📍 1506 S Discovery Ave, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, 57106
Discovery Elementary - 26 is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County. The school has 877 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Dan Fischer. It is part of the Sioux Falls School District 49-5 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 49.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1. 53% of students are proficient in reading. 55% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Discovery Elementary - 26 enrolls 877 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 49.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% White, 6.5% Black or African American and 5.5% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 699 | 80% |
| Black or African American | 57 | 6.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 48 | 5.5% |
| Two or more races | 40 | 4.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 18 | 2.1% |
| Asian | 14 | 1.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
161 of the school's 877 students (18%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 133 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.
Discovery Elementary - 26 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 11, state house district 11.
Discovery Elementary - 26 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 877 students, Discovery Elementary - 26 is larger 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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