📍 5258 River Rd, Rapid City, Kalkaska County, 49676
Rapid City Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Rapid City, Kalkaska County. The school has 96 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Kalkaska Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 7.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1. 15% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Rapid City Elementary School enrolls 96 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 41% male and 59% female. A teaching staff of 7.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 93% White, 5.2% Two or more races and 1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 89 | 93% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 5.2% |
| Black or African American | 1 | 1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
89 of the school's 96 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 82 qualify for free lunch and 7 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Rapid City Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MI-10, state senate district 35, state house district 103.
Rapid City Elementary School is one of 5 schools in Kalkaska Public Schools, based in Kalkaska, Michigan. The district serves 1,341 students district-wide and employs 93 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 96 students, Rapid City Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 268 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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