County / FIPS 46103
Pennington County
South Dakota
Pennington County runs 44 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 3 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
44
Hospitals
3
With a star rating
1
Land area
2,777
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Pennington County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$1.2B
Per resident
$11,304
Change since FY2021
+23%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $1B |
| 2022 | $916M |
| 2023 | $978M |
| 2024 | $1B |
| 2025 | $1B |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Pennington County ranks 448th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Pennington County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Monument Health Rapid City Hospital | Rapid City | |
| Black Hills Surgical Hospital Llc | Rapid City | Not rated |
| Same Day Surgery Center Llc | Rapid City | Not rated |
Public schools in Pennington County
The 40 most complete records of 44. Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon Lake Elementary - 04 | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Rapid City | 346 |
| Central High School - 41 | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Rapid City | 1,768 |
| Corral Drive Elementary - 21 | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Rapid City | 461 |
| Douglas High School - 03 | Douglas School District 51-1 | Box Elder | 749 |
| Douglas Middle School - 01 | Douglas School District 51-1 | Box Elder | 670 |
| East Middle School - 30 | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Rapid City | 600 |
| General Beadle Elementary - 01 | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Rapid City | 444 |
| Grandview Elementary - 06 | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Rapid City | 406 |
| Hill City Elementary - 02 | Hill City School District 51-2 | Hill City | 221 |
| Hill City High School - 01 | Hill City School District 51-2 | Hill City | 152 |
| Hill City Middle School - 04 | Hill City School District 51-2 | Hill City | 120 |
| Horace Mann Elementary - 07 | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Rapid City | 284 |
| Knollwood Heights Elementary - 08 | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Rapid City | 357 |
| Meadowbrook Elementary - 10 | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Rapid City | 464 |
| New Underwood Elementary - 02 | New Underwood School District 51-3 | New Underwood | 127 |
| New Underwood High School - 01 | New Underwood School District 51-3 | New Underwood | 96 |
| New Underwood Jr. High - 04 | New Underwood School District 51-3 | New Underwood | 68 |
| North Middle School - 35 | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Rapid City | 513 |
| Patriot Elementary -06 | Douglas School District 51-1 | Box Elder | 890 |
| Pinedale Elementary - 11 | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Rapid City | 365 |
| Rapid City High School - 45 | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Rapid City | 356 |
| Rapid City Online High School - 92 | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Rapid City | 53 |
| Rapid Valley Elementary - 12 | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Rapid City | 514 |
| Robbinsdale Elementary - 14 | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Rapid City | 359 |
| South Canyon Elementary - 15 | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Rapid City | 266 |
| South Middle School - 36 | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Rapid City | 553 |
| South Park Elementary - 16 | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Rapid City | 314 |
| Southwest Middle School - 38 | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Rapid City | 660 |
| Stevens High School - 42 | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Rapid City | 1,686 |
| Valley View Elementary - 13 | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Rapid City | 581 |
| Vandenberg Elementary - 02 | Douglas School District 51-1 | Box Elder | 441 |
| Wall Elementary - 02 | Wall School District 51-5 | Wall | 116 |
| Wall High School - 01 | Wall School District 51-5 | Wall | 99 |
| Wall Middle School - 06 | Wall School District 51-5 | Wall | 68 |
| West Middle School - 37 | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Rapid City | 612 |
| Woodrow Wilson Elementary - 17 | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Rapid City | 337 |
| Jefferson Building - 64 | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Rapid City | 33 |
| Lincoln Building - 44 | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Rapid City | 32 |
| Wellfully - 65 | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Rapid City | 9 |
| Douglas Preschool - 08 | Douglas School District 51-1 | Box Elder | — |