Enrollment
292
Elementary
DISTRICT 403 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEA AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT 41-5·NCES 460005201358
Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05
2700 S Lancaster Dr, Sioux Falls, SD 57106 · (605) 498-2700 · Minnehaha County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL292 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
13.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
117 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 64 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 60% larger than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Tea Area School District 41-5. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
47.7%
SD avg 50.3% . -1.8pp since 2022
Math
47.7%
SD avg 47.5% . -0.7pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.7% | 47.7% |
| 2023-24 | 52.6% | 54.3% |
| 2022-23 | 49.5% | 48.4% |
% 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
47.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.6%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05
Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05's state test result (47.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05 this school | 292 | 40.1% | 47.3% |
| Explorer Elementary - 04 Sioux Falls | 338 | 27.8% | 51.4% |
| Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 Sioux Falls | 608 | 52.0% | 43.8% |
| Inspiration Elementary - 08 Sioux Falls | 345 | 25.2% | 75.2% |
| Woodrow Wilson Elementary - 17 Rapid City | 328 | 41.8% | 41.0% |
| RF Pettigrew Elementary - 17 Sioux Falls | 846 | 37.8% | 53.5% |
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 Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Minnehaha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #114 of 193 | #21 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #113 of 199 ▼ 26 | #22 of 35 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #116 of 202 ▼ 19 | #22 of 35 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 292 | #97 of 331 | #28 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #67 of 131 | #7 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #23 of 131 | #12 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.1% | #83 of 209 | #18 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
292
+105 (+56%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 292 | 21 | 13.9:1 | 40% (117) |
| 2023-24 | 262 | 19.6 | 13.4:1 | 34% (88) |
| 2022-23 | 236 | 17.3 | 13.6:1 | 28% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 187 | 13 | 14.4:1 | 28% (52) |
| 2017-18 | 99 | 9.6 | 10.3:1 | 35% (35) |
| 2015-16 | 68 | 7 | 9.7:1 | 44% (30) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05.
Since 2017-18: students up 195% (99 to 292); teachers up 119% (9.6 to 21).
About Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is home to Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05, a mid-sized elementary school. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 292 students. It has 43% more students than the average for elementary schools in South Dakota (about 204).
District-wide, Tea Area School District 41-5 has 5 schools and 2,509 students.
At Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05, 54% of students are White. After that, the student body is 20% Hispanic, 13% Black, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Census figures show Minnehaha County is about 80% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 64%.
Based on 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05 has a ratio of 13.9:1. The average for elementary schools in South Dakota, 15.4:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 40% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Minnehaha County average a similar 42%.
On the allk12 Grade, Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05 lands at B-, ahead of 50% of South Dakota public elementary schools.
In South Dakota, Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05 is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 47.3% actual against a predicted 46.6%.
American Community Survey estimates for Minnehaha County show that the median household earns about $76,880 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Minnehaha County has 83 public schools with about 34,919 students, including Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05.
RF Pettigrew Elementary - 17 is about 1.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05 is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 48.0% on proficiency, and Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05 is below that at 47.3%.
Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05 is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 187 to 292. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served.
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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 Tea Area School District 41-5
- Tea Area High School - 03High · 717 students
- Tea Area Middle School - 02Middle · 583 students
- Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01Elementary · 538 students
- Tea Area Venture Elementary - 06Elementary · 379 students
- Tea Area Preschool - 07Elementary
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
Nearby schools
- RF Pettigrew Elementary - 171.1 mi · 846
- Discovery Elementary - 261.1 mi · 873
- Memorial Middle School - 041.2 mi · 1,133
- Roosevelt High School - 031.4 mi · 1,785
- Oscar Howe Elementary - 581.7 mi · 608
- John F. Kennedy Elementary - 572.0 mi · 661
Frequently asked questions
About Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05What is the total enrollment at Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05?
Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05 enrolls approximately 292 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05 serve?
Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05 serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05 have?
Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05 employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05?
Student demographics at Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05 are roughly 54% White, 20% Hispanic, 13% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05?
Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05 is overseen by Tea Area School District 41-5 in Minnehaha County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.