Memorial Middle School - 04

As a heavily attended middle-grades school in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Memorial Middle School - 04 teaches 1,133 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Sioux Falls School District 49-5. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 187 students each, so Memorial Middle School - 04 sits 506% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 44 schools in Sioux Falls School District 49-5 (25,060 students total), Memorial Middle School - 04 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Memorial Middle School - 04 reports that White students make up the majority at 73%. The remainder breaks down as 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Black, 3% Native American.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Memorial Middle School - 04 logs 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.4:1, putting Memorial Middle School - 04 higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 31% of students at Memorial Middle School - 04 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Minnehaha County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Memorial Middle School - 04 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.4%, the actual is 58.5%, a residual of +8.1 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Minnehaha County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,880 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Memorial Middle School - 04 is one of 83 public schools in Minnehaha County (combined enrollment of about 34,919 students).

The closest other public school is Discovery Elementary - 26, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Memorial Middle School - 04 ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 46.2%.

Memorial Middle School - 04 operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Memorial Middle School - 04 has contracted 17%, going from 1,364 students in 2018 to 1,133 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 82% to 73%.

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