Enrollment
155
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIOUX FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT 49-5·NCES 466627000606
Renberg Elementary - 42
47260 258th St, Renner, SD 57055 · (605) 543-5273 · Minnehaha County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL155 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
15.3:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
87 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 | 19 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 25 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (25).
Student demographics
60%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
35.5%
SD avg 50.3% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
44.7%
SD avg 47.5% . +11.4pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 11 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.5% | 44.7% |
| 2023-24 | 37.8% | 39.2% |
| 2022-23 | 34.5% | 33.3% |
% 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
38.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Renberg Elementary - 42
Renberg Elementary - 42's state test result (38.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renberg Elementary - 42 this school | 155 | 56.1% | 38.0% |
| Laura Wilder Elementary - 31 Sioux Falls | 447 | 66.7% | 30.4% |
| Susan B. Anthony Elementary - 66 Sioux Falls | 472 | 61.4% | 36.0% |
| Summit Elementary - 02 Summit | 132 | 51.5% | 20.1% |
| Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 Sioux Falls | 444 | 46.6% | 49.7% |
| Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05 Sioux Falls | 292 | 40.1% | 47.3% |
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 Renberg Elementary - 42 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Minnehaha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #147 of 193 | #24 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #126 of 199 ▲ 20 | #24 of 35 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #161 of 202 ▼ 10 | #25 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 155 | #158 of 331 | #33 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.1% | #42 of 209 | #13 of 36 |
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
155
0 (0%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 134
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 155 | 10.1 | 15.3:1 | 56% (87) |
| 2023-24 | 162 | 12.5 | 12.9:1 | 57% (92) |
| 2022-23 | 215 | 11.7 | 18.4:1 | 51% (110) |
| 2020-21 | 155 | 9 | 17.2:1 | 57% (88) |
| 2017-18 | 192 | 12.6 | 15.3:1 | 39% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 183 | 12 | 15.3:1 | 41% (75) |
| 2010-11 | 160 | 10 | 16.0:1 | 39% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 148 | 9 | 16.4:1 | 14% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 134 | 6 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Renberg Elementary - 42.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (192 to 155); teachers down 19% (12.6 to 10.1).
About Renberg Elementary - 42
Renberg Elementary - 42 is a low-enrollment elementary school with its address in Renner, South Dakota. The school enrolls 155 students in kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in South Dakota average about 204 students, which makes this school 24% below average.
Sioux Falls School District 49-5 has a total of 44 schools and 25,060 students, Renberg Elementary - 42 among them.
The share of White students at Renberg Elementary - 42 is 60%, a majority. The remaining students are 15% Black, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 5% Native American. Census figures show Minnehaha County is about 80% White. A diversity index of 60% means there is a 60% chance two randomly chosen students at Renberg Elementary - 42 are from different groups.
Staffing at Renberg Elementary - 42 comes to 10.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.3:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in South Dakota. On the income side, 56% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 42% average for public schools in Minnehaha County is 14 points lower.
Renberg Elementary - 42 earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 33% of South Dakota public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Renberg Elementary - 42, the prediction is 40.0% and the result is 38.0%.
For Minnehaha County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $76,880, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 83 public schools and about 34,919 students.
Tri-Valley Elementary in Crooks - 04 sits about 2.7 miles from Renberg Elementary - 42. Renberg Elementary - 42 has at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. The school's 38.0% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 4 nearby schools.
Renberg Elementary - 42 has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
In 2020-21, Renberg Elementary - 42 enrolled 155; in 2024-25, 155. The school's ratio dropped from 17.2:1 to 15.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
Nearby schools
- Tri-Valley Elementary in Crooks - 042.7 mi · 205
- ARISE Shelter Care - 715.1 mi · 4
- Summit Oaks-Residential - 485.1 mi · 20
- The Learning Lab Early Childhood - 745.5 mi · 65
- George McGovern Middle School -095.6 mi · 780
- Jefferson High School - 675.8 mi · 1,888
Frequently asked questions
About Renberg Elementary - 42What is the total enrollment at Renberg Elementary - 42?
Renberg Elementary - 42 enrolls approximately 155 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Renberg Elementary - 42 serve?
Renberg Elementary - 42 serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Renberg Elementary - 42?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Renberg Elementary - 42 is approximately 15.3:1 (10 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Renberg Elementary - 42?
At Renberg Elementary - 42, the student body is approximately 60% White, 11% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Renberg Elementary - 42?
Renberg Elementary - 42 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.