Patrick Henry Middle School - 07

As a sizable intermediate school in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 serves 925 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Sioux Falls School District 49-5. Enrollment runs roughly 395% bigger than the state mean of about 187.

Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 is one of 44 schools operated by Sioux Falls School District 49-5, a district that educates 25,060 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 shows that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 8% Black, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Native American.

On the resource side, Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 lists 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. The state averages around 13.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 36% of students at Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 57.9%, a residual of +9.4 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Minnehaha County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $76,880 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 is one of 83 public schools in Minnehaha County (combined enrollment of about 34,919 students).

The closest other public school is Bridges At Horace Mann - 52, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 48.2%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Patrick Henry Middle School - 07's enrollment has declined 17% since 2018, when it stood at 1,118 (now 925).

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