Stevens High School - 42

Summary:

Stevens High School - 42 is a public high school located in Rapid City, South Dakota, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,686 students. It is part of the Rapid City Area School District 51-4, which is ranked 99 out of 126 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Stevens High School - 42 has consistently ranked among the top high schools in South Dakota, with rankings as high as 4th and 6th in recent years. The school's performance on Smarter Balanced Assessments is significantly higher than the district and state averages, particularly in English Language Arts (ELA) and Science. In 2023-2024, 67.5% of students at Stevens High School - 42 were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 43.34% for the district and 50.04% for the state. The school's graduation rate of 84.2% in 2023-2024 is also significantly higher than the 70.4% rate for Central High School - 41, another high school in the district.

Compared to other high schools in the Rapid City Area School District, such as Central High School - 41 and Rapid City Online High School - 92, Stevens High School - 42 consistently outperforms them in academic measures, graduation rates, and student subgroup performance. This suggests that Stevens High School - 42 is a high-performing school within the district, offering a quality education to its students, even with a relatively low percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 4215 Raider Rd
       Rapid City, SD  57702


(605) 394-4051

District: Rapid City Area School District 51-4

SchoolDigger Rank:
67th of 141 South Dakota High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,447 Help


Feeder schools for Stevens High School - 42:

Elementary:    Black Hawk Elementary - 03
    Corral Drive Elementary - 21
    Meadowbrook Elementary - 10
    Pinedale Elementary - 11
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Middle:    Southwest Middle School - 38
    West Middle School - 37

Student/teacher ratio:  18.9 Help
Number of students:  1,686

Racial breakdown:

White:
79.8%
Two or more races:
7.4%
Hispanic:
7.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  13.9% Help


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Compare Details Stevens High School - 42 ranks better than 52.5% of high schools in South Dakota. It also ranks first among 3 ranked high schools in the Rapid City Area School District 51-4! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 54.07. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Stevens High School - 42 who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Stevens High School - 42 has the largest high school student body size in the Rapid City Area School District 51-4.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Stevens High School - 42 is $9,447, which is the 2nd highest among 3 high schools in the Rapid City Area School District 51-4.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Stevens High School - 42:

SchoolDigger ranks Stevens High School - 42 67th of 141 South Dakota public high schools. (See Stevens High School - 42 in the ranking list.)

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Rapid City Area School District 51-4:

SchoolDigger ranks Rapid City Area School District 51-4 99th of 126 South Dakota school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Stevens High School - 42

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Rank History for all students at Stevens High School - 42

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 81.98 15th 133 88.7%
2004 83.25 13th 132 90.2%
2005 75.29 25th 137 81.8%
2006 84.85 10th 136 92.6%
2007 76.57 28th 141 80.1%
2008 80.04 19th 135 85.9%
2009 68.56 40th 144 72.2%
2010 78.08 19th 150 87.3%
2011 77.80 27th 141 80.9%
2012 74.65 35th 143 75.5%
2013 70.09 45th 144 68.8%
2015 83.70 17th 133 87.2%
2016 81.74 11th 141 92.2%
2017 83.48 14th 137 89.8%
2018 87.19 4th 138 97.1%
2019 91.20 6th 135 95.6%
2021 91.36 7th 140 95.0%
2022 76.21 31st 134 76.9%
2024 54.07 67th 141 52.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Stevens High School - 42

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 89.87 1st 7 85.7%
2021 89.16 2nd 11 81.8%
2022 66.58 3rd 9 66.7%
2024 40.38 8th 14 42.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Stevens High School - 42

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.23 4th 17 76.5%
2022 66.80 2nd 8 75.0%
2024 20.19 17th 19 10.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Stevens High School - 42

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 94.42 2nd 53 96.2%
2019 96.37 1st 44 97.7%
2021 71.42 8th 37 78.4%
2022 95.36 1st 25 96.0%
2024 28.54 37th 48 22.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Stevens High School - 42

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.46 4th 82 95.1%
2019 88.75 6th 83 92.8%
2021 87.17 5th 89 94.4%
2022 68.86 28th 84 66.7%
2024 35.31 66th 93 29.0%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Stevens High School - 42

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 91.84 1st 5 80.0%
2022 50.13 3rd 5 40.0%
2024 65.30 1st 3 66.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Stevens High School - 42

