Robbinsdale Elementary - 14

As a roomy elementary-level community in Rapid City, South Dakota, Robbinsdale Elementary - 14 teaches 328 students from grades pre-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 61% larger than typical.

Within Rapid City Area School District 51-4, which oversees 26 schools and 12,610 students, Robbinsdale Elementary - 14 is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Robbinsdale Elementary - 14 reports that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 24% Native American, 16% multiracial, 12% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

Looking at school resources, Robbinsdale Elementary - 14 records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Robbinsdale Elementary - 14 tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Pennington County (around 41%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Robbinsdale Elementary - 14 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.1%, the actual is 16.3%, a residual of -5.8 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Pennington County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,517 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Robbinsdale Elementary - 14 is one of 41 public schools in Pennington County (combined enrollment of about 16,186 students).

South Middle School - 36 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Robbinsdale Elementary - 14. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Robbinsdale Elementary - 14 at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 36.0%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 35%: 505 students in 2018 compared to 328 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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