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Black Hills Children’s Home

24100 S ROCKERVILLE RD, RAPID CITY, SD 57702

Compared to its its local public school district, where the student body was predominantly white, this school had a much lower share of such students during the 2021–22 school year.

However, the school’s student body had about the same racial diversity as the district’s. What does this mean?

Black Hills Children’s Home (2021–22)
Rapid City School District 51-4 (2021–22)
  • White
  • Black
  • Hisp.
  • Asian Am.
  • Am. Ind. / Ala. Nat.
  • Haw. / Pac. Isl.
  • Multi.
  • Not spec.

Sources: Private School Survey, Common Core of Data

Information about this school comes from the Private School Universe Survey, a national dataset collected by the National Center for Education Statistics since 1989 that is aimed at gathering information about private schools across the United States. Black Hills Children’s Home has completed the survey 17 times, most recently for the 2021–22 school year. As the information is reported by the school, there may be errors.

Demographics Over Time

Black Hills Children’s Home
Rapid City School District 51-4

Enrollment White Black Hisp. Asian Am. Am. Ind. / Ala. Nat. Haw. / Pac. Isl. Multi.
Black Hills Children’s Home 36 27.8% 8.3% 0.0% 0.0% 63.9% 0.0% 0.0%
Rapid City School District 51-4 12,847 60.4% 1.1% 9.2% 1.2% 16.6% 0.1% 11.4%

Sources: Private School Survey, Common Core of Data (2021–22)

Private School Survey Responses

School Year Enrollment White Black Hisp. Asian Am. Am. Ind. / Ala. Nat. Haw. / Pac. Isl. Multi. Teachers Student-Teacher Ratio
2021–2022 36 27.8% 8.3% 0.0% 0.0% 63.9% 0.0% 0.0% 5 7:1
2019–2020 35 25.7% 8.6% 8.6% 0.0% 57.1% 0.0% 0.0% 6 6:1
2017–2018 52 28.8% 9.6% 0.0% 0.0% 51.9% 0.0% 9.6% 8 7:1
2015–2016 44 29.5% 9.1% 0.0% 0.0% 52.3% 0.0% 9.1% 8 6:1
2013–2014 51 33.3% 3.9% 3.9% 0.0% 56.9% 0.0% 2.0% 8 6:1

Other Nearby Private Schools

School School Type Grades Religion Distance
Rapid City Christian School Regular elementary or secondary 6th–12th Other 8.7 mi.
Calvary Christian School Regular elementary or secondary PK–5th Baptist 10.97 mi.
Zion Lutheran School Regular elementary or secondary PK–5th Lutheran 11.16 mi.
St. Thomas More Middle School Regular elementary or secondary 6th–8th Roman Catholic 12.85 mi.
St. Thomas More High School Regular elementary or secondary 9th–12th Roman Catholic 12.89 mi.

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About This Data

Where is this data from?

Most of the data we use comes from the National Center for Education Statistics’ Private School Universe Survey, which has aimed to gather information about U.S. private schools every other year since 1989. Because the regulation of private schools is handled differently by state, there is no comprehensive list of every private school in the country. The PSS attempts to approximate such a list using various sources, including state education departments, private school associations and religious organizations, and, in some areas, online yellow pages and local government offices.

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