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Enrollment
608
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIOUX FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT 49-5·NCES 466627000813
Oscar Howe Elementary - 58
2801 Valley View Rd, Sioux Falls, SD 57106 · (605) 362-2752 · Minnehaha County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL608 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
17.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
316 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 118 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 20% larger than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
59%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
48.1%
SD avg 50.3% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
48.9%
SD avg 47.5% . +2.6pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.1% | 48.9% |
| 2023-24 | 43.5% | 45.6% |
| 2022-23 | 46.1% | 46.3% |
% 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
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.7%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Oscar Howe Elementary - 58
Oscar Howe Elementary - 58's state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 this school | 608 | 52.0% | 43.8% |
| Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 Sioux Falls | 444 | 46.6% | 49.7% |
| Laura Wilder Elementary - 31 Sioux Falls | 447 | 66.7% | 30.4% |
| Harvey Dunn Elementary - 54 Sioux Falls | 681 | 46.5% | 60.0% |
| RF Pettigrew Elementary - 17 Sioux Falls | 846 | 37.8% | 53.5% |
| Robert Frost Elementary - 18 Sioux Falls | 447 | 42.1% | 50.4% |
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 Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Minnehaha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #127 of 193 | #22 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #109 of 199 ▲ 15 | #21 of 35 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #111 of 202 ▲ 21 | #20 of 35 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 608 | #13 of 331 | #11 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #120 of 131 | #25 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.3% | #29 of 131 | #13 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.0% | #49 of 209 | #14 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.0% | #27 of 36 | #9 of 13 |
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
608
+47 (+8%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 531
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 608 | 35.4 | 17.2:1 | 52% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 591 | 36 | 16.4:1 | 44% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 586 | 33.2 | 17.6:1 | 42% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 561 | 32 | 17.5:1 | 43% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 579 | 34.1 | 17.0:1 | 37% (217) |
| 2015-16 | 611 | 35 | 17.5:1 | 39% (239) |
| 2010-11 | 614 | 35 | 17.5:1 | 34% (206) |
| 2000-01 | 671 | 36 | 18.6:1 | 8% (56) |
| 1990-91 | 531 | 26 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oscar Howe Elementary - 58.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (579 to 608); teachers up 4% (34.1 to 35.4).
About Oscar Howe Elementary - 58
Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 is a large elementary school that serves part of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The school counts 608 students across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in South Dakota is about 204 students.
Enrollment across the 44 schools in Sioux Falls School District 49-5 totals 25,060 students.
Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 is 60% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 16% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% multiracial, and 6% Native American. That compares with about 80% White among all Minnehaha County residents. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Oscar Howe Elementary - 58, 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 17.2:1. On average, elementary schools in South Dakota have 15.4:1, compared with 17.2:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 52% of enrollment. That is higher than the 42% average for public schools in Minnehaha County.
allk12 grades Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 a B-. The grade compares the school only with South Dakota public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 sits between the top and bottom 10% of South Dakota schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 43.8% and a predicted 41.7%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Minnehaha County show that the median household income is $76,880, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Besides Oscar Howe Elementary - 58, Minnehaha County has 82 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Roosevelt High School - 03, about 0.4 miles away. Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 ranks 6th of 7 nearby schools, at 43.8% versus a 48.6% average.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment is up 8% from 2020-21, when Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 had 561 students, to 2024-25, when it had 608.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
Nearby schools
- Roosevelt High School - 030.4 mi · 1,785
- John F. Kennedy Elementary - 571.1 mi · 661
- Memorial Middle School - 041.2 mi · 1,133
- Discovery Elementary - 261.3 mi · 873
- RF Pettigrew Elementary - 171.5 mi · 846
- Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 051.7 mi · 292
Frequently asked questions
About Oscar Howe Elementary - 58How many students attend Oscar Howe Elementary - 58?
Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 enrolls approximately 608 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 serve?
Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Oscar Howe Elementary - 58?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at Oscar Howe Elementary - 58.
How diverse is Oscar Howe Elementary - 58?
Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 reports a student body of 60% White, 16% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 public or private?
Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sioux Falls School District 49-5.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.