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.01 5th 90 94.4%
2019 91.07 6th 88 93.2%
2021 94.93 2nd 89 97.8%
2022 74.83 23rd 87 73.6%
2024 66.24 34th 107 68.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Stevens High School - 42

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 88.12 1st 9 88.9%
2019 96.67 1st 8 87.5%
2021 98.02 1st 9 88.9%
2022 98.45 1st 11 90.9%
2024 46.67 10th 17 41.2%
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Rank History for Native American students at Stevens High School - 42

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 93.42 1st 19 94.7%
2019 69.94 4th 18 77.8%
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Rank History for White students at Stevens High School - 42

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 85.82 5th 123 95.9%
2019 89.46 6th 123 95.1%
2021 90.56 6th 129 95.3%
2022 72.05 35th 123 71.5%
2024 49.99 70th 125 44.0%
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Data source: test scores: South Dakota Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Stevens High School - 42

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1133 1133
1990 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1049 1049
1991 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 1098 1098
1992 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1098 1098
1993 1487 6 11 7 34 n/a n/a 0 1545
1994 1603 11 21 14 68 n/a n/a 0 1717
1995 1646 10 12 12 45 n/a n/a 0 1725
1996 1646 10 12 12 45 n/a n/a 0 1725
1997 1658 8 17 12 54 n/a n/a 0 1749
1998 1657 8 14 1 41 n/a n/a 0 1721
1999 1730 6 12 12 29 n/a n/a 0 1789
2000 1703 9 19 10 48 n/a n/a 0 1789
2001 1641 8 20 10 43 n/a n/a 0 1722
2002 1533 10 22 9 62 n/a n/a 0 1636
2003 1533 10 22 9 62 n/a n/a 0 1636
2004 1459 8 20 22 69 n/a n/a 0 1578
2005 1398 9 20 24 77 n/a n/a 0 1528
2006 1378 13 14 23 71 n/a n/a 0 1499
2007 1387 14 20 26 88 n/a n/a 0 1535
2008 1391 20 18 21 82 n/a n/a 0 1532
2009 1375 24 14 21 86 n/a n/a 0 1520
2010 1396 21 21 25 101 n/a n/a 0 1564
2011 1382 14 22 38 106 1 17 0 1580
2012 1373 14 27 39 111 0 22 0 1586
2013 1338 15 21 47 101 1 19 0 1542
2014 1189 12 15 57 89 0 30 0 1392
2015 1327 11 17 69 91 0 42 0 1557
2016 1290 13 15 59 89 0 42 0 1508
2017 1356 10 20 82 89 0 43 0 1600
2018 1382 7 23 75 84 2 53 0 1626
2019 1411 13 20 92 74 0 72 0 1682
2020 1398 9 29 107 81 0 92 0 1716
2021 1396 11 29 117 65 0 119 0 1737
2022 1361 8 32 125 63 1 136 0 1726
2023 1345 8 27 122 58 1 125 0 1686

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Stevens High School - 42

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 1133 61.2 18.5 n/a
1990 1049 63.4 16.5 n/a
1991 1098 60.6 18.1 n/a
1992 1098 60.2 18.2 n/a
1993 1545 85.8 18.0 n/a
1994 1717 81.3 21.1 n/a
1995 1725 94.3 18.3 n/a
1996 1725 94.3 18.3 n/a
1997 1749 91.6 19.1 2.6
1998 1721 95.8 18.0 4.2
1999 1789 89.4 20.0 4.4
2000 1789 90.7 19.7 3.9
2001 1722 82.8 20.8 4.3
2002 1636 74.9 21.8 5.9
2003 1636 74.9 21.8 5.9
2004 1578 71.2 22.2 7.2
2005 1528 71.9 21.3 7.5
2006 1499 77.2 19.4 8.9
2007 1535 80.3 19.1 8.1
2008 1532 80.6 19.0 6.6
2009 1520 76.2 19.9 9.5
2010 1564 74.8 20.9 11
2011 1580 78.4 20.1 12
2012 1586 82.9 19.1 15.4
2013 1542 83.9 18.3 15.3
2014 1392 84.6 16.4 18.7
2015 1557 82.0 18.9 14.1
2016 1508 76.0 19.8 19.8
2017 1600 79.5 20.1 13
2018 1626 78.3 20.7 12.9
2019 1682 79.9 21.0 13.2
2020 1716 80.8 21.2 11.7
2021 1737 85.9 20.2 11.8
2022 1726 86.9 19.8 12.9
2023 1686 89.1 18.9 13.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Stevens High School - 42

