Oscar Howe Elementary - 58

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Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 is a public elementary school in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, serving 586 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Sioux Falls School District 49-5, which is ranked 72 out of 126 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 has consistently underperformed compared to the Sioux Falls School District and the state of South Dakota in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. For the 2023-2024 school year, the school's ELA proficiency rate for all grades was 41.14%, compared to 48.75% for the Sioux Falls district and 50.04% for the state. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate for all grades was 43.27%, compared to 41.96% for the district and 42.95% for the state. The school's performance has declined over the years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 79 out of 206 schools in 2018-2019 to 142 out of 201 schools in 2023-2024. Additionally, the school has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 12.7% in 2021-2022 to 19.3% in 2023-2024.

Compared to nearby schools within the Sioux Falls School District, Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 generally underperforms. For example, Sonia Sotomayor Elementary - 65 and Discovery Elementary - 26 have significantly higher proficiency rates in both ELA and Mathematics, ranking among the top schools in the state. The high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at Oscar Howe Elementary - 58, ranging from 40.03% to 43.49% over the past three school years, suggests a relatively low socioeconomic status of the student population, which may contribute to the school's academic performance challenges.


Detail:

Public K-5

 2801 Valley View Rd
       Sioux Falls, SD  57106


(605) 362-2752

District: Sioux Falls School District 49-5

SchoolDigger Rank:
142nd of 201 South Dakota Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,991 Help


Students who attend Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 usually attend:

Middle:    Memorial Middle School - 04
High:    Roosevelt High School - 03

Student/teacher ratio:  17.6 Help
Number of students:  586

Racial breakdown:

White:
62.5%
Hispanic:
14.8%
African American:
8.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  41.8% Help


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Compare Details Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 ranks worse than 70.6% of elementary schools in South Dakota. It also ranks 11th among 23 ranked elementary schools in the Sioux Falls School District 49-5. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 35.45. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 has the largest elementary school student body size in the Sioux Falls School District 49-5.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 is $9,991. 16 elementary schools in the Sioux Falls School District 49-5 spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Oscar Howe Elementary - 58:

SchoolDigger ranks Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 142nd of 201 South Dakota public elementary schools. (See Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Hispanic students:
White students:


Sioux Falls School District 49-5:

SchoolDigger ranks Sioux Falls School District 49-5 72nd of 126 South Dakota school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Oscar Howe Elementary - 58

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Rank History for all students at Oscar Howe Elementary - 58

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 54.35 103rd 187 44.9%
2004 59.89 95th 189 49.7%
2005 53.30 116th 194 40.2%
2006 51.85 131st 197 33.5%
2007 53.26 124th 194 36.1%
2008 57.30 106th 194 45.4%
2009 57.73 96th 196 51.0%
2010 53.00 122nd 206 40.8%
2011 65.69 71st 205 65.4%
2012 60.49 95th 214 55.6%
2013 47.35 134th 201 33.3%
2015 53.88 106th 209 49.3%
2016 55.97 103rd 206 50.0%
2017 51.30 113th 207 45.4%
2018 58.46 89th 204 56.4%
2019 58.54 79th 206 61.7%
2021 46.43 117th 202 42.1%
2022 35.71 137th 202 32.2%
2023 43.26 120th 204 41.2%
2024 35.45 142nd 201 29.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Oscar Howe Elementary - 58

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 33.18 12th 15 20.0%
2024 47.44 6th 13 53.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Oscar Howe Elementary - 58

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.67 17th 62 72.6%
2022 31.34 43rd 61 29.5%
2023 51.69 28th 72 61.1%
2024 49.37 27th 72 62.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Oscar Howe Elementary - 58

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.29 69th 121 43.0%
2019 55.94 48th 121 60.3%
2021 46.02 54th 106 49.1%
2022 44.88 41st 80 48.8%
2023 45.50 61st 112 45.5%
2024 29.58 83rd 110 24.5%
See the entire list of Best South Dakota Elementary Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Oscar Howe Elementary - 58

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.90 74th 163 54.6%
2019 62.23 51st 155 67.1%
2021 52.50 75th 151 50.3%
2022 41.77 100th 150 33.3%
2023 39.54 99th 154 35.7%
2024 38.38 111th 165 32.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Oscar Howe Elementary - 58

