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FAST FACTS
Sioux Falls at a glance
SCHOOLS
PU BL IC S CH OO L S
The Sioux Falls School District is the largest district
in the state with more than 24,000 students.
The district has four high schools — including the
new Jefferson High School, which opened its doors
in the fall of 2021. The other three are Washington,
Challenge Center — located in Robert Frost
Elementary — is a gifted program for students
who meet certain testing requirements,
And both Rosa Parks and Hayward Elementary
have two-way immersion programs where
Spanish and English-speaking students learn in
both Spanish and English.
Lincoln and Roosevelt High Schools. (Yes, the Mount
You can find more information on individual
Rushmore parallel was intentional.)
schools (and find the schools your kids would
Sioux Falls also has six middle schools, the newest of
which is Ben Reifel Middle School, which opened in
the southeast part of town last fall.
At the elementary level, Sioux Falls has 23 schools,
all of which offer full-day kindergarten. Of
those schools, six offer some sort of specialized
programming. Those include:
All-City Elementary, which requires a certain
time commitment for parents to volunteer in the
classroom,
Eugene Field A+ (as in “arts plus academics”)
Elementary has a special focus on integrating
the arts into learning,
Sonia Sotomayor Elementary is a Spanish
Immersion school,
Rosa Parks offers Global Studies,
SIMPLIFIED COMMUNITY GUIDE
attend based on where you live) on the Sioux Falls
School District website.
P R I VATE SCHO O L S
The Bishop O’Gorman Catholic School system is
the largest private school system in the city with
six elementary schools, a junior high school and
O’Gorman High School.
Other religious private schools include Sioux Falls
Christian and Sioux Falls Lutheran.
Sioux Falls also has a couple of non-religious
private schools:
The Baan Dek Montessori school is another
private, accredited option in town for young
children.
ACE Academy is a private school focused on
learning through culture-based curriculum and
worldly exposure.
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