Rapid City
Rapid City, SD schools & districts: ratings, enrollment, map
$2,720 left/mo
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3 bd $1,775/mo in Rapid City. South Dakota has no state income tax.
Public-school students
20,320
NCES 2024-2025
Pupils per teacher
15.1
1,344 teachers
Districts / schools
9 / 61
Public districts and schools
Beds
1
Usual: studio
Childcare
$0
No kids under 5
Left / mo
$2,720
NCES counts 61 public schools here. 64 are filed under a level. 3 are not in that split, so the two counts are not the same list.
Largest public school districts
9 largest districts in Rapid City.
- Rapid City Area School District 51-4
Rapid City
- Students
- 12,308
- Schools
- 25
- Pupil–teacher
- 16
- Meade School District 46-1
Sturgis
- Students
- 3,047
- Schools
- 11
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.2
- Douglas School District 51-1
Box Elder
- Students
- 2,808
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.3
- Custer School District 16-1
Custer
- Students
- 887
- Schools
- 6
- Pupil–teacher
- 11.8
- Hill City School District 51-2
Hill City
- Students
- 520
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.4
- New Underwood School District 51-3
New Underwood
- Students
- 280
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.7
- Wall School District 51-5
Wall
- Students
- 273
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 11.9
- Faith School District 46-2
Faith
- Students
- 181
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 10.5
- Elk Mountain School District 16-2
Edgemont
- Students
- 16
- Schools
- 2
- Pupil–teacher
- 5.2
NCES 2024–25.
Schools by level
Primary
32
Elementary grades
Middle
15
Middle or junior high
High
14
Secondary grades
Other
3
K–12, ungraded, alternative
64 public schools. NCES 2024–25.
Where the Rapid City metro sits
Roughly the core of the Rapid City, SD metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.
Family of four
2 adults, 2 kids, 3 bd. $604 left/mo. Childcare $1,009. Rapid City paycheck
NCES 2024-2025. How we figure this
Moving from Rapid City
Take-home by job in Rapid City
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
- Mechanical engineer