Canyon Lake Elementary - 04

Set in Rapid City, South Dakota, Canyon Lake Elementary - 04 is a moderately sized elementary-level community, overseen by Rapid City Area School District 51-4. It serves 297 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 204 students each, so Canyon Lake Elementary - 04 sits 46% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Rapid City Area School District 51-4, which oversees 26 schools and 12,610 students, Canyon Lake Elementary - 04 is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Canyon Lake Elementary - 04 records that White students make up the majority at 57%. Beyond that, the school logs 14% multiracial, 13% Native American, 13% Hispanic. By comparison, Pennington County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Canyon Lake Elementary - 04 shows 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Roughly 32% of students at Canyon Lake Elementary - 04 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Pennington County's rate of about 41%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Pennington County put median household earnings sit near $74,517, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Pennington County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,186 students), Canyon Lake Elementary - 04 is one campus in the mix.

West Middle School - 37 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Canyon Lake Elementary - 04's enrollment has fell 28% since 2018, when it stood at 414 (now 297). Class-load math has fell: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2024.

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