Horace Mann Elementary - 07

Horace Mann Elementary - 07 is one of the average-sized elementary-level communitys in Rapid City, South Dakota, overseen by Rapid City Area School District 51-4, with 274 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 34% above the state mean of about 204.

Within Rapid City Area School District 51-4, which oversees 26 schools and 12,610 students, Horace Mann Elementary - 07 is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Horace Mann Elementary - 07 records that the largest single group is Native American at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 24% White, 18% multiracial, 17% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Pennington County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Horace Mann Elementary - 07 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.1%; this one delivers 17.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Pennington County put median household income runs about $74,517, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Horace Mann Elementary - 07 is one of 41 public schools in Pennington County (combined enrollment of about 16,186 students).

Central High School - 41 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Horace Mann Elementary - 07 comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 16.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Horace Mann Elementary - 07 has fell 15%, going from 322 students in 2018 to 274 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 11% to 17%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Horace Mann Elementary - 07 community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.