Grandview Elementary - 06

As a big elementary-level community in Rapid City, South Dakota, Grandview Elementary - 06 serves 431 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Rapid City Area School District 51-4. Enrollment runs roughly 111% larger than the state mean of about 204.

Within Rapid City Area School District 51-4, which oversees 26 schools and 12,610 students, Grandview Elementary - 06 is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Grandview Elementary - 06 records that 58% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 16% Native American, 12% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Grandview Elementary - 06 has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Grandview Elementary - 06 higher than the state norm the norm. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Grandview Elementary - 06 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.0%, the actual is 44.7%, a residual of -2.2 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Pennington County) records that median household earnings sit near $74,517, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Grandview Elementary - 06 is one of 41 public schools in Pennington County (combined enrollment of about 16,186 students).

Nearest neighbor: South Middle School - 36, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Grandview Elementary - 06 ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 28.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Grandview Elementary - 06 has fell 9%, going from 472 students in 2018 to 431 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 74% to 58%.

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