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Elk Mountain High School - 04

Dewey · SD · Elk Mountain School District 16-2 · Public

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Programs & features
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Elk Mountain High School - 04 compares for families

What families should know about Elk Mountain High School - 04.

  • LocallySD students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: A.C.E. High Academy - 06, Custer High School - 01, Hill City High School - 01 and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
0.0
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

👩‍🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)
0%
Strong: experienced corps. New teachers rotate through but most have ≥3 years in.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
100.0%
Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +0.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 2 students:

2025
2
2027
2
2029
2

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
A.C.E. High Academy - 06
Custer
Public 21.2 16
Custer High School - 01
Custer
Public 22.1 272 -9.9%
Hill City High School - 01
Hill City
Public 27.2 158 -7.1%
Edgemont High School - 01
Edgemont
Public 28.5 26
Hot Springs High School - 01
Hot Springs
Public 32.2 215 -15.0%
Lead-Deadwood Career & Technical Education - 10
Nemo
Public 42.5 54
Rapid City Christian School
Rapid City
Private 43.7 357 +66.8%
Stevens High School - 42
Rapid City
Public 44.6 1,771 +2.6%

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