Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT 41-2·NCES 463135001375
Horizon Elementary - 09
5800 S Bahnson Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57108 · (605) 743-2567 · Lincoln County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
12.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
129 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 | 102 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 55% larger than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
49%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
43.2%
SD avg 50.3% . -6.5pp since 2022
Math
36.4%
SD avg 47.5% . -12.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 12 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.2% | 36.4% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 38.6% |
| 2022-23 | 49.7% | 48.4% |
% 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
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.5%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Horizon Elementary - 09
Horizon Elementary - 09's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horizon Elementary - 09 this school | 458 | 28.2% | 37.8% |
| Explorer Elementary - 04 Sioux Falls | 338 | 27.8% | 51.4% |
| John F. Kennedy Elementary - 57 Sioux Falls | 661 | 37.5% | 57.8% |
| Brandon Elementary - 03 Brandon | 728 | 29.8% | 71.6% |
| Robert Frost Elementary - 18 Sioux Falls | 447 | 42.1% | 50.4% |
| John Harris Elementary - 23 Sioux Falls | 666 | 21.0% | 60.9% |
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 Horizon Elementary - 09 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Lincoln County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #149 of 193 | #11 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #163 of 199 ▼ 8 | #12 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #134 of 202 ▼ 8 | #11 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #37 of 331 | #3 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #35 of 131 | #1 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.1% | #53 of 131 | #2 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.2% | #134 of 209 | #1 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +123.4% | #1 of 36 | 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
458
-2 (0%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 458 | 35.8 | 12.8:1 | 28% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 433 | 37.4 | 11.6:1 | 16% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 373 | 32.6 | 11.4:1 | 15% (56) |
| 2020-21 | 460 | 31 | 14.8:1 | 21% (95) |
| 2017-18 | 205 | 15.8 | 13.0:1 | 20% (41) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Horizon Elementary - 09.
Since 2017-18: students up 123% (205 to 458); teachers up 126% (15.8 to 35.8).
About Horizon Elementary - 09
Horizon Elementary - 09 is a high-enrollment elementary school in South Dakota, located in Sioux Falls. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 458 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in South Dakota average about 204 students.
Harrisburg School District 41-2 (11 schools, 6,222 students) runs Horizon Elementary - 09.
By race and ethnicity, Horizon Elementary - 09 is 70% White. The rest of enrollment is 10% Black, 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 3% Native American. Census estimates put the White share of Lincoln County's population at about 90%. The chance that two students picked at random at Horizon Elementary - 09 belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 49%.
Horizon Elementary - 09 counts 35.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.8 students for each one. Among elementary schools in South Dakota, the typical ratio is 15.4:1. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 18% average for public schools in Lincoln County, the school's rate is higher.
Horizon Elementary - 09 is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 16% of South Dakota public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 51.5% at Horizon Elementary - 09; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 37.8%.
Federal survey data for Lincoln County show that median household income is about $99,166, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. A total of 26 public schools operate in Lincoln County, serving about 10,530 students.
Nearest public school: Harrisburg East Middle School - 11, about 0.8 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Horizon Elementary - 09 ranks 8th of 8 on average proficiency.
Horizon Elementary - 09 falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Horizon Elementary - 09 enrolled 460; in 2024-25, 458. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.8:1) than in 2020-21 (14.8:1).
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Freedom Elementary - 06Elementary · 442 students
- Adventure Elementary - 10Elementary · 440 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 Horizon Elementary schools
19 other US public schools in 15 states are named Horizon Elementary. Horizon Elementary - 09 is the 12th largest of the 20.
- Horizon ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 845 students
- Horizon Elementary SchoolGranger, IN · 679 students
- HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPORT ORANGE, FL · 618 students
- Horizon ElementaryJohnston, IA · 613 students
- Horizon Elementary SchoolMadison, AL · 567 students
Nearby schools
- Harrisburg East Middle School - 110.8 mi · 428
- John Harris Elementary - 231.1 mi · 666
- Harvey Dunn Elementary - 542.3 mi · 681
- Ben Reifel Middle School - 682.4 mi · 885
- Lincoln High School - 022.5 mi · 1,954
- Inspiration Elementary - 082.5 mi · 345
Frequently asked questions
About Horizon Elementary - 09How many students attend Horizon Elementary - 09?
Horizon Elementary - 09 enrolls approximately 458 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Horizon Elementary - 09 serve?
Horizon Elementary - 09 serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Horizon Elementary - 09?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Horizon Elementary - 09.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Horizon Elementary - 09?
At Horizon Elementary - 09, the student body is approximately 70% White, 7% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Horizon Elementary - 09 public or private?
Horizon Elementary - 09 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Harrisburg School District 41-2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.