Student Nutrition Services
24-25 School Year Free and Reduced-Priced Meal Application Info!
If you believe you qualify for free & reduced-priced meals, you must complete a new application every year. Online apps are available via Family Access and paper apps can be returned to our office via mail, in-person or drop box by our door. It takes approximately 10 days for our office to process applications and you will receive a yellow letter in the mail stating eligible benefits. If you need assistance, please contact us. Thank you!
Contact Us
- Send a message (below)
- Email: RapidCityStudentNutritionOffice@k12.sd.us
- Phone: 605-394-4061 or toll free at 844-641-5141
- Address: Student Nutrition Office – 851 West Street, Rapid City, SD 57701
chool lunch is provided to every RCAS student who wants one whether there is money or not in his or her account. No alternate meals are provided for students carrying negative balances. Click this link to donate to students’ negative meal balances: Student Nutrition Fundraiser
Online Payments
Please visit here for info regarding online payments.
Free and Reduced-Priced Meals Applications
Please visit here for information regarding freed and reduced-priced meal applications.
24-25 School Year Meal Prices
- Elementary Breakfast: $2.40
- Elementary Lunch: $3.15
- Middle School Breakfast: $2.45
- Middle School Lunch: $3.50
- High School Breakfast: $2.50
- High School Lunch: $3.65
- Reduced-Price Breakfast (all schools): $0.30
- Reduced-Price Lunch (all schools): $0.40
- Individual milk: $0.55
- Adult breakfast: $2.80
- Adult lunch: $5.00
- A-la-carte items will be available for students and staff in the Middle and High School buildings.
Refunds and Transfers
Please visit HERE for info regarding refunds and transfers.
Meal Charge and Standard Practice
Please visit HERE for our meal charge standard practice.
Wellness Policy
Please visit HERE for our wellness policy.
Please visit HERE for the most recent WellSAT 3.0 assessment of the wellness policy.
Those interested in participating in the wellness policy committee should reach out to the Student Nutrition Office.
Special Diet Form
Please visit HERE to view our special diet form.
Completed forms can be returned to our office (851 West Street, Rapid City, SD 57702) or faxed to 605-394-4057
Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Program
Please visit HERE to view information related to our Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program.
Classroom Physical Activity Ideas
Do you have any questions? Send us a message!
Send us a question below! You can also contact us via email: RapidCityStudentNutritionOffice@k12.sd.us or phone: 605-394-4061 (toll free at 844-641-5141).
Student Nutrition Team Member
All Rapid City Area Schools employees are required to pass a background check.
Non Discrimination Statement: In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: How to File a Complaint, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:
(1) Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;
(2) Fax: (202) 690-7442; or
(3) Email: program.intake@usda.gov.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
Student Nutrition Office – 851 West Street, Rapid City, SD 57701
How to Contact Us
- Phone: 605-394-4061 or toll free at 844-641-5141
- Send a message (below)
- Email: RapidCityStudentNutritionOffice@k12.sd.us