Schools · Rapid
Rapid, SD schools
Kids attend one of 12 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 5 middle schools and Central High School - 41 or Stevens High School - 42.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C
Rapid’s School Grade: C
The public schools Rapid’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 71% of South Dakota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
CTest scoresC-Graduation
South Dakota school districts we grade (146)Better than 29%
Lower resultsHigher results
South Dakota towns with similar household incomes (334)Better than 28%
High confidence. Built on 6,463 tested students and a graduating class of 955; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on South Dakota’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of South Dakota only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in South Dakota with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why 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.
School path
Where Rapid kids go to school
Grades PK–5
12 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Rapid City School District 51-4Grades 9–12
B-Central High School - 41 or A+Stevens High School - 42
Depends on your address Rapid City School District 51-4Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (grades PK–12, Rapid City School District 51-4)34%
State average 42.2%
Graduation · class of 2020
77% graduate on time
Graduation rate
77%
SD: 84.5%
Graduating class
955
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #27 of 33 SD towns →
Districts
The district serving Rapid
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 33 schools in Rapid
Showing 1–30 of 33 schools
Valley View Elementary - 13Elementary · Grades K–5 · 605 students
C-PublicGeneral Beadle Elementary - 01Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 483 students
DPublicMeadowbrook Elementary - 10Elementary · Grades K–5 · 478 students
B+PublicCorral Drive Elementary - 21Elementary · Grades K–5 · 439 students
B+PublicGrandview Elementary - 06Elementary · Grades K–5 · 431 students
C-PublicPinedale Elementary - 11Elementary · Grades K–5 · 377 students
APublicKnollwood Heights Elementary - 08Elementary · Grades K–5 · 368 students
DPublicRobbinsdale Elementary - 14Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 328 students
DPublicWoodrow Wilson Elementary - 17Elementary · Grades K–5 · 328 students
C-PublicSouth Park Elementary - 16Elementary · Grades K–5 · 313 students
C-PublicHorace Mann Elementary - 07Elementary · Grades K–5 · 274 students
DPublicSouth Canyon Elementary - 15Elementary · Grades K–5 · 274 students
CPublicSouth Middle School - 36Middle · Grades 6–8 · 618 students
C-PublicSouthwest Middle School - 38Middle · Grades 6–8 · 614 students
APublicEast Middle School - 30Middle · Grades 6–8 · 613 students
C-PublicWest Middle School - 37Middle · Grades 6–8 · 591 students
C+PublicNorth Middle School - 35Middle · Grades 6–8 · 418 students
DPublicCentral High School - 41High · Grades 9–12 · 1,998 students
B-PublicStevens High School - 42High · Grades 9–12 · 1,771 students
A+PublicRapid City Online High School - 92High · Grades 9–12 · 73 students
PublicLincoln Building - 44High · Grades 12 · 23 students
PublicJefferson Building - 64Other · Grades PK–12 · 98 students
PublicWellfully - 65Other · Grades 1–12 · 7 students
PublicRapid City High School - 45Grades M
PublicBLACK HILLS MONTESSORI SCHOOL
PrivateCALVARY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
PrivateCHILDREN'S HOUSE MONTESSORI
PrivateCREEKSIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
PrivateRAPID CITY CATHOLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
PrivateRAPID CITY SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.