State/Public Elementary Open

John Harris Elementary - 23

๐Ÿ“ 3501 E 49th St, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, 57103

706
Pupils
18.1
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

John Harris Elementary - 23 is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County. The school has 706 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Ryan Degraff. It is part of the Sioux Falls School District 49-5 school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in an urban setting. The school employs 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.1:1. 64% of students are proficient in reading. 64% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

Principal
Ryan Degraff
School district
Sioux Falls School District 49-5

Enrollment & staffing

John Harris Elementary - 23 enrolls 706 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.

Male students
344 (49%)
Female students
362 (51%)
Teachers (FTE)
39.1
Student-teacher ratio
18.1:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% White, 6.9% Two or more races and 5% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White57481%
Two or more races496.9%
Black or African American355%
Hispanic or Latino284%
American Indian or Alaska Native121.7%
Asian7<1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

112 of the school's 706 students (16%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 84 qualify for free lunch and 28 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 Pre-Kโ€“5

John Harris Elementary - 23 is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district SD At-Large, state senate district 14, state house district 14.

School district: Sioux Falls School District 49-5

John Harris Elementary - 23 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 706 students, John Harris Elementary - 23 is larger than 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

64%
Reading proficient
64%
Math proficient
9%
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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