📍 46560 264th St, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, 57107
Falls Academy - 08 is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County. The school has 25 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Mark Rockafellow. It is part of the West Central School District 49-7 school district. It serves grades 5–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 1.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Falls Academy - 08 enrolls 25 students across grades 5–12. The student body is 44% male and 56% female. A teaching staff of 1.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% White, 36% American Indian or Alaska Native and 16% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 12 | 48% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 9 | 36% |
| Black or African American | 4 | 16% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
3 of the school's 25 students (12%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 3 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Falls Academy - 08 is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). Virtual instruction: Virtual with face to face options. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district SD At-Large, state senate district 9, state house district 9.
Falls Academy - 08 is one of 6 schools in West Central School District 49-7, based in Hartford, South Dakota. The district serves 1,418 students district-wide and employs 92 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 25 students, Falls Academy - 08 is smaller than the district average of about 236 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe