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Rapid City School District 51-4
Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 2 towns
Serves Rapid City and Summerset, and parts of Box Elder.
Students
12,313
Schools
26
Spent per student
$11,037
SD $13,040
Students per teacher
16:1
Free or reduced lunch
43%
Debt
$54.6M
fiscal 2024
What stands out about Rapid City School District 51-4
- School Grade C: better than 29% of South Dakota districts
- Math proficiency 8 pts below the state
- Graduation rate (4-year) 8 pts below the state
- Spends 15% less per student than the SD average
- 16 students per teacher
- Debt of $54.6M, about $4,433 per student
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Caputa.
PK–514 elementary schoolsThis district
6–85 middle schoolsThis district
9–122 high schoolsThis district
Test scores vs. SD
2020–21Math proficiency34%
State average 42.2%
Graduation rate (4-year)77%
State average 84.5%
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024$11,037 per student · 15% below SD
Spending
Classroom instruction 53%Support & administration 42%Other 4%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 56%State 24%Federal 20%
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Enrollment over time
12,435’20
12,414’21
12,397’22
12,136’23
12,313’24
About steady.
Students
White 58%American Indian/Alaska Native 17%Two or more races 12%Hispanic 11%Asian 1%Black 1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%
Schools in the district
26 public schools.
Valley View Elementary - 13
C−605 students18:1
Rapid Valley Elementary - 12
C486 students16:1
General Beadle Elementary - 01
D483 students18:1
Meadowbrook Elementary - 10
B+478 students17:1
Corral Drive Elementary - 21
B+439 students20:1
Grandview Elementary - 06
C−431 students16:1
Pinedale Elementary - 11
A377 students17:1
Knollwood Heights Elementary - 08
D368 students13:1
Robbinsdale Elementary - 14
D328 students13:1
Woodrow Wilson Elementary - 17
C−328 students16:1
South Park Elementary - 16
C−313 students14:1
Black Hawk Elementary - 03
C−305 students15:1
Horace Mann Elementary - 07
D274 students14:1
South Canyon Elementary - 15
C274 students14:1
South Middle School - 36
C−618 students14:1
Southwest Middle School - 38
A614 students16:1
East Middle School - 30
C−613 students16:1
West Middle School - 37
C+591 students15:1
North Middle School - 35
D418 students12:1
Central High School - 41
B−1,998 students17:1
Stevens High School - 42
A+1,771 students19:1
Rapid City Online High School - 92
73 students104:1
Lincoln Building - 44
23 students23:1
Jefferson Building - 64
98 students6:1
Wellfully - 65
7 students7:1
Rapid City High School - 45
0 students
Towns served
Nearby districts
Compare spending and schools next door.
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES directory and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings are opinions.