Central High School - 41

Central High School - 41 is a public large high school in Rapid City, South Dakota. The school's 1,998 students are in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 788% higher than the average for high schools in South Dakota, which is about 225.

Rapid City Area School District 51-4 is made up of 26 schools with 12,610 students in all.

No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Central High School - 41. The largest is White students, at 48%. Smaller groups are 23% Native American, 14% multiracial, and 12% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Pennington County is roughly 79% White.

Its teaching staff equals 117.6 full-time positions, a ratio of 17.0:1. On average, high schools in South Dakota have 20.6:1, compared with 17.0:1 here. Around 45% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.

Pennington County has about 113,512 residents, and the median household income is $74,517, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, Pennington County has 41 public schools and roughly 16,186 students.

The school nearest to Central High School - 41 is Rapid City Online High School - 92, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.

Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.

Enrollment is up 8% from 2017-18, when Central High School - 41 had 1,853 students, to 2024-25, when it had 1,998. By 2024-25, 48% of students were White, compared with 66% in 2017-18.

Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.