Summary:
The 57104 list includes nine schools—five elementary schools, one middle school, one high school, and two alternative programs—with 1,774 students total, from nine at Avera Behavioral Health Program to 574 at Garfield Elementary, all within the Sioux Falls School District 49-5. The clearest takeaway is that All City Elementary stands far above the other elementary schools in the reported test results.
In 2025–2026, All City scored 66% in ELA and 74% in math, leading the next-highest elementary school, Lowell, by 43 and 54 percentage points, respectively; All City also exceeded state results by 17 points in ELA and 30 in math. Among the four elementary schools with results, All City was the only one above the state in both subjects. At the other end, Axtell Park Middle School had the lowest reported all-grade results: 14% in ELA and 8% in math, each about 36 points below the state. Axtell serves a different grade span, so its results are not a like-for-like comparison with the elementary schools.
Across the four elementary schools, the average was 32% in ELA and 30% in math, compared with 49% and 44% statewide; excluding All City, the other three averaged 20% and 16%. The area’s average gap to the state widened slightly in ELA and by 2 points in math from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, although schools moved in different directions: Axtell gained 5 points in ELA and 8 in math, while Lowell fell 4 and 6 points. SchoolDigger gave All City five stars in each of the three reported years, with percentile ranks of 92, 97, and 92; the other elementary schools had zero stars in 2025–2026. Attendance also sharply distinguishes schools: All City’s chronic absenteeism was 1%, versus 30% at Garfield, 29% at Hawthorne and Lowell, and 67% at Axtell; district and state rates were 25% and 20%.
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