Horizon Elementary - 09

Horizon Elementary - 09, a high-enrollment K-5 school in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, part of Harrisburg School District 41-2, educates 458 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 125% above the state mean of about 204.

Harrisburg School District 41-2 runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 6,222 students. Horizon Elementary - 09 is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Horizon Elementary - 09 reports that 70% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 10% Black, 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Horizon Elementary - 09 reports 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Horizon Elementary - 09 tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 28% of students at Horizon Elementary - 09 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Lincoln County's rate of about 18%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Horizon Elementary - 09 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.5%, the actual is 37.8%, a residual of -13.7 points.

In the broader community, Lincoln County reports that median household earnings sit near $99,166, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Lincoln County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,530 students), of which Horizon Elementary - 09 is one.

Nearest neighbor: Harrisburg East Middle School - 11, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Horizon Elementary - 09 comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 63.1%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Horizon Elementary - 09 has edged up 123%, going from 205 students in 2018 to 458 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 86% to 70% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.