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What's the most underrated thing about Rosa Parks Elementary - 15 that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
618
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIOUX FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT 49-5·NCES 466627001275
Rosa Parks Elementary - 15
5701 E Red Oak Dr, Sioux Falls, SD 57710 · (605) 371-4170 · Minnehaha County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL618 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
15.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
367 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
71%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
37.5%
SD avg 50.3% . +8.0pp since 2022
Math
37.1%
SD avg 47.5% . +9.1pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 9 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.5% | 37.1% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 35.3% |
| 2022-23 | 29.5% | 28.0% |
% 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
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Rosa Parks Elementary - 15
Rosa Parks Elementary - 15's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosa Parks Elementary - 15 this school | 618 | 59.4% | 34.0% |
| Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 Sioux Falls | 608 | 52.0% | 43.8% |
| Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05 Sioux Falls | 292 | 40.1% | 47.3% |
| Lowell Elementary - 28 Sioux Falls | 426 | 87.3% | 29.7% |
| Laura Wilder Elementary - 31 Sioux Falls | 447 | 66.7% | 30.4% |
| Laura B. Anderson Elementary - 10 Sioux Falls | 291 | 85.2% | 23.8% |
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 Rosa Parks Elementary - 15 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Minnehaha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #157 of 193 | #26 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #161 of 199 ▲ 6 | #27 of 35 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #153 of 202 ▲ 6 | #23 of 35 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 618 | #12 of 331 | #10 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #100 of 131 | #20 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #9 of 131 | #8 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.4% | #41 of 209 | #12 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.6% | #20 of 36 | #5 of 13 |
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
618
-68 (-10%) vs 2020
+21% since 2010-11, when it was 510
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 618 | 39.3 | 15.7:1 | 59% (367) |
| 2023-24 | 610 | 40.9 | 14.9:1 | 47% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 729 | 45.2 | 16.1:1 | 46% (335) |
| 2020-21 | 686 | 40 | 17.1:1 | 60% (413) |
| 2017-18 | 569 | 37.7 | 15.1:1 | 54% (308) |
| 2015-16 | 388 | 26 | 14.9:1 | 50% (194) |
| 2010-11 | 510 | 30 | 17.0:1 | 26% (132) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rosa Parks Elementary - 15.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (569 to 618); teachers up 4% (37.7 to 39.3).
About Rosa Parks Elementary - 15
Rosa Parks Elementary - 15 is a large elementary school. Its address is in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It educates 618 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 203% above the 204 average for elementary schools in South Dakota.
Sioux Falls School District 49-5 oversees Rosa Parks Elementary - 15 and 43 other schools, with 25,060 students in total.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Rosa Parks Elementary - 15. The largest is White students, at 42%. Other students are 30% Hispanic, 12% Black, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That is lower than the 80% White share among all Minnehaha County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 39.3 full-time positions, a ratio of 15.7:1. That is close to the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in South Dakota. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 59%. The gap from the 42% average for public schools in Minnehaha County is 17 points.
Rosa Parks Elementary - 15 is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 22% of South Dakota public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Rosa Parks Elementary - 15's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (34.0%) and its predicted rate (38.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of South Dakota schools.
Among Minnehaha County residents, the median household income is $76,880, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Rosa Parks Elementary - 15 is one of 83 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Harvey Dunn Elementary - 54, at about 1.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Rosa Parks Elementary - 15 is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Rosa Parks Elementary - 15's enrollment declined from 686 in 2020-21 to 618 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 15.7:1, from 17.1:1.
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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
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 Rosa Parks Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 11 states are named Rosa Parks Elementary. Rosa Parks Elementary - 15 is the 8th largest of the 15.
- Rosa Parks ElementaryCorona, CA · 970 students
- Rosa Parks ElementarySacramento, CA · 722 students
- Rosa Parks ElementarySan Diego, CA · 705 students
- Rosa Parks Elementary SchoolLexington, KY · 681 students
- Rosa Parks Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 658 students
Nearby schools
- Harvey Dunn Elementary - 541.1 mi · 681
- Cleveland Elementary - 141.3 mi · 465
- Ben Reifel Middle School - 681.3 mi · 885
- Inspiration Elementary - 081.6 mi · 345
- Washington High School - 011.7 mi · 1,819
- Anne Sullivan Elementary - 201.9 mi · 632
Frequently asked questions
About Rosa Parks Elementary - 15What is the total enrollment at Rosa Parks Elementary - 15?
Rosa Parks Elementary - 15 enrolls approximately 618 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Rosa Parks Elementary - 15 serve?
Rosa Parks Elementary - 15 serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Rosa Parks Elementary - 15 have?
Rosa Parks Elementary - 15 employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rosa Parks Elementary - 15?
At Rosa Parks Elementary - 15, the student body is approximately 42% White, 30% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Rosa Parks Elementary - 15?
Rosa Parks Elementary - 15 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.