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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Discovery Elementary - 26, Sioux Falls, SD

Discovery Elementary - 26 is a public elementary school in Sioux Falls, part of Sioux Falls School District 49-5. It enrolled 873 students in 2024-25, with 17.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
873
Teachers (FTE)
50.0
Students per teacher
17.5
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 2.7 higher than the district figure of 14.8. The South Dakota average across schools is 14.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.5
District14.8
South Dakota14.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
1506 S Discovery Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57106
Phone
(605)362-3530
District
Sioux Falls School District 49-5
County
Minnehaha County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
466627001238
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
136
Reduced-price lunch
55
Free or reduced-price lunch
19121.9% of enrollment.
Direct certification
74Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Sioux Falls School District 49-5

Elementary schools elsewhere in Sioux Falls

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.