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Enrollment
447
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIOUX FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT 49-5·NCES 466627000607
Robert Frost Elementary - 18
3101 S 4th Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57105 · (605) 367-6170 · Minnehaha County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
16.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
188 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 55% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
48%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
50.3%
SD avg 50.3% . +6.1pp since 2022
Math
49.2%
SD avg 47.5% . +0.1pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 50 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.3% | 49.2% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.2% | 49.1% |
% 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
50.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Robert Frost Elementary - 18
Robert Frost Elementary - 18's state test result (50.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Frost Elementary - 18 this school | 447 | 42.1% | 50.4% |
| Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 Sioux Falls | 444 | 46.6% | 49.7% |
| John F. Kennedy Elementary - 57 Sioux Falls | 661 | 37.5% | 57.8% |
| Horizon Elementary - 09 Sioux Falls | 458 | 28.2% | 37.8% |
| Vandenberg Elementary - 02 Box Elder | 454 | 40.5% | 46.4% |
| Harvey Dunn Elementary - 54 Sioux Falls | 681 | 46.5% | 60.0% |
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 Robert Frost Elementary - 18 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Minnehaha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #95 of 193 | #18 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #106 of 199 ▼ 4 | #20 of 35 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #103 of 202 ▲ 7 | #19 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #41 of 331 | #18 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #116 of 131 | #23 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.6% | #55 of 131 | #18 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.1% | #72 of 209 | #17 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #58 of 87 | #12 of 16 |
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
447
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 428
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
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 | 447 | 26.5 | 16.9:1 | 42% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 448 | 26.2 | 17.1:1 | 37% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 23.4 | 18.9:1 | 34% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 27 | 16.3:1 | 36% (158) |
| 2017-18 | 485 | 28.2 | 17.2:1 | 32% (156) |
| 2015-16 | 451 | 26 | 17.4:1 | 33% (149) |
| 2010-11 | 419 | 26 | 16.1:1 | 23% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 327 | 22 | 14.9:1 | 14% (47) |
| 1990-91 | 428 | 21 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robert Frost Elementary - 18.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (485 to 447); teachers down 6% (28.2 to 26.5).
About Robert Frost Elementary - 18
Robert Frost Elementary - 18 is a high-enrollment elementary school in South Dakota, with an address in Sioux Falls. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 447 students. The school's enrollment is 119% larger than the 204 average for elementary schools in South Dakota.
Robert Frost Elementary - 18 reports to Sioux Falls School District 49-5, which has 44 schools and 25,060 students.
Robert Frost Elementary - 18 is 71% White by enrollment. Other students are 8% Black, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 5% Native American. By comparison, Minnehaha County residents are about 80% White. The school's diversity index is 48%, meaning two students picked at random have a 48% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.9:1, with 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is higher than the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in South Dakota. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Robert Frost Elementary - 18 is 42%. That tracks the 42% average for public schools in Minnehaha County.
Measured against South Dakota public elementary schools, Robert Frost Elementary - 18 receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Robert Frost Elementary - 18 is 45.8%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 50.4%.
Within Minnehaha County, the median household income is $76,880, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. In all, Minnehaha County has 83 public schools and roughly 34,919 students.
Nearby, Challenge Center - 51 is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Robert Frost Elementary - 18 ranks 4th of 8 nearby schools, at 50.4% versus a 48.7% average.
Federal data place Robert Frost Elementary - 18 in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (440) to 2024-25 (447).
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Robert Frost Elementary - 18. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Robert Frost Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Robert Frost Elementary. Robert Frost Elementary - 18 is the 3rd largest of the 8.
- Robert Frost Elementary SchoolMount Prospect, IL · 532 students
- Robert Frost ElementaryPASCO, WA · 459 students
- Robert Frost ElementaryKirkland, WA · 424 students
- Robert Frost Elementary SchoolWesterville, OH · 420 students
- Robert Frost Elementary SchoolMount Prospect, IL · 359 students
Nearby schools
- Challenge Center - 510.0 mi · 165
- Patrick Henry Middle School - 070.6 mi · 925
- Lincoln High School - 020.7 mi · 1,954
- Susan B. Anthony Elementary - 660.8 mi · 472
- Bridges At Horace Mann - 521.1 mi · 55
- Edison Middle School - 061.4 mi · 937
Frequently asked questions
About Robert Frost Elementary - 18How large is Robert Frost Elementary - 18?
Robert Frost Elementary - 18 enrolls approximately 447 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Robert Frost Elementary - 18 serve?
Robert Frost Elementary - 18 serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Robert Frost Elementary - 18?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Robert Frost Elementary - 18 is approximately 16.9:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Robert Frost Elementary - 18?
Student demographics at Robert Frost Elementary - 18 are roughly 71% White, 7% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Robert Frost Elementary - 18?
Robert Frost Elementary - 18 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.