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Elementary Immersion Center - 43

Q: Is Elementary Immersion Center - 43 a good school?

Elementary Immersion Center - 43 ranks in the bottom 2.3% of South Dakota elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend Elementary Immersion Center - 43?

In the 2024-25 school year, 106 students attended Elementary Immersion Center - 43.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Elementary Immersion Center - 43?

Students at Elementary Immersion Center - 43 are 52% Hispanic, 35% African American, 7% Asian, 6% White.

Public Grades K-5

293^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 300 South Dakota Elementary Schools

Better than 2% of South Dakota elementary schools

Summary

Elementary Immersion Center - 43 is a public elementary school in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, serving 79 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the Sioux Falls School District 49-5, which is ranked 90 out of 147 school districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite being part of the Sioux Falls School District, Elementary Immersion Center - 43 has consistently performed poorly on standardized tests, with 0% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grades in the 2024-2025 school year. This is significantly lower than the district (49.18% in ELA, 42.76% in Math) and the state of South Dakota (50.93% in ELA, 43.49% in Math). The school also faces high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 11.4% to 25.5% over the past few years.

When compared to other elementary schools in the Sioux Falls School District, Elementary Immersion Center - 43 performs significantly worse on academic measures. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the nearby Sonia Sotomayor Elementary - 65 had 68.04% of students proficient or better in ELA and 72.85% in Math, far exceeding the performance of Elementary Immersion Center - 43. The school's statewide ranking has also declined over time, from 207 out of 207 South Dakota elementary schools in the 2016-2017 school year to 293 out of 300 in the 2024-2025 school year.

106

Students ?

13.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,099

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2511 W Brookings St
Sioux Falls, SD 57104

(605) 367-6120

District: Sioux Falls School District 49-5

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

51.9%

African American:

34.9%

Asian:

6.6%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — <1st percentile in 2017 → 2nd in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the South Dakota average (0% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)

!English Language Arts scores 51 pts below the South Dakota average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school0%

District avg45%

South Dakota avg47%

293^rd of 300

South Dakota public elementary schools ?

Bottom 2%▲ up 2 pts since 2017

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

25^th of 25Elementary Schools in the Sioux Falls School District 49-5

90^th of 147Sioux Falls School District 49-5 among South Dakota districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Dakota percentile	Rating
2025	5.3	293 of 300	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	0.7	207 of 207	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Dakota percentile	Rating
2025	19.1	78 of 81	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Dakota percentile	Rating
2025	10.8	54 of 58	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Dakota percentile	Rating
2025	23.1	164 of 176	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Dakota percentile	Rating
2025	7.9	279 of 291	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Dakota percentile	Rating
2025	17.4	156 of 163	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Dakota percentile	Rating
2025	31.8	48 of 61	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Dakota percentile	Rating
2025	8.7	235 of 237	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Dakota percentile	Rating
2025	5.4	292 of 292	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Dakota percentile	Rating
2025	3.8	283 of 287	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Homeless (2025)21st percentile+19 vs school

Asian (2025)7th percentile+5 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)7th percentile+4 vs school

Hispanic (2025)4th percentile~ school

Female (2025)4th percentile~ school

African American (2025)4th percentile~ school

White (2025)1st percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)1st percentile~ school

Male (2025)<1st percentile~ school

By subject vs South Dakota (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts0%-51 vs state

