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2024–25 school spending dataApr 10, 2026

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2023–24 school spending dataAug 28, 2025

2021–22 through 2022–23 school spending dataOct 17, 2024

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Top 10 Elementary Schools in South Dakota

Rank	School	City
1^st	Boulder Colony School - 06	Hosmer
2^nd	Challenge Center - 51	Sioux Falls
3^rd	Pembrook Colony Elementary - 06	Ipswich
4^th	Warner Elementary - 02	Warner
5^th	Fred Assam Elementary - 06	Sioux Falls
6^th	Faulkton Elementary - 02	Faulkton
7^th	Adventure Elementary - 10	Sioux Falls
8^th	Inspiration Elementary - 08	Sioux Falls
9^th	Whitewood Elementary - 04	Whitewood
10^th	All City Elementary - 50	Sioux Falls

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Top 10 Middle Schools in South Dakota

Rank	School	City
1^st	Pembrook Colony Elementary - 06	Ipswich
2^nd	Upland Colony Elementary - 05	Artesian
3^rd	Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13	Kimball
4^th	Cedar Grove Colony Elementary - 14	Platte
5^th	Lakeview Colony Elementary - 05	Lake Andes
6^th	Warner Middle School - 03	Warner
7^th	Mount Vernon Middle School - 03	Mount Vernon
8^th	Dell Rapids Middle School - 03	Dell Rapids
9^th	Lake Preston Middle School - 03	Lake Preston
10^th	Glendale Colony Elementary - 04	Frankfort

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Top 10 High Schools in South Dakota

Rank	School	City
1^st	Warner High School - 01	Warner
2^nd	Howard High School - 01	Howard
3^rd	Baltic High School - 01	Baltic
4^th	Ipswich High School - 01	Ipswich
5^th	Highmore High School - 01	Highmore
6^th	Hill City High School - 01	Hill City
7^th	Centerville High School - 01	Centerville
8^th	Kadoka Area High School - 01	Kadoka
9^th	Parkston High School - 01	Parkston
10^th	Elk Point-Jefferson High School - 01	Elk Point

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District Name	Number of Schools	SD South Dakota District Rank	City	County
Sioux Falls School District 