📍 7900 W 53rd St, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, 57106
RF Pettigrew Elementary - 17 is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County. The school has 952 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tim Wagner. 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 51.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.6:1. 59% of students are proficient in reading. 60% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
RF Pettigrew Elementary - 17 enrolls 952 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 51.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% White, 9.7% Hispanic or Latino and 8.5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 664 | 70% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 92 | 9.7% |
| Black or African American | 81 | 8.5% |
| Two or more races | 81 | 8.5% |
| Asian | 20 | 2.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 14 | 1.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
222 of the school's 952 students (23%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 180 qualify for free lunch and 42 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.
RF Pettigrew Elementary - 17 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.
RF Pettigrew Elementary - 17 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 952 students, RF Pettigrew Elementary - 17 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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