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 1133 61.2 18.5 n/a
1990 1049 63.4 16.5 n/a
1991 1098 60.6 18.1 n/a
1992 1098 60.2 18.2 n/a
1993 1545 85.8 18.0 n/a
1994 1717 81.3 21.1 n/a
1995 1725 94.3 18.3 n/a
1996 1725 94.3 18.3 n/a
1997 1749 91.6 19.1 2.6
1998 1721 95.8 18.0 4.2
1999 1789 89.4 20.0 4.4
2000 1789 90.7 19.7 3.9
2001 1722 82.8 20.8 4.3
2002 1636 74.9 21.8 5.9
2003 1636 74.9 21.8 5.9
2004 1578 71.2 22.2 7.2
2005 1528 71.9 21.3 7.5
2006 1499 77.2 19.4 8.9
2007 1535 80.3 19.1 8.1
2008 1532 80.6 19.0 6.6
2009 1520 76.2 19.9 9.5
2010 1564 74.8 20.9 11
2011 1580 78.4 20.1 12
2012 1586 82.9 19.1 15.4
2013 1542 83.9 18.3 15.3
2014 1392 84.6 16.4 18.7
2015 1557 82.0 18.9 14.1
2016 1508 76.0 19.8 19.8
2017 1600 79.5 20.1 13
2018 1626 78.3 20.7 12.9
2019 1682 79.9 21.0 13.2
2020 1716 80.8 21.2 11.7
2021 1737 85.9 20.2 11.8
2022 1726 86.9 19.8 12.9
2023 1686 89.1 18.9 13.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Stevens High School - 42

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2020 $719 (8.0%) $8,306 (92.0%) $9,026
2021 $1,321 (13.1%) $8,797 (86.9%) $10,118
2022 $849 (8.9%) $8,688 (91.1%) $9,537
2023 $849 (9.0%) $8,598 (91.0%) $9,447

Data source: South Dakota Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Stevens High School - 42

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 6th of 135 High schoolsRanks 31st of 134 High schools
 18.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts (Stevens High School - 42)86.179
 7.1%
   11th Grade English Language Arts (Rapid City Area School District 51-4)69.565
 4.5%
   11th Grade English Language Arts (South Dakota)64.463.1
 1.3%
11th Grade Mathematics (Stevens High School - 42)60.844.5
 16.3%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Rapid City Area School District 51-4)46.833.1
 13.7%
   11th Grade Mathematics (South Dakota)41.237.8
 3.5%
12th Grade English Language Arts (Stevens High School - 42)81.846.7
 35.2%
   12th Grade English Language Arts (Rapid City Area School District 51-4)36.536.7
 0.2%
   12th Grade English Language Arts (South Dakota)36.520.3
 16.2%
12th Grade Mathematics (Stevens High School - 42)81.826.7
 55.2%
   12th Grade Mathematics (Rapid City Area School District 51-4)19.215.7
 3.5%
   12th Grade Mathematics (South Dakota)137
 6%
All Grades English Language Arts (Stevens High School - 42)85.976.8
 9.1%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Rapid City Area School District 51-4)49.744.9
 4.9%
   All Grades English Language Arts (South Dakota)53.249.7
 3.5%
All Grades Mathematics (Stevens High School - 42)61.446.2
 15.2%
   All Grades Mathematics (Rapid City Area School District 51-4)41.736.1
 5.6%
   All Grades Mathematics (South Dakota)44.941.9
 3%
All Grades Science (Stevens High School - 42)53.757.1
 3.4%
   All Grades Science (Rapid City Area School District 51-4)36.538
 1.5%
   All Grades Science (South Dakota)4042.6
 2.6%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students16821686
 0.2%
African American138
 38.5%
American Indian7458
 21.6%
Asian2027
 35%
Hispanic92122
 32.6%
Pacific Islander01
White14111345
 4.7%
Two or More Races72125
 73.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients13.2%13.9%
 0.7%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 1,686 students attended Stevens High School - 42.

Stevens High School - 42 ranks 67th of 141 South Dakota high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Stevens High School - 42 are 80% White, 7% Two or more races, 7% Hispanic, 3% American Indian, 2% Asian.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the South Dakota Department of Education.

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