Jefferson Building - 64

Jefferson Building - 64 is a very small school serving multiple grade levels found in Rapid City, South Dakota. The school offers pre-K through 12 and enrolls 98 students. The school is 69% below the average for combined schools in South Dakota.

District-wide, Rapid City Area School District 51-4 has 26 schools and 12,610 students.

No group is above 50% at Jefferson Building - 64; the largest is White, at 49%. Other reported shares: 29% Native American, 13% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Pennington County's residents are about 79% White, 30 points above the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.

Based on 15.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, Jefferson Building - 64 has a ratio of 6.5:1. Combined schools in South Dakota average 12.9:1, 6.5 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 13% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Pennington County averages 41%, higher than here.

In Pennington County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $74,517, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 41 public schools and about 16,186 students.

Wellfully - 65 is the nearest public school to Jefferson Building - 64, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Jefferson Building - 64, there are at least 8 other public schools.

Jefferson Building - 64 falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

Reported enrollment: 29 (2020-21) and 98 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. The number of students per teacher increased from 4.1 to 6.5 over 4 years.

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