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Best Public Schools in Gettysburg, SD

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At a glance

Schools

214

Students

5-star school

Top rankedGettysburg Middle School - 034^th of 151 South Dakota middle schools

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Biggest riser

Gettysburg Middle School - 03 up 30 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Gettysburg, South Dakota, has three public schools serving kindergarten through grade 12: Gettysburg Elementary - 02 (K–5), Gettysburg Middle School - 03 (grades 6–8), and Gettysburg High School - 01 (grades 9–12). Together, they enroll 214 students, with individual school enrollment ranging from 54 to 88. The clearest standout is middle-school math: its 2025–2026 all-grades proficiency was 72%, compared with 56% at the elementary school and 44% statewide.

Gettysburg Middle School - 03 has the strongest current overall comparison with the state: its math result was 28 percentage points higher, and its ELA result was 17 points higher (66% versus 49%). Gettysburg Elementary - 02 also scored 17 points above the state in ELA and 12 points above in math, but its fifth-grade science result was 8 points below the state. Gettysburg High School - 01 had a more mixed profile: ACT math and science were 16 and 11 points above state results, while ELA was 5 points below. Its graduation rate was 100%, 12 points above the state rate.

Elementary and middle schools improved their average state-relative gaps from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA widened from 11 to 17 points, and math from 14 to 20 points. That improvement was not uniform: the elementary math gap narrowed by 2 points, while the middle-school math gap widened by 15; fifth-grade science at the elementary school fell by 35 points, while eighth-grade science at the middle school rose by 12. SchoolDigger ranked the middle school 4th of 151 schools (97th percentile), the high school 35th of 130 (73rd percentile), and the elementary school 69th of 203 (66th percentile). In 2024–2025, student–teacher ratios were 9.3 at the elementary school, 16.2 at the middle school, and 10.7 at the high school; free/reduced lunch eligible shares that year were 31%, 24%, and 15%, respectively. Because the elementary and middle schools serve different grades and the high school’s test changed between years, their results are not direct same-grade or year-to-year comparisons.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SD ACT English Language Arts (2026)	SD ACT Mathematics (2026)	SD ACT Science (2026)	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts (2026)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Science (2026)		Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SD ACT English Language Arts 11th Grade	SD ACT Mathematics 11th Grade	SD ACT Science 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science 8th Grade	Vaccination: Kindergartners immunized against measles (MMR)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Gettysburg Elementary - 02	Public	K-5	100 E King Ave	Gettysburg	57442	Potter County	Gettysburg School District 53-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 765-2438	88	9	9.3	30.7%	67 (76.1%)	2 (2.3%)	8 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.4%)	3 (3.4%)	5 (5.7%)	64.6	69^th of 203 public elementary schools	66.0%		74.9	52^nd of 300 public elementary schools	82.7%	17				66.7	75.0	53.3				66.0	53.3	65.0	46.7				56.0	33.3		81.8%	18.2%	$13,367	$894	$12,473
Gettysburg High School - 01	Public	9-12	100 E King Ave	Gettysburg	57442	Potter County	Gettysburg School District 53-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 765-2436	72	7	10.7	15.3%	64 (88.9%)	1 (1.4%)	5 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	67.7	35^th of 130 public high schools	73.1%		77	25^th of 166 public high schools	84.9%	10	43.8	50.0	56.3																			$16,651	$743	$15,909
Gettysburg Middle School - 03	Public	6-8	100 E King Ave	Gettysburg	57442	Potter County	Gettysburg School District 53-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 765-2436	54	3	16.2	24.1%	50 (92.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.9%)	90.1	4^th of 151 public middle schools	97.4%		75.3	34^th of 246 public middle schools	86.2%	30							68.2	63.2	66.7	66.0				68.2	68.4	83.3	71.7		75.0			$11,098	$422	$10,676

Cities Near Gettysburg

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Hoven	19.03 mi	3	37^th
Onida	21.67 mi	3	31^st
La Plant	32.65 mi	1
Selby	34.32 mi	3	27^th
Bowdle	34.63 mi	2	145^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the South Dakota Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.