Enrollment
274
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAPID CITY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT 51-4·NCES 465982000550
Horace Mann Elementary - 07
902 Anamosa St, Rapid City, SD 57701 · (605) 394-1847 · Pennington County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL274 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded South Dakota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
274 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 53% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
21.4%
SD avg 50.3% . -5.1pp since 2022
Math
12.8%
SD avg 47.5% . -7.9pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 8 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.4% | 12.8% |
| 2023-24 | 21.4% | 20.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.5% | 20.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SD Smarter Balanced. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
17.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.1%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for South Dakota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among South Dakota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Horace Mann Elementary - 07
Horace Mann Elementary - 07's state test result (17.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Mann Elementary - 07 this school | 274 | 100.0% | 17.7% |
| Knollwood Heights Elementary - 08 Rapid City | 368 | 100.0% | 15.9% |
| General Beadle Elementary - 01 Rapid City | 483 | 100.0% | 12.4% |
| South Park Elementary - 16 Rapid City | 313 | 100.0% | 28.1% |
| Robbinsdale Elementary - 14 Rapid City | 328 | 100.0% | 16.3% |
| Bennett County Elementary School - 03 Martin | 217 | 100.0% | 20.1% |
Matched among South Dakota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Horace Mann Elementary - 07 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Pennington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.7% | #184 of 193 | #15 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #194 of 199 ▼ 8 | #18 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #190 of 202 ▼ 2 | #16 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 274 | #107 of 331 | #16 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #55 of 131 | #4 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.8% | #8 of 131 | #1 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #9 of 209 | #4 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #30 of 87 | #3 of 14 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
274
+9 (+3%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 389
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 274 | 20.2 | 13.6:1 | 100% (274) |
| 2023-24 | 293 | 20.2 | 14.5:1 | 100% (293) |
| 2022-23 | 284 | 19.5 | 14.6:1 | 100% (284) |
| 2020-21 | 265 | 19 | 13.9:1 | 100% (265) |
| 2017-18 | 322 | 20.5 | 15.7:1 | 100% (322) |
| 2015-16 | 326 | 21 | 15.5:1 | 100% (326) |
| 2010-11 | 311 | 24 | 13.0:1 | 79% (245) |
| 2000-01 | 230 | 18 | 12.8:1 | 67% (155) |
| 1990-91 | 389 | 22 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Horace Mann Elementary - 07.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (322 to 274); teachers down 1% (20.5 to 20.2).
About Horace Mann Elementary - 07
Horace Mann Elementary - 07 is a public elementary school in Rapid City, South Dakota. The school serves 274 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in South Dakota is roughly 204 students; this school is 34% above that.
Horace Mann Elementary - 07 is among 26 schools run by Rapid City Area School District 51-4, which serves 12,610 students.
Enrollment at Horace Mann Elementary - 07 is mixed, with Native American students the largest group at 41%. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% White, 18% multiracial, and 17% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Horace Mann Elementary - 07 comes in at 72%.
Federal staffing data show 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Horace Mann Elementary - 07 and a ratio of 13.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in South Dakota is 15.4:1, higher than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 100% of enrollment. The gap from the 41% average for public schools in Pennington County is 59 points.
Measured against South Dakota public elementary schools, Horace Mann Elementary - 07 receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Horace Mann Elementary - 07's lunch-eligibility share in South Dakota is predicted to score 22.1%. Horace Mann Elementary - 07 scores 17.7%, 4.4 points below that line.
Among Pennington County residents, median household income is about $74,517, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Horace Mann Elementary - 07 is one of 41 public schools in Pennington County, which together enroll about 16,186 students.
Of nearby public schools, Central High School - 41 is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Horace Mann Elementary - 07 is ahead of the 16.0% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 4.
Horace Mann Elementary - 07 has an NCES locale of City: Small.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 265 to 274.
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Pennington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
113,512
Census ACS
Median income
$74,517
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
16,186 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rapid City Area School District 51-4
- Central High School - 41High · 1,998 students
- Stevens High School - 42High · 1,771 students
- South Middle School - 36Middle · 618 students
- Southwest Middle School - 38Middle · 614 students
- East Middle School - 30Middle · 613 students
- Valley View Elementary - 13Elementary · 605 students
Other schools in Rapid City
- Central High School - 41High · 1,998 students
- Stevens High School - 42High · 1,771 students
- South Middle School - 36Middle · 618 students
- Southwest Middle School - 38Middle · 614 students
- East Middle School - 30Middle · 613 students
- Valley View Elementary - 13Elementary · 605 students
Other Horace Mann Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 12 states are named Horace Mann Elementary. Horace Mann Elementary - 07 is the 16th largest of the 24.
- Horace Mann Elementary SchoolNORTH BERGEN, NJ · 978 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 870 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryGlendale, CA · 672 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryBeverly Hills, CA · 578 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryHuntington, IN · 438 students
Nearby schools
- Central High School - 410.6 mi · 1,998
- North Middle School - 350.9 mi · 418
- General Beadle Elementary - 010.9 mi · 483
- Rapid City Online High School - 921.2 mi · 73
- Knollwood Heights Elementary - 081.2 mi · 368
- Lincoln Building - 441.3 mi · 23
Frequently asked questions
About Horace Mann Elementary - 07How many students attend Horace Mann Elementary - 07?
Horace Mann Elementary - 07 enrolls approximately 274 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Horace Mann Elementary - 07 serve?
Horace Mann Elementary - 07 serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Horace Mann Elementary - 07 have?
Horace Mann Elementary - 07 employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Horace Mann Elementary - 07?
Student demographics at Horace Mann Elementary - 07 are roughly 24% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 18% Two or more.
What district is Horace Mann Elementary - 07 in?
Horace Mann Elementary - 07 is part of Rapid City Area School District 51-4.
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