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Oscar Howe Elementary - 58

๐Ÿ“ 2801 Valley View Rd, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, 57106

586
Pupils
17.6
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County. The school has 586 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Laura Devries. It is part of the Sioux Falls School District 49-5 school district. It serves grades Kโ€“5 in an urban setting. The school employs 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1. 48% of students are proficient in reading. 49% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

Principal
Laura Devries
School district
Sioux Falls School District 49-5

Enrollment & staffing

Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 enrolls 586 students across grades Kโ€“5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.

Male students
297 (51%)
Female students
289 (49%)
Teachers (FTE)
33.2
Student-teacher ratio
17.6:1
Grade span
Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% White, 15% Hispanic or Latino and 8.9% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White36662%
Hispanic or Latino8715%
Black or African American528.9%
Two or more races417%
American Indian or Alaska Native386.5%
Asian2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

245 of the school's 586 students (42%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 201 qualify for free lunch and 44 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.

School setting & status

City, MidsizeGrades Kโ€“5Title I

Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 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 11, state house district 11.

School district: Sioux Falls School District 49-5

Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 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 586 students, Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 is close to the district average of about 583 students per school.

25,051
District students
43
Schools
1,683
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

48%
Reading proficient
49%
Math proficient
18%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: City - Midsize

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