Enrollment
377
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAPID CITY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT 51-4·NCES 465982000547
Pinedale Elementary - 11
4901 W Chicago St, Rapid City, SD 57702 · (605) 394-1805 · Pennington County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL377 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
16.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
53 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 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
35%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
56.5%
SD avg 50.3% . -15.5pp since 2022
Math
61.3%
SD avg 47.5% . -4.6pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 16 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 5 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.5% | 61.3% |
| 2023-24 | 65.1% | 71.0% |
| 2022-23 | 72.0% | 65.9% |
% 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
58.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Pinedale Elementary - 11
Pinedale Elementary - 11's state test result (58.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinedale Elementary - 11 this school | 377 | 14.1% | 58.4% |
| Tea Area Venture Elementary - 06 Tea | 379 | 20.6% | 58.9% |
| C C Lee Elementary - 05 Aberdeen | 356 | 17.7% | 69.3% |
| Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01 Tea | 538 | 14.5% | 64.4% |
| Dakota Prairie Elementary - 07 Brookings | 509 | 12.4% | 64.2% |
| Sioux Valley Elementary - 02 Volga | 372 | 14.0% | 54.3% |
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 Pinedale Elementary - 11 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Pennington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #48 of 193 | #2 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #59 of 199 ▼ 33 | #2 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #73 of 202 ▼ 47 | #4 of 19 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 377 | #67 of 331 | #9 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #114 of 131 | #14 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.0% | #81 of 131 | #16 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.1% | #195 of 209 | #18 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #52 of 87 | #6 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
377
+11 (+3%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 525
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 377 | 22.4 | 16.8:1 | 14% (53) |
| 2023-24 | 363 | 22.4 | 16.2:1 | 6% (21) |
| 2022-23 | 365 | 22.4 | 16.3:1 | 10% (37) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | 23 | 15.9:1 | 11% (39) |
| 2017-18 | 416 | 23 | 18.1:1 | 12% (48) |
| 2015-16 | 433 | 24 | 18.0:1 | 21% (92) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 21 | 19.5:1 | 13% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 358 | 21 | 17.1:1 | 12% (44) |
| 1990-91 | 525 | 24 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pinedale Elementary - 11.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (416 to 377); teachers down 2% (23 to 22.4).
About Pinedale Elementary - 11
Pinedale Elementary - 11 is a large elementary school. Its address is in Rapid City, South Dakota. The school has 377 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in South Dakota enroll about 204 students on average.
In Rapid City Area School District 51-4, 26 schools enroll a combined 12,610 students.
More than half of the students at Pinedale Elementary - 11 are White (80%). The remaining shares are 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 3% Native American. That is in line with Pennington County, where about 79% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Pinedale Elementary - 11 scores 35%.
There are 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.8:1. The average for elementary schools in South Dakota, 15.4:1, is lower. Of all students at Pinedale Elementary - 11, 14% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Pennington County, the average eligibility rate is 41%.
On the allk12 Grade, Pinedale Elementary - 11 lands at B+, ahead of 70% of South Dakota public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Pinedale Elementary - 11 would be expected to post about 57.3%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 58.4%.
In Pennington County, home to about 113,512 people, the median household earns about $74,517 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Pinedale Elementary - 11 shares Pennington County with 40 other public schools.
South Canyon Elementary - 15 is about 0.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Pinedale Elementary - 11 is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 53.4% on proficiency, and Pinedale Elementary - 11 is above that at 58.4%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 3% increase, from 366 to 377.
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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 Pinedale Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Pinedale Elementary. Pinedale Elementary - 11 is the 4th largest of the 5.
- PINEDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLJACKSONVILLE, FL · 482 students
- Pinedale ElementaryPinedale, CA · 433 students
- Pinedale ElementaryPinedale, WY · 424 students
- Pinedale Elementary SchoolEnterprise, AL · 350 students
Nearby schools
- South Canyon Elementary - 150.8 mi · 274
- Stevens High School - 420.9 mi · 1,771
- West Middle School - 371.4 mi · 591
- Canyon Lake Elementary - 041.6 mi · 297
- Meadowbrook Elementary - 102.1 mi · 478
- Lincoln Building - 443.0 mi · 23
Frequently asked questions
About Pinedale Elementary - 11What is the total enrollment at Pinedale Elementary - 11?
Pinedale Elementary - 11 enrolls approximately 377 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Pinedale Elementary - 11 serve?
Pinedale Elementary - 11 serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pinedale Elementary - 11?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pinedale Elementary - 11 is approximately 16.8:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pinedale Elementary - 11?
At Pinedale Elementary - 11, the student body is approximately 80% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Pinedale Elementary - 11 in?
Pinedale Elementary - 11 is part of Rapid City Area School District 51-4.
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