The Learning Lab Early Childhood - 74

The Learning Lab Early Childhood - 74, a micro-enrollment elementary campus in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, part of Sioux Falls School District 49-5, instructs 65 students, covering grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 68% below the state mean of about 204.

Sioux Falls School District 49-5 runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 25,060 students. The Learning Lab Early Childhood - 74 is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, The Learning Lab Early Childhood - 74 lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 29% White, 15% Black, 6% Native American, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Minnehaha County as a whole is about 7% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Minnehaha County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Minnehaha County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,880 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. The Learning Lab Early Childhood - 74 is one of 83 public schools in Minnehaha County (combined enrollment of about 34,919 students).

Jefferson High School - 67 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

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