Meadowbrook Elementary - 10

Located at 3125 W Flormann St, in Rapid City, South Dakota, Meadowbrook Elementary - 10 is a well-populated elementary school that caters to 478 students (grades K through 5), run under Rapid City Area School District 51-4. Compared to the state average of about 204 students per school, that is 134% above typical.

Rapid City Area School District 51-4 comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 12,610 students; Meadowbrook Elementary - 10 is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Meadowbrook Elementary - 10 records that White students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school reports 10% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 9% Native American. By comparison, Pennington County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Roughly 25% of students at Meadowbrook Elementary - 10 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Pennington County's rate of about 41%.

With demographic context factored in, Meadowbrook Elementary - 10 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Pennington County put the typical household earns roughly $74,517 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Pennington County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,186 students), Meadowbrook Elementary - 10 is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Canyon Lake Elementary - 04, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Meadowbrook Elementary - 10 comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 51.3%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 12%: 545 students in 2018 compared to 478 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 78% to 69%.

Inside the community feed, members of the Meadowbrook Elementary - 10 community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.