Rapid City Area School District 51-4

Public school district based in Rapid City, South Dakota. NCES district ID 4659820; state ID SD-51004.

District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.

Operating schoolsDefinition

Source: NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25 · 2024–25

Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition

12,313

Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25 · 2024–25

Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition

768.7

Source: NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25 · 2024–25

Students per teacher FTEDefinition

16.0

Not class size.
Source: NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25 · 2024–25

Charter schoolsDefinition

Source: NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25 · 2024–25

Enrollment by grade

**Students by grade, Rapid City Area School District 51-4**Rapid City Area School District 51-4, South Dakota · students (sum of schools) · school year 2024–25 · Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a
Group	Students	Bar
Pre-Kindergarten	167
Kindergarten	870
Grade 1	885
Grade 2	880
Grade 3	964
Grade 4	903
Grade 5	917
Grade 6	980
Grade 7	972
Grade 8	902
Grade 9	1,255
Grade 10	973
Grade 11	772
Grade 12	873

Students by race/ethnicity

**Share of students by race/ethnicity, Rapid City Area School District 51-4**Rapid City Area School District 51-4, South Dakota · % of students with a reported category · school year 2024–25 · Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a · groups under 10 students hidden
Group	Share	Bar
American Indian or Alaska Native	17.5%
Asian	1.2%
Black or African American	Suppressed
Hispanic/Latino	10.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	Suppressed
Two or more races	12.0%
White	58.6%

Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.

Students by sex

**Share of students by sex, Rapid City Area School District 51-4**Rapid City Area School District 51-4, South Dakota · % of students · school year 2024–25 · Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a
Group	Share	Bar
Female	48.6%
Male	51.4%

Schools in this district

Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: City 23, Suburb 2.

**Operating public schools, Rapid City Area School District 51-4**South Dakota · school year 2024–25 · Source: NCES CCD and EDGE
School	Grades	Type	Students	Teacher FTE	Students / FTE	Locale
Central High School - 41 Rapid City	9–12	Regular	1,998	117.6	17	City: Small
Stevens High School - 42 Rapid City	9–12	Regular	1,771	90.9	19.5	City: Small
South Middle School - 36 Rapid City	6–8	Regular	618	45.1	13.7	City: Small
Southwest Middle School - 38 Rapid City	6–8	Regular	614	37.8	16.3	City: Small
East Middle School - 30 Rapid City	6–8	Regular	613	38.9	15.8	City: Small
Valley View Elementary - 13 Rapid City	K–5	Regular	605	34.1	17.8	City: Small
West Middle School - 37 Rapid City	6–8	Regular	591	38.4	15.4	City: Small
Rapid Valley Elementary - 12 Rapid City	PK–5	Regular	486	31.3	15.5	Suburb: Small
General Beadle Elementary - 01 Rapid City	PK–5	Regular	483	26.2	18.5	City: Small
Meadowbrook Elementary - 10 Rapid City	K–5	Regular	478	28.9	16.5	City: Small
Corral Drive Elementary - 21 Rapid City	K–5	Regular	439	21.9	20	City: Small
Grandview Elementary - 06 Rapid City	K–5	Regular	431	26.3	16.4	City: Small
North Middle School - 35 Rapid City	6–8	Regular	418	34.8	12	City: Small
Pinedale Elementary - 11 Rapid City	K–5	Regular	377	22.4	16.8	City: Small
Knollwood Heights Elementary - 08 Rapid City	K–5	Regular	368	28.3	13	City: Small
Woodrow Wilson Elementary - 17 Rapid City	K–5	Regular	328	20.7	15.8	City: Small
Robbinsdale Elementary - 14 Rapid City	PK–5	Regular	328	25.3	13	City: Small
South Park Elementary - 16 Rapid City	K–5	Regular	313	22.6	13.9	City: Small
Black Hawk Elementary - 03 Black Hawk	K–5	Regular	305	20.3	15	Suburb: Small
South Canyon Elementary - 15 Rapid City	K–5	Regular	274	19.0	14.4	City: Small
Horace Mann Elementary - 07 Rapid City	K–5	Regular	274	20.2	13.6	City: Small
Jefferson Building - 64 Rapid City	PK–12	Special Education	98	15.2	6.4	City: Small
Rapid City Online High School - 92 Rapid City	9–12	Regular	73	0.7	101.4check	City: Small
Lincoln Building - 44 Rapid City	12	Special Education	23	1.0	23	City: Small
Wellfully - 65 Rapid City	1–12	Alternative	7	1.0	7	City: Small

Finance and graduation rates

District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.

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Sources for this page

NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.

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