Elementary · South Dakota
Knollwood Heights Elementary - 08
Free meals for allKnollwood Heights Elementary - 08, a public elementary school in Rapid City, South Dakota: grades k–5, 368 students, 13.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Rapid City Area School District 51-4.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 368
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28.3
- Students per teacher
- 13.0
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 53% of elementary schools in South Dakota
Median 12.8 · 318 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 68% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 78% of elementary schools in South Dakota
Median 150 · 319 schools compared
Smaller than 60% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on South Dakota's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
South Dakota: 49%19%proficient
+1.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 89% of elementary schools in South Dakota
Median 49% · 281 elementary schools compared
191 students tested, grades 3–8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
South Dakota: 45%17%proficient
+4.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 89% of elementary schools in South Dakota
Median 48% · 272 elementary schools compared
191 students tested, grades 3–8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Small city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Rapid City Area School District 51-4.
Location
- Address
- 1701 Downing St, Rapid City, SD 57701
- Phone
- (605)394-1851
- City or town
- Rapid City
- County
- Pennington County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
General Beadle Elementary - 01Free meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 483 | 18.5 | 13% | 8.7% |
Horace Mann Elementary - 07Free meals for all | K–5 | 274 | 13.6 | 19% | 12% |
| K–5 | 328 | 15.8 | 41% | 40% | |
South Park Elementary - 16Free meals for all | K–5 | 313 | 13.9 | 28% | 28% |
Robbinsdale Elementary - 14Free meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 328 | 13.0 | 17% | 14% |
| K–5 | 431 | 16.4 | 41% | 40% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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