Valley View Elementary - 13

Located at 4840 Homestead St, in Rapid City, South Dakota, Valley View Elementary - 13 is a big primary school that teaches 605 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Rapid City Area School District 51-4. That puts it 197% bigger than the typical public school in South Dakota, which averages around 204 students.

Across the 26 schools in Rapid City Area School District 51-4 (12,610 students total), Valley View Elementary - 13 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Valley View Elementary - 13 shows that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 15% multiracial, 11% Native American, 8% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Valley View Elementary - 13 falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 46.2%; this one comes in at 30.8%, -15.4 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Pennington County indicate median household income runs about $74,517, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Pennington County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,186 students), Valley View Elementary - 13 is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is East Middle School - 30, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Valley View Elementary - 13 comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 25.7%.

Valley View Elementary - 13 operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 619 students in 2018 compared to 605 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

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