Schools in Caputa · Rapid City School District 51-4
Caputa’s public schools score below 71% of South Dakota districts
The public schools Caputa’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 71% of South Dakota’s districts on state tests and graduation.
Math proficiency
34%
▼ 8 pts vs SD 42%
2020–21
Graduate on time
77%
▼ 8 pts vs SD 85%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$11.0K
▼ 15% vs SD $13.0K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade
How Caputa compares
C Test scoresC− Graduation
South Dakota school districts we grade (146)Better than 29%
Lower resultsHigher results
High confidence. Built on 6,463 tested students and a graduating class of 955; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on South Dakota’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of South Dakota only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Caputa.
14 schools teach K in Caputa’s district. Which one depends on your address: Valley View Elementary - 13, Rapid Valley Elementary - 12, General Beadle Elementary - 01 and Meadowbrook Elementary - 10 and more.
14 schools teach 1st grade in Caputa’s district. Which one depends on your address: Valley View Elementary - 13, Rapid Valley Elementary - 12, General Beadle Elementary - 01 and Meadowbrook Elementary - 10 and more.
14 schools teach 2nd grade in Caputa’s district. Which one depends on your address: Valley View Elementary - 13, Rapid Valley Elementary - 12, General Beadle Elementary - 01 and Meadowbrook Elementary - 10 and more.
14 schools teach 3rd grade in Caputa’s district. Which one depends on your address: Valley View Elementary - 13, Rapid Valley Elementary - 12, General Beadle Elementary - 01 and Meadowbrook Elementary - 10 and more.
14 schools teach 4th grade in Caputa’s district. Which one depends on your address: Valley View Elementary - 13, Rapid Valley Elementary - 12, General Beadle Elementary - 01 and Meadowbrook Elementary - 10 and more.
14 schools teach 5th grade in Caputa’s district. Which one depends on your address: Valley View Elementary - 13, Rapid Valley Elementary - 12, General Beadle Elementary - 01 and Meadowbrook Elementary - 10 and more.
5 schools teach 6th grade in Caputa’s district. Which one depends on your address: South Middle School - 36, Southwest Middle School - 38, East Middle School - 30 and West Middle School - 37 and more.
5 schools teach 7th grade in Caputa’s district. Which one depends on your address: South Middle School - 36, Southwest Middle School - 38, East Middle School - 30 and West Middle School - 37 and more.
5 schools teach 8th grade in Caputa’s district. Which one depends on your address: South Middle School - 36, Southwest Middle School - 38, East Middle School - 30 and West Middle School - 37 and more.
The path, start to finish
PK–514 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–85 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
How students score
Math34%
State average 42.2%
Every school in Caputa
0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Also serving Caputa · in other towns
Valley View Elementary - 13
C−605 students18:1Rate it →
Rapid Valley Elementary - 12
C486 students16:1Rate it →
General Beadle Elementary - 01
D483 students18:1Rate it →
Meadowbrook Elementary - 10
B+478 students17:1Rate it →
Corral Drive Elementary - 21
B+439 students20:1Rate it →
Grandview Elementary - 06
C−431 students16:1Rate it →
Pinedale Elementary - 11
A377 students17:1Rate it →
Knollwood Heights Elementary - 08
D368 students13:1Rate it →
Robbinsdale Elementary - 14
D328 students13:1Rate it →
Woodrow Wilson Elementary - 17
C−328 students16:1Rate it →
South Park Elementary - 16
C−313 students14:1Rate it →
Black Hawk Elementary - 03
C−305 students15:1Rate it →
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Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near Caputa
There’s no college in Caputa, but 2 are within 30 miles. The closest is Western Dakota Technical College in Rapid City, 11.2 miles away.
Western Dakota Technical CollegeCommunity college · Public · Rapid City
11.2 mi814 students
South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyUniversity or college · Public · Rapid City
12.3 mi2,402 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Caputa. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within South Dakota. Stars are from neighbors.