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.13 72nd 170 57.6%
2019 57.50 63rd 160 60.6%
2021 41.75 100th 157 36.3%
2022 32.85 108th 154 29.9%
2023 48.03 86th 166 48.2%
2024 36.19 107th 161 33.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Oscar Howe Elementary - 58

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 10.30 9th 9 0.0%
2024 36.39 8th 11 27.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Oscar Howe Elementary - 58

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 48.67 7th 18 61.1%
2022 47.22 11th 18 38.9%
2023 29.91 14th 21 33.3%
2024 29.79 15th 22 31.8%
See the entire list of Best South Dakota Elementary Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Oscar Howe Elementary - 58

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.68 59th 186 68.3%
2019 64.08 55th 191 71.2%
2021 58.35 77th 185 58.4%
2022 54.86 80th 184 56.5%
2023 57.81 80th 185 56.8%
2024 48.38 102nd 184 44.6%
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Data source: test scores: South Dakota Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Oscar Howe Elementary - 58

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 524 524
1990 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 483 483
1991 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 531 531
1992 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 531 531
1993 419 1 9 1 2 n/a n/a 0 432
1994 437 4 2 0 1 n/a n/a 0 444
1995 449 2 7 0 1 n/a n/a 0 459
1996 449 2 7 0 1 n/a n/a 0 459
1997 423 4 3 2 3 n/a n/a 0 435
1998 452 5 3 1 2 n/a n/a 0 463
1999 627 9 4 1 3 n/a n/a 0 644
2000 631 11 6 4 5 n/a n/a 0 657
2001 644 11 5 2 9 n/a n/a 0 671
2002 682 9 7 2 9 n/a n/a 0 709
2003 682 9 7 2 9 n/a n/a 0 709
2004 725 5 7 2 6 n/a n/a 0 745
2005 476 15 3 5 8 n/a n/a 0 507
2006 496 11 2 10 5 n/a n/a 0 524
2007 520 14 2 8 4 n/a n/a 0 548
2008 496 31 6 10 13 n/a n/a 0 556
2009 523 35 4 14 27 n/a n/a 0 603
2010 556 32 3 13 29 n/a n/a 0 633
2011 534 20 5 17 29 0 9 0 614
2012 535 26 6 21 27 2 17 0 634
2013 544 34 3 27 26 2 18 0 654
2014 512 27 5 38 25 2 26 0 635
2015 493 35 6 37 30 2 34 0 637
2016 454 41 6 45 17 2 46 0 611
2017 454 41 5 42 16 1 50 0 609
2018 417 38 6 48 21 1 48 0 579
2019 390 43 6 43 33 0 41 0 556
2020 383 40 9 42 33 0 45 0 552
2021 359 63 7 64 31 0 37 0 561
2022 363 58 6 80 38 3 44 0 592
2023 366 52 2 87 38 0 41 0 586

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Oscar Howe Elementary - 58

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 524 25.6 20.4 n/a
1990 483 25.0 19.3 n/a
1991 531 26.0 20.4 n/a
1992 531 26.0 20.4 n/a
1993 432 23.7 18.2 n/a
1994 444 24.2 18.3 n/a
1995 459 21.9 21.0 n/a
1996 459 21.9 21.0 n/a
1997 435 21.1 20.6 3.2
1998 463 19.3 24.0 4.1
1999 644 21.3 30.2 6.7
2000 657 36.4 18.0 4.6
2001 671 36.6 18.3 8.3
2002 709 39.5 17.9 8.9
2003 709 39.5 17.9 8.9
2004 745 41.5 18.0 8.5
2005 507 29.6 17.1 22.3
2006 524 29.0 18.1 23.3
2007 548 29.7 18.5 27.4
2008 556 29.3 19.0 0.5
2009 603 35.3 17.1 30
2010 633 36.8 17.1 36.5
2011 614 35.8 17.1 33.6
2012 634 35.1 18.0 35
2013 654 36.3 18.0 38.5
2014 635 37.2 17.0 35
2015 637 36.0 17.6 37.7
2016 611 35.0 17.4 39.1
2017 609 35.7 17.0 32.2
2018 579 34.1 16.9 37.5
2019 556 30.8 18.0 38.3
2020 552 30.8 17.8 39.9
2021 561 32.6 17.1 43.5
2022 592 35.0 16.8 40
2023 586 33.2 17.6 41.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Oscar Howe Elementary - 58

