | #33 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #187 of 199 ▼ 2 | #32 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #189 of 202 ▼ 4 | #33 of 35 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 574 | #15 of 331 | #12 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #71 of 131 | #9 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.9% | #3 of 131 | #3 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.3% | #26 of 209 | #3 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #86 of 87 | #16 of 16 |
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
574
+27 (+5%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 452
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 574 | 40.6 | 14.2:1 | 88% (507) |
| 2023-24 | 591 | 43.1 | 13.7:1 | 78% (461) |
| 2022-23 | 575 | 45.3 | 12.7:1 | 73% (419) |
| 2020-21 | 547 | 38 | 14.4:1 | 84% (458) |
| 2017-18 | 580 | 39.3 | 14.7:1 | 75% (435) |
| 2015-16 | 505 | 30 | 16.8:1 | 77% (390) |
| 2010-11 | 341 | 29 | 11.8:1 | 78% (267) |
| 2000-01 | 298 | 19 | 15.7:1 | 50% (150) |
| 1990-91 | 452 | 24 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garfield Elementary - 19.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (580 to 574); teachers up 3% (39.3 to 40.6).
About Garfield Elementary - 19
Garfield Elementary - 19 is an elementary school in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, reachable at (605) 367-6180. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 574 students. The average among elementary schools in South Dakota is roughly 204 students; this school is 181% larger than that.
Garfield Elementary - 19 is among 44 schools run by Sioux Falls School District 49-5, which serves 25,060 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Garfield Elementary - 19, at 32%. Enrollment also includes 25% Hispanic, 17% Black, 13% multiracial, and 10% Native American. Among people living in Minnehaha County, the White share is about 80%. Garfield Elementary - 19's diversity index is 78%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 40.6 full-time equivalents, or about 14.2 students per teacher. This ratio sits 1.2 below the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in South Dakota. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 88%. Compared with the 42% average for public schools in Minnehaha County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for Garfield Elementary - 19 is D. Compared with South Dakota public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 8% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Garfield Elementary - 19 is 26.8%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 20.4%.
Minnehaha County census figures show that the median household income is $76,880, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Minnehaha County is home to 83 public schools and about 34,919 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Structured Teaching - 12 is the closest, at about 0.7 miles. Garfield Elementary - 19 has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Garfield Elementary - 19 comes in 6th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Garfield Elementary - 19's location as City: Mid-size.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 27 more students in 2024-25.
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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
Other Garfield Elementary schools
51 other US public schools in 21 states are named Garfield Elementary. Garfield Elementary - 19 is the 5th largest of the 52.
- Garfield Elementary SchoolRevere, MA · 639 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolDEL RIO, TX · 635 students
- Garfield ElementaryClovis, CA · 610 students
- Garfield ElementaryAlhambra, CA · 577 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolClarinda, IA · 573 students
Nearby schools
- Structured Teaching - 120.7 mi · 16
- Axtell Park Middle School - 470.7 mi · 31
- Sonia Sotomayor Elementary - 650.8 mi · 690
- Lowell Elementary - 281.0 mi · 426
- Edison Middle School - 061.1 mi · 937
- Laura Wilder Elementary - 311.1 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About Garfield Elementary - 19How many students attend Garfield Elementary - 19?
Garfield Elementary - 19 enrolls approximately 574 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Garfield Elementary - 19 serve?
Garfield Elementary - 19 serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Garfield Elementary - 19?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Garfield Elementary - 19 is approximately 14.2:1 (41 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Garfield Elementary - 19?
Garfield Elementary - 19 reports a student body of 32% White, 25% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Garfield Elementary - 19 in?
Garfield Elementary - 19 is part of Sioux Falls School District 49-5.
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