📍 2 Indiana St, Rapid City, Pennington County, 57701
South Middle School - 36 is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Rapid City, Pennington County. The school has 553 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Darren Schmidt. It is part of the Rapid City Area School District 51-4 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 42.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 23% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
South Middle School - 36 enrolls 553 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 42.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 49% White, 22% American Indian or Alaska Native and 14% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 271 | 49% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 122 | 22% |
| Two or more races | 76 | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 73 | 13% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
262 of the school's 553 students (47%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 224 qualify for free lunch and 38 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
South Middle School - 36 is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 SD At-Large, state senate district 32, state house district 32.
South Middle School - 36 is one of 27 schools in Rapid City Area School District 51-4, based in Rapid City, South Dakota. The district serves 12,308 students district-wide and employs 808 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 553 students, South Middle School - 36 is larger than the district average of about 456 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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