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Rapid City Area Schools report 267‑student drop; district highlights attendance work and outreach
Summary
Superintendent Kit Thompson told the board the district is down 267 students year over year and flagged attendance—districtwide rate 92.87%—as a key driver of long‑term outcomes; board members asked for better tracking of where students go and for enrollment to be a strategic goal.
Superintendent Kit Thompson told the Rapid City Area School District 51‑4 Board of Education that district enrollment has decreased by 267 students from the same time last year and said the district is focusing on attendance as an early intervention to improve outcomes.
The enrollment and attendance presentation showed some schools gained students, Thompson said, but the districtwide snapshot “has decreased by 267 students.” She told the board the district’s overall attendance rate for the reporting period is 92.87%, 0.27 percentage points below the same time last year, and emphasized research linking attendance to reading proficiency and graduation: “a student who can't read on grade level by third grade is four times less likely to graduate by…
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