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Enrollment
925
Middle
DISTRICT 767 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIOUX FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT 49-5·NCES 466627000604
Patrick Henry Middle School - 07
2200 S 5th Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57105 · (605) 367-7639 · Minnehaha County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL925 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of South Dakota public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
329 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 319 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 310 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 296 | 32% |
Student demographics
46%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
62.3%
SD avg 50.3% . +2.9pp since 2022
Math
57.0%
SD avg 47.5% . -1.2pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.3% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.6% | 54.9% |
| 2022-23 | 59.4% | 58.2% |
% 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
57.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Patrick Henry Middle School - 07
Patrick Henry Middle School - 07's state test result (57.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 this school | 925 | 35.6% | 57.9% |
| Memorial Middle School - 04 Sioux Falls | 1,133 | 30.8% | 58.5% |
| Brandon Valley Intermediate - 07 Brandon | 829 | 20.6% | 70.7% |
| George S. Mickelson Middle School - 02 Brookings | 780 | 21.5% | 41.1% |
| Tea Area Middle School - 02 Tea | 583 | 21.8% | 51.9% |
| Harrisburg East Middle School - 11 Sioux Falls | 428 | 20.6% | 50.1% |
Matched among South Dakota middle 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 Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Minnehaha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #9 of 64 | #5 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #11 of 64 ▲ 2 | #5 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #15 of 65 ▲ 2 | #4 of 13 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 925 | #3 of 165 | #3 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #32 of 42 | #7 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.5% | #16 of 42 | #5 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.6% | #24 of 65 | #5 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #4 of 26 | #2 of 6 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
925
-181 (-16%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 921
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 925 | 58.4 | 15.8:1 | 36% (329) |
| 2023-24 | 953 | 59.1 | 16.1:1 | 30% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 940 | 58.5 | 16.1:1 | 24% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 1,106 | 68 | 16.3:1 | 30% (335) |
| 2017-18 | 1,118 | 73.9 | 15.1:1 | 27% (298) |
| 2015-16 | 1,091 | 69 | 15.8:1 | 28% (304) |
| 2010-11 | 1,099 | 66 | 16.6:1 | 22% (239) |
| 2000-01 | 1,016 | 65 | 15.6:1 | 11% (116) |
| 1990-91 | 921 | 59 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Patrick Henry Middle School - 07.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (1,118 to 925); teachers down 21% (73.9 to 58.4).
About Patrick Henry Middle School - 07
Students in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, attend Patrick Henry Middle School - 07, a high-enrollment middle-grades school. The school had 925 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in South Dakota) has about 187 students.
Across its 44 schools, Sioux Falls School District 49-5 enrolls 25,060 students. Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 is one of those schools.
White students account for 72% of enrollment at Patrick Henry Middle School - 07. Other groups make up 8% Black, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Native American. Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 has a diversity index of 46%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 employs 58.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.8:1. That ratio is over the 13.4:1 average for middle schools in South Dakota. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 36% in 2024-25.
Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 is graded A by allk12, scoring above 91% of South Dakota public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 lands between the top and bottom 10% of South Dakota schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 57.9%; the prediction is 48.5%.
Minnehaha County has about 203,289 residents, and median household income is about $76,880, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Minnehaha County number 83 and enroll about 34,919.
Bridges At Horace Mann - 52 is located about 0.6 miles from Patrick Henry Middle School - 07. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 48.2% proficiency; Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 posts 57.9%.
Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
The student count in 2024-25 was 925, 16% below the 1,106 of 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Other Patrick Henry Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Patrick Henry Middle. Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Patrick Henry MiddleGranada Hills, CA · 1,053 students
- Patrick Henry Middle SchoolHamler, OH · 282 students
Nearby schools
- Bridges At Horace Mann - 520.6 mi · 55
- Susan B. Anthony Elementary - 660.6 mi · 472
- Lincoln High School - 020.6 mi · 1,954
- Challenge Center - 510.6 mi · 165
- Robert Frost Elementary - 180.6 mi · 447
- Lowell Elementary - 281.2 mi · 426
Frequently asked questions
About Patrick Henry Middle School - 07How many students attend Patrick Henry Middle School - 07?
Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 enrolls approximately 925 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 serve?
Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Patrick Henry Middle School - 07?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Patrick Henry Middle School - 07.
How diverse is Patrick Henry Middle School - 07?
Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 reports a student body of 72% White, 8% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Patrick Henry Middle School - 07?
Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 is overseen by Sioux Falls School District 49-5 in Minnehaha County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.