Enrollment
313
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAPID CITY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT 51-4·NCES 465982000824
South Park Elementary - 16
207 Flormann St, Rapid City, SD 57701 · (605) 394-1833 · Pennington County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- C-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
13.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
313 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 | 67 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 46% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
70%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
27.9%
SD avg 50.3% . -9.4pp since 2022
Math
28.6%
SD avg 47.5% . +3.2pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 9 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.9% | 28.6% |
| 2023-24 | 31.4% | 25.8% |
| 2022-23 | 37.3% | 25.4% |
% 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
28.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.1%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% 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 South Park Elementary - 16
South Park Elementary - 16's state test result (28.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Park Elementary - 16 this school | 313 | 100.0% | 28.1% |
| Robbinsdale Elementary - 14 Rapid City | 328 | 100.0% | 16.3% |
| Knollwood Heights Elementary - 08 Rapid City | 368 | 100.0% | 15.9% |
| Wagner Elementary - 02 Wagner | 333 | 100.0% | 32.6% |
| Horace Mann Elementary - 07 Rapid City | 274 | 100.0% | 17.7% |
| General Beadle Elementary - 01 Rapid City | 483 | 100.0% | 12.4% |
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 South Park Elementary - 16 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Pennington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #171 of 193 | #14 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #175 of 199 ▲ 6 | #13 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #178 of 202 ▼ 6 | #14 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 313 | #89 of 331 | #13 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #66 of 131 | #6 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.3% | #11 of 131 | #2 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #10 of 209 | #5 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.3% | #30 of 36 | N/A |
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
313
+41 (+15%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 453
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 313 | 22.6 | 13.9:1 | 100% (313) |
| 2023-24 | 285 | 21.2 | 13.4:1 | 100% (285) |
| 2022-23 | 314 | 20.5 | 15.3:1 | 100% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 272 | 23 | 11.8:1 | 100% (271) |
| 2017-18 | 303 | 19.8 | 15.3:1 | 100% (303) |
| 2015-16 | 350 | 21 | 16.7:1 | 100% (350) |
| 2010-11 | 394 | 23 | 17.1:1 | 58% (230) |
| 2000-01 | 327 | 19 | 17.2:1 | 38% (125) |
| 1990-91 | 453 | 20 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Park Elementary - 16.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (303 to 313); teachers up 14% (19.8 to 22.6).
About South Park Elementary - 16
South Park Elementary - 16 is a large elementary school with an address in Rapid City, South Dakota. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 313 students. That compares with an average of about 204 students for elementary schools in South Dakota.
South Park Elementary - 16 is run by Rapid City Area School District 51-4, whose 26 schools enroll 12,610 students.
At South Park Elementary - 16, White students make up the biggest share, 38%. The remaining students are 35% Native American, 15% multiracial, and 11% Hispanic. Among people living in Pennington County, the White share is about 79%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 70, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at South Park Elementary - 16 is 13.9:1, based on 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in South Dakota, 15.4:1, is higher. South Park Elementary - 16 counts 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Pennington County is 41%.
Among South Dakota public elementary schools, South Park Elementary - 16 outscored 38%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, South Park Elementary - 16 would be expected to post about 22.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 28.1%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Pennington County show that the median household earns about $74,517 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Pennington County, 41 public schools serve about 16,186 students.
South Park Elementary - 16's nearest public school is South Middle School - 36 (about 0.3 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, South Park Elementary - 16 ranks 4th of 5 on average proficiency.
NCES assigns South Park Elementary - 16 the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 15%. The school's ratio increased from 11.8:1 to 13.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 South Park Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named South Park Elementary. South Park Elementary - 16 is the 6th largest of the 8.
- South Park Elementary - 03Belle Fourche, SD · 347 students
- South Park ElementaryLos Angeles, CA · 825 students
- South Park ElementaryMemphis, TN · 462 students
- South Park Elementary SchoolDeerfield, IL · 424 students
- South Park ElementaryVICKSBURG, MS · 351 students
Nearby schools
- South Middle School - 360.3 mi · 618
- Robbinsdale Elementary - 140.7 mi · 328
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary - 170.7 mi · 328
- Grandview Elementary - 060.8 mi · 431
- Jefferson Building - 641.0 mi · 98
- Rapid City Online High School - 921.2 mi · 73
Frequently asked questions
About South Park Elementary - 16What is the total enrollment at South Park Elementary - 16?
South Park Elementary - 16 enrolls approximately 313 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does South Park Elementary - 16 serve?
South Park Elementary - 16 serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does South Park Elementary - 16 have?
South Park Elementary - 16 employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at South Park Elementary - 16?
Student demographics at South Park Elementary - 16 are roughly 38% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is South Park Elementary - 16 in?
South Park Elementary - 16 is part of Rapid City Area School District 51-4.
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