Summary:
Elementary schools in 57702 are four K–5 schools in Rapid City: Meadowbrook Elementary - 10, Corral Drive Elementary - 21, Pinedale Elementary - 11, and South Canyon Elementary - 15. In 2025–2026, the schools’ unweighted averages were above state results in all-grades ELA (55% versus 49%) and math (53% versus 44%), and fifth-grade science (52% versus 41%). But scores differ considerably from school to school, particularly in math, where the range was 21 percentage points. The key takeaway is that area averages are strong compared with the state, but they do not describe every school equally well.
Pinedale leads all-grades ELA and math, with 62% proficient in each—13 points above the state in ELA and 18 points above in math. Corral Drive is close behind at 61% in ELA and 59% in math, and leads fifth-grade science at 60%, 19 points above the state. At the other end, South Canyon has the lowest all-grades results: 48% in ELA and 41% in math, respectively 1 and 3 points below state results. Strengths can vary by grade: Meadowbrook, for example, has fifth-grade ELA proficiency of 64%, 13 points above the state, despite more modest all-grades results.
Recent changes favor the group overall, but not every school: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the four-school averages rose 2 points in ELA, 1 point in math, and 7 points in fifth-grade science. Meadowbrook declined in all three measures, while the other schools improved in each. SchoolDigger ranks Pinedale 35th of 203 and Corral 41st, both with four stars; Meadowbrook ranks 108th and South Canyon 131st, both with two stars. School characteristics do not form a simple achievement pattern: reported 2024–2025 student–teacher ratios range from 14.4 at South Canyon to 20.0 at Corral, while free/reduced lunch eligible shares that year range from 6% at Corral to 31% at South Canyon.
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