Collected and spent
In 2023, Rapid City School District 51-4 spent about $162.2M. This is a Census of Governments estimate across all of its funds.
Spent
$162.2M
Fiscal year 2023 · Census of Governments estimate, all funds · spending
Where the money comes from
One tax.
Property tax
$0.6443 per $100 of value
Source · South Dakota certified 2024-pay-2025 levy documents, Rapid City School District 51-4 2024 property tax. Read on July 23, 2026.
Details
Rapid City School District 51-4 2024 property tax — owner-occupied school levy derived from the SD DOE 2024-25 district profile's printed per-fund levies (OO general 2.679 + capital outlay 2.276 + special ed 1.488 + bond 0.000); no Pennington County auditor sheet located, and the 0.942 taxable-equalization factor is Minnehaha's — representative for Pennington. Held modeled. SD levies apply per $1,000 of taxable value = full-and-true (market) value × the county equalization factor (Minnehaha non-ag 0.942 for pay-2025, stated on the auditor sheet); school levies are class-specific and the owner-occupied class is sealedWhere it goes
Four service lines.
Schools
$103.3M
Public works
$49.7M
General government
$8.8M
Other
$0.4M
Bars in both tables share one scale. Hatched lines pay for past obligations, not current services.
Source · NCES F-33 FY23 - Estimated service split source. Read on October 20, 2026.
Who decides
Not on file yet.
When decisions happen
Not on file yet.
How to reach it
Not on file yet.
Also on this tax bill
A Rapid City School District 51-4 address pays these governments too.
On every bill in Rapid City School District 51-4
Sources
What it is
South Dakota certified 2024-pay-2025 levy documents, Rapid City School District 51-4 2024 property tax. Read on July 23, 2026.
Details
Rapid City School District 51-4 2024 property tax — owner-occupied school levy derived from the SD DOE 2024-25 district profile's printed per-fund levies (OO general 2.679 + capital outlay 2.276 + special ed 1.488 + bond 0.000); no Pennington County auditor sheet located, and the 0.942 taxable-equalization factor is Minnehaha's — representative for Pennington. Held modeled. SD levies apply per $1,000 of taxable value = full-and-true (market) value × the county equalization factor (Minnehaha non-ag 0.942 for pay-2025, stated on the auditor sheet); school levies are class-specific and the owner-occupied class is sealedSpent
NCES F-33 FY23 - Estimated service split source. Read on October 20, 2026.
Taxes
South Dakota certified 2024-pay-2025 levy documents, Rapid City School District 51-4 2024 property tax. Read on July 23, 2026.
Details
Rapid City School District 51-4 2024 property tax — owner-occupied school levy derived from the SD DOE 2024-25 district profile's printed per-fund levies (OO general 2.679 + capital outlay 2.276 + special ed 1.488 + bond 0.000); no Pennington County auditor sheet located, and the 0.942 taxable-equalization factor is Minnehaha's — representative for Pennington. Held modeled. SD levies apply per $1,000 of taxable value = full-and-true (market) value × the county equalization factor (Minnehaha non-ag 0.942 for pay-2025, stated on the auditor sheet); school levies are class-specific and the owner-occupied class is sealedTo act on what you have read
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