Renberg Elementary - 42

Renberg Elementary - 42 is one of the small primary schools in Renner, South Dakota, operated by Sioux Falls School District 49-5, with 155 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 204 students per school, that is 24% below typical.

Sioux Falls School District 49-5 comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 25,060 students; Renberg Elementary - 42 is among them.

On the student-mix side, Renberg Elementary - 42 records that 60% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 15% Black, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Native American. By comparison, Minnehaha County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Minnehaha County (around 42%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Renberg Elementary - 42 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.0%, the actual is 38.0%, a residual of -2.0 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Minnehaha County put median household income runs about $76,880, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Renberg Elementary - 42 is one of 83 public schools in Minnehaha County (combined enrollment of about 34,919 students).

The closest other public school is Tri-Valley Elementary in Crooks - 04, roughly 2.7 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Renberg Elementary - 42 comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 49.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 19%: 192 students in 2018 compared to 155 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 71% to 60% over that span.

Inside the community feed, members of the Renberg Elementary - 42 community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.