Mathematics0%-43 vs state

Science0%-41 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
All City Elementary - 50	Public	K-5	2511 W Brookings St	Sioux Falls	57104	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 367-6120	149	9	17.4	22.8%	123 (82.6%)	13 (8.7%)	4 (2.7%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.4%)	84.9	10^th of 300 public elementary schools	96.7%		85.3	17^th of 201 public elementary schools	91.5%	7	80.0	62.5	66.7	70.0	88.0	70.8	57.1	72.9	71.4	$11,236	$590	$10,646
Elementary Immersion Center - 43	Public	K-5	2511 W Brookings St	Sioux Falls	57104	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 367-6120	106	8	13.3	100.0%	6 (5.7%)	37 (34.9%)	55 (51.9%)	7 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5.3	293^rd of 300 public elementary schools	2.3%					(n/a)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	$12,099	$1,661	$10,437
Garfield Elementary - 19	Public	PK, KG-5	705 S Roberts Dr	Sioux Falls	57104	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 367-6180	574	41	14.1	88.3%	183 (31.9%)	100 (17.4%)	141 (24.6%)	14 (2.4%)	59 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	77 (13.4%)	17	260^th of 300 public elementary schools	13.3%		7.9	189^th of 201 public elementary schools	6.0%	71	16.2	26.4	18.5	19.7	22.2	20.8	10.2	17.2	14.8	$12,120	$1,798	$10,323
Hawthorne Elementary - 56	Public	PK, KG-5	601 N Spring Ave	Sioux Falls	57104	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 367-4580	443	34	12.9	100.0%	136 (30.7%)	90 (20.3%)	97 (21.9%)	15 (3.4%)	58 (13.1%)	6 (1.4%)	41 (9.3%)	16.9	261^st of 300 public elementary schools	13.0%		4.2	196^th of 201 public elementary schools	2.5%	65	11.8	19.6	28.0	19.7	13.7	13.0	14.0	13.6	20.0	$12,992	$2,182	$10,810
Lowell Elementary - 28	Public	PK, KG-5	710 W 18th St	Sioux Falls	57104	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 367-8378	426	30	14.2	87.3%	114 (26.8%)	55 (12.9%)	143 (33.6%)	11 (2.6%)	57 (13.4%)	3 (0.7%)	43 (10.1%)	28.2	233^rd of 300 public elementary schools	22.3%		18.3	177^th of 201 public elementary schools	11.9%	56	19.1	31.4	31.5	27.3	22.2	29.4	27.4	26.2	28.8	$12,342	$1,779	$10,563
Hayward Elementary - 38	Public	PK, KG-5	400 N Valley View Rd	Sioux Falls	57107	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 367-4590	728	51	14.1	83.5%	202 (27.7%)	73 (10.0%)	342 (47.0%)	4 (0.5%)	44 (6.0%)	2 (0.3%)	61 (8.4%)	14.8	265^th of 300 public elementary schools	11.7%		6.1	192^nd of 201 public elementary schools	4.5%	73	10.7	26.9	15.5	17.0	9.2	22.1	11.4	13.7	12.2	$11,446	$1,508	$9,938
Sonia Sotomayor Elementary - 65	Public	PK, KG-5	1510 S Lake Ave	Sioux Falls	57105	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 367-4655	690	38	18.1	14.1%	514 (74.5%)	7 (1.0%)	121 (17.5%)	3 (0.4%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	40 (5.8%)	83.9	12^th of 300 public elementary schools	96.0%		82.6	21^st of 201 public elementary schools	89.6%	9	59.4	70.4	75.0	68.0	77.2	67.3	73.9	72.9	64.1	$11,008	$567	$10,441
Laura Wilder Elementary - 31	Public	K-5	2300 S Lyndale Ave	Sioux Falls	57105	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 367-4570	447	30	14.8	66.7%	226 (50.6%)	60 (13.4%)	65 (14.5%)	4 (0.9%)	40 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (11.6%)	36.3	211^th of 300 public elementary schools	29.7%		18.7	175^th of 201 public elementary schools	12.9%	36	41.7	40.0	23.9	35.1	56.9	34.5	16.4	36.6	20.9	$10,790	$621	$10,170
Teachwell Elementary and Intermediate - 09	Public	K-5	715 E 14th St	Sioux Falls	57104	Minnehaha County	East Dakota Educational Cooperative	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 367-7680	0	2	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Laura B. Anderson Elementary - 10	Public	PK, KG-5	1600 N Wayland Ave	Sioux Falls	57103	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 367-6130	291	26	11.3	85.2%	95 (32.6%)	31 (10.7%)	105 (36.1%)	9 (3.1%)	26 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (8.6%)	23	243^rd of 300 public elementary schools	19.0%		9.8	186^th of 201 public elementary schools	7.5%	57	25.0	26.0	28.6	26.5	31.8	22.0	16.7	23.5	16.7	$13,906	$2,305	$11,601

Frequently Asked Questions about Elementary Immersion Center - 43

Is Elementary Immersion Center - 43 a good school?

Elementary Immersion Center - 43 ranks in the bottom 2.3% of South Dakota elementary schools.

How many students attend Elementary Immersion Center - 43?

In the 2024-25 school year, 106 students attended Elementary Immersion Center - 43.

What district is Elementary Immersion Center - 43 in?

Sioux Falls School District 49-5

What is the racial makeup of Elementary Immersion Center - 43?

Students at Elementary Immersion Center - 43 are 52% Hispanic, 35% African American, 7% Asian, 6% White.

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