📍 710 W 18th St, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, 57104
Lowell Elementary - 28 is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County. The school has 358 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Stephanie Muchow. It is part of the Sioux Falls School District 49-5 school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Lowell Elementary - 28 enrolls 358 students across grades K–5. The student body is 43% male and 57% female. A teaching staff of 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 32% White, 28% Hispanic or Latino and 18% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 115 | 32% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 101 | 28% |
| Black or African American | 63 | 18% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 40 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 37 | 10% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
264 of the school's 358 students (74%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 206 qualify for free lunch and 58 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.
Lowell Elementary - 28 is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, 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 SD At-Large, state senate district 12, state house district 12.
Lowell Elementary - 28 is one of 43 schools in Sioux Falls School District 49-5, based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The district serves 25,051 students district-wide and employs 1,683 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 358 students, Lowell Elementary - 28 is smaller than the district average of about 583 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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