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School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Science (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Distance	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Southwest Middle School - 38	0.0mi	Public	6-8	4501 Park Dr	Rapid City	57702	Pennington County	Rapid City Area School District 51-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 394-6792	614	38	16.2	12.9%	471 (76.7%)	4 (0.7%)	39 (6.4%)	16 (2.6%)	22 (3.6%)	2 (0.3%)	60 (9.8%)	89.8	5^th of 151 public middle schools	96.7%		82.6	14^th of 246 public middle schools	94.3%	9		66.1	73.0	72.7	70.7		57.3	67.0	69.9	64.9		62.7		$12,004	$628	$11,376
West Middle School - 37	2.5mi	Public	6-8	1003 Soo San Dr	Rapid City	57702	Pennington County	Rapid City Area School District 51-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 394-4033	591	38	15.4	27.2%	421 (71.2%)	6 (1.0%)	55 (9.3%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (11.5%)	36.7	107^th of 151 public middle schools	29.1%		56.3	108^th of 246 public middle schools	56.1%	1		38.9	54.0	43.0	45.6		29.6	40.2	31.7	34.1		36.0		$12,565	$631	$11,934
South Middle School - 36	3.5mi	Public	6-8	2 Indiana St	Rapid City	57701	Pennington County	Rapid City Area School District 51-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 394-4024	618	45	13.6	60.5%	280 (45.3%)	12 (1.9%)	73 (11.8%)	6 (1.0%)	141 (22.8%)	0 (0.0%)	106 (17.2%)	19.4	129^th of 151 public middle schools	14.6%		34.2	176^th of 246 public middle schools	28.5%	47		38.1	45.8	29.6	37.9		22.7	30.2	13.3	22.2		26.1		$12,597	$621	$11,976
North Middle School - 35	5.3mi	Public	6-8	1501 N Maple St	Rapid City	57701	Pennington County	Rapid City Area School District 51-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 394-4042	418	35	12.0	—	87 (20.8%)	1 (0.2%)	64 (15.3%)	6 (1.4%)	204 (48.8%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (13.4%)	7	144^th of 151 public middle schools	4.6%		20	209^th of 246 public middle schools	15.0%	65		16.0	13.7	25.9	18.5			10.7	23.7	12.7		20.8		$13,697	$1,382	$12,315
East Middle School - 30	7.5mi	Public	6-8	4860 Homestead St	Rapid City	57703	Pennington County	Rapid City Area School District 51-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 394-4092	613	39	15.7	41.4%	384 (62.6%)	7 (1.1%)	69 (11.3%)	7 (1.1%)	55 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	91 (14.8%)	29.6	116^th of 151 public middle schools	23.2%		44.4	156^th of 246 public middle schools	36.6%	40		40.8	34.9	41.0	39.0		40.8	33.3	30.0	34.7		31.0		$11,586	$648	$10,938
Stagebarn Middle School - 10	11.7mi	Public	5-8	12500 Sturgis Rd	Summerset	57769	Meade County	Meade School District 46-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 787-4172	432	31	13.8	28.2%	363 (84.0%)	2 (0.5%)	24 (5.6%)	4 (0.9%)	16 (3.7%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (5.1%)	71.1	31^st of 151 public middle schools	79.5%		62	88^th of 246 public middle schools	64.2%	57	47.8	57.7	67.0	58.4	57.2	40.0	46.9	51.1	52.5	47.3	39.1	50.5	44.4	$10,504	$214	$10,290
Douglas Middle School - 01	12.8mi	Public	6-8	691 Tower Rd	Box Elder	57719	Pennington County	Douglas School District 51-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 923-0050	633	45	14.1	37.8%	410 (64.8%)	11 (1.7%)	77 (12.2%)	5 (0.8%)	47 (7.4%)	1 (0.2%)	82 (13.0%)	28.5	117^th of 151 public middle schools	22.5%		43.6	157^th of 246 public middle schools	36.2%	40		43.4	43.3	43.1	43.3		30.7	25.8	25.6	27.3		34.6		$11,637	$790	$10,847
Hermosa Middle School - 07	14.5mi	Public	7-8	11 4th St	Hermosa	57744	Custer County	Custer School District 16-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(605) 255-4345	48	5	9.0	31.3%	40 (83.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (6.3%)	2 (4.2%)	2 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.1%)	65.1	48^th of 151 public middle schools	68.2%		51.1	130^th of 246 public middle schools	47.2%	82			42.9	57.9	51.5			57.1	47.4	51.5		52.6		$15,464	$445	$15,018
Hill City Middle School - 04	16.5mi	Public	6-8	341 Main St	Hill City	57745	Pennington County	Hill City School District 51-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 574-3025	115	5	21.1	28.7%	76 (66.1%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (22.6%)	3 (2.6%)	2 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (7.0%)	72.4	30^th of 151 public middle schools	80.1%		57.4	102^nd of 246 public middle schools	58.5%	72		67.4	73.8	57.7	67.5		47.8	52.4	30.8	45.6		57.7		$11,167	$316	$10,851

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