Laura B. Anderson Elementary - 10

As a mid-sized primary school in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Laura B. Anderson Elementary - 10 hosts 291 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Sioux Falls School District 49-5. Enrollment runs roughly 43% larger than the state mean of about 204.

Sioux Falls School District 49-5 comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 25,060 students; Laura B. Anderson Elementary - 10 is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Laura B. Anderson Elementary - 10 shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% White, 11% Black, 9% Native American, 9% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 7%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Laura B. Anderson Elementary - 10 has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Laura B. Anderson Elementary - 10 tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Minnehaha County's rate of about 42%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Laura B. Anderson Elementary - 10 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.8%.

Around the school, census data for Minnehaha County shows median household income runs about $76,880, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Minnehaha County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,919 students), of which Laura B. Anderson Elementary - 10 is one.

The closest other public school is Whittier Middle School - 08, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Laura B. Anderson Elementary - 10 comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 28.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 22%: 375 students in 2018 compared to 291 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 28% to 36% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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