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 524 25.6 20.4 n/a
1990 483 25.0 19.3 n/a
1991 531 26.0 20.4 n/a
1992 531 26.0 20.4 n/a
1993 432 23.7 18.2 n/a
1994 444 24.2 18.3 n/a
1995 459 21.9 21.0 n/a
1996 459 21.9 21.0 n/a
1997 435 21.1 20.6 3.2
1998 463 19.3 24.0 4.1
1999 644 21.3 30.2 6.7
2000 657 36.4 18.0 4.6
2001 671 36.6 18.3 8.3
2002 709 39.5 17.9 8.9
2003 709 39.5 17.9 8.9
2004 745 41.5 18.0 8.5
2005 507 29.6 17.1 22.3
2006 524 29.0 18.1 23.3
2007 548 29.7 18.5 27.4
2008 556 29.3 19.0 0.5
2009 603 35.3 17.1 30
2010 633 36.8 17.1 36.5
2011 614 35.8 17.1 33.6
2012 634 35.1 18.0 35
2013 654 36.3 18.0 38.5
2014 635 37.2 17.0 35
2015 637 36.0 17.6 37.7
2016 611 35.0 17.4 39.1
2017 609 35.7 17.0 32.2
2018 579 34.1 16.9 37.5
2019 556 30.8 18.0 38.3
2020 552 30.8 17.8 39.9
2021 561 32.6 17.1 43.5
2022 592 35.0 16.8 40
2023 586 33.2 17.6 41.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Oscar Howe Elementary - 58

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2020 $506 (6.0%) $7,951 (94.0%) $8,456
2021 $796 (8.8%) $8,237 (91.2%) $9,032
2022 $861 (9.1%) $8,619 (90.9%) $9,480
2023 $1,064 (10.6%) $8,927 (89.4%) $9,991

Data source: South Dakota Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Oscar Howe Elementary - 58

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 79th of 206 Elementary schoolsRanks 120th of 204 Elementary schools
 20.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Oscar Howe Elementary - 58)53.648.2
 5.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Sioux Falls School District 49-5)43.641.2
 2.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (South Dakota)49.145.3
 3.8%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Oscar Howe Elementary - 58)61.953.1
 8.8%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Sioux Falls School District 49-5)4947.7
 1.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (South Dakota)52.751.1
 1.6%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Oscar Howe Elementary - 58)59.347.3
 12%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Sioux Falls School District 49-5)46.245.1
 1.2%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (South Dakota)50.347.2
 3.1%
4th Grade Mathematics (Oscar Howe Elementary - 58)6345.1
 17.9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Sioux Falls School District 49-5)43.745.3
 1.6%
   4th Grade Mathematics (South Dakota)4947.7
 1.2%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Oscar Howe Elementary - 58)6041.8
 18.2%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Sioux Falls School District 49-5)51.345.9
 5.5%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (South Dakota)54.148.7
 5.4%
5th Grade Mathematics (Oscar Howe Elementary - 58)48.936.7
 12.2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Sioux Falls School District 49-5)39.137.5
 1.5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (South Dakota)40.539.4
 1.2%
5th Grade Science (Oscar Howe Elementary - 58)37.836.7
 1%
   5th Grade Science (Sioux Falls School District 49-5)34.937.7
 2.8%
   5th Grade Science (South Dakota)42.139.9
 2.2%
All Grades English Language Arts (Oscar Howe Elementary - 58)57.745.6
 12.1%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Sioux Falls School District 49-5)49.747
 2.7%
   All Grades English Language Arts (South Dakota)53.249.7
 3.5%
All Grades Mathematics (Oscar Howe Elementary - 58)57.744.4
 13.2%
   All Grades Mathematics (Sioux Falls School District 49-5)43.141.3
 1.8%
   All Grades Mathematics (South Dakota)44.941.9
 3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students556586
 5.4%
African American4352
 20.9%
American Indian3338
 15.2%
Asian62
 66.7%
Hispanic4387
 102.3%
Pacific Islander00
White390366
 6.2%
Two or More Races4141
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients38.3%41.8%
 3.5%


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Students at Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 are 62% White, 15% Hispanic, 9% African American, 7% Two or more races, 6% American Indian.

Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 ranks 142nd of 201 South Dakota elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students who attend Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 usually go on to attend:

Middle : Memorial Middle School - 04
High : Roosevelt High School - 03

In the 2022-23 school year, 586 students attended Oscar Howe Elementary - 58.


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