📍 820 e 29th Street, So Sioux City, Dakota County, 68776
Cardinal Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in So Sioux City, Dakota County. The school has 432 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Daniel Swatek. It is part of the So Sioux City Community Schs school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 52% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Cardinal Elementary School enrolls 432 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% Hispanic or Latino, 14% White and 6.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 304 | 70% |
| White | 59 | 14% |
| Black or African American | 29 | 6.7% |
| Asian | 14 | 3.2% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 2.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 10 | 2.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 6 | 1.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
263 of the school's 432 students (61%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 194 qualify for free lunch and 69 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cardinal Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NE-30, state senate district 17.
Cardinal Elementary School is one of 8 schools in SO SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHS, based in SO SIOUX CITY, Nebraska. The district serves 3,871 students district-wide and employs 275 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 432 students, Cardinal Elementary School is close to the district average of about 484 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Midsize
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