Rosa Parks Elementary - 15

Rosa Parks Elementary - 15 operates as an expansive elementary school in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, operated by Sioux Falls School District 49-5. Current enrollment sits at 618 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 203% above the typical public school in South Dakota, which averages around 204 students.

Sioux Falls School District 49-5 comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 25,060 students; Rosa Parks Elementary - 15 is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rosa Parks Elementary - 15 shows that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 30% Hispanic, 12% Black, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Rosa Parks Elementary - 15 has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. The state averages about 15.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Minnehaha County's rate of about 42%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Rosa Parks Elementary - 15 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.7%; this one delivers 34.0%.

In the area at large, census data for Minnehaha County shows median household earnings sit near $76,880, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Minnehaha County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,919 students), of which Rosa Parks Elementary - 15 is one.

Harvey Dunn Elementary - 54 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rosa Parks Elementary - 15 at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 55.4%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 9%: 569 students in 2018 compared to 618 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 15% to 30% over that span.

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