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Enrollment
412
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIOUX FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT 49-5·NCES 466627000579
Terry Redlin Elementary - 11
1721 E Austin St, Sioux Falls, SD 57103 · (605) 367-6140 · Minnehaha County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
10.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
351 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 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
81%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
22.0%
SD avg 50.3% . +1.5pp since 2022
Math
17.2%
SD avg 47.5% . -3.3pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.0% | 17.2% |
| 2023-24 | 21.6% | 15.2% |
| 2022-23 | 20.5% | 20.5% |
% 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
20.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.1%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Terry Redlin Elementary - 11
Terry Redlin Elementary - 11's state test result (20.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Redlin Elementary - 11 this school | 412 | 85.2% | 20.5% |
| Hawthorne Elementary - 56 Sioux Falls | 443 | 100.0% | 16.9% |
| Garfield Elementary - 19 Sioux Falls | 574 | 88.3% | 20.4% |
| Lowell Elementary - 28 Sioux Falls | 426 | 87.3% | 29.7% |
| Laura Wilder Elementary - 31 Sioux Falls | 447 | 66.7% | 30.4% |
| Cleveland Elementary - 14 Sioux Falls | 465 | 82.6% | 22.1% |
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 Terry Redlin Elementary - 11 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Minnehaha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #179 of 193 | #32 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #190 of 199 ▲ 2 | #33 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #188 of 202 ▼ 1 | #32 of 35 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 412 | #53 of 331 | #22 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #12 of 131 | #1 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 80.6% | #1 of 131 | #1 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.2% | #29 of 209 | #6 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #20 of 87 | #3 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
412
-86 (-17%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 359
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 412 | 37.9 | 10.9:1 | 85% (351) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 32.6 | 13.4:1 | 76% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 473 | 37.7 | 12.6:1 | 77% (366) |
| 2020-21 | 498 | 39 | 12.8:1 | 100% (498) |
| 2017-18 | 517 | 40.9 | 12.7:1 | 100% (517) |
| 2015-16 | 530 | 44 | 12.1:1 | 100% (530) |
| 2010-11 | 434 | 38 | 11.4:1 | 78% (337) |
| 2000-01 | 535 | 42 | 12.7:1 | 58% (311) |
| 1990-91 | 359 | 20 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Terry Redlin Elementary - 11.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (517 to 412); teachers down 7% (40.9 to 37.9).
About Terry Redlin Elementary - 11
Terry Redlin Elementary - 11 is an elementary school located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in Minnehaha County. The school counts 412 students across kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 102% bigger than the 204 average for elementary schools in South Dakota.
A total of 44 schools make up Sioux Falls School District 49-5, with 25,060 students enrolled.
The most common group at Terry Redlin Elementary - 11 is White students, at 26%. It is also 22% Black, 21% Hispanic, 16% Native American, and 10% multiracial. Minnehaha County's residents are about 80% White, 54 points above the school's share. Terry Redlin Elementary - 11's diversity index is 81%, against a US figure of 70%.
Terry Redlin Elementary - 11 operates with 37.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 10.9:1. That is lower than the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in South Dakota. About 85% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The 42% average for public schools in Minnehaha County is 43 points lower.
Terry Redlin Elementary - 11 is graded D by allk12, scoring above 7% of South Dakota public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Terry Redlin Elementary - 11 is 7.6 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 20.5% actual, 28.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in South Dakota.
Terry Redlin Elementary - 11 is located in Minnehaha County, where 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%. Terry Redlin Elementary - 11 is one of 83 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16, is about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Terry Redlin Elementary - 11 ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment declined 17% from its 2020-21 level of 498. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.8:1 to 10.9:1.
Community posts for Terry Redlin Elementary - 11 can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Nearby schools
- Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 160.4 mi · 444
- Whittier Middle School - 080.5 mi · 675
- Laura B. Anderson Elementary - 101.0 mi · 291
- Anne Sullivan Elementary - 201.3 mi · 632
- Cleveland Elementary - 141.3 mi · 465
- Bridges At Horace Mann - 521.4 mi · 55
Frequently asked questions
About Terry Redlin Elementary - 11What is the total enrollment at Terry Redlin Elementary - 11?
Terry Redlin Elementary - 11 enrolls approximately 412 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Terry Redlin Elementary - 11 serve?
Terry Redlin Elementary - 11 serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Terry Redlin Elementary - 11 have?
Terry Redlin Elementary - 11 employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
How diverse is Terry Redlin Elementary - 11?
Terry Redlin Elementary - 11 reports a student body of 26% White, 21% Hispanic, 22% Black, 4% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Terry Redlin Elementary - 11?
Terry Redlin Elementary - 11 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.