Falls Academy - 08
Sioux Falls · SD · West Central School District 49-7 · Public · K-12 combined
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Summit Oaks-Residential - 48 → Teachwell Academy High School - 01 → Teachwell Thrive - 03 → Community Campus - 41 → Our Home → Montrose High School - 01 → Teachwell Strive -05 → Avera Behavioral Health Program - 82 →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Falls Academy - 08 compares for families
What families should know about Falls Academy - 08.
- ▸ LocallySD students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Summit Oaks-Residential - 48, Teachwell Academy High School - 01, Teachwell Thrive - 03 and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of South Dakota
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $19,858/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +6.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 29 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Oaks-Residential - 48 Sioux Falls |
Public | 9.1 | 11 | — |
| Teachwell Academy High School - 01 Sioux Falls |
Public | 9.3 | 51 | — |
| Teachwell Thrive - 03 Sioux Falls |
Public | 9.2 | 8 | — |
| Community Campus - 41 Sioux Falls |
Public | 8.0 | 77 | +30.5% |
| Our Home Parkston |
Public | 55.2 | 20 | — |
| Montrose High School - 01 Montrose |
Public | 17.2 | 63 | +6.8% |
| Teachwell Strive -05 Sioux Falls |
Public | 6.0 | 3 | — |
| Avera Behavioral Health Program - 82 Sioux Falls |
Public | 7.8 | 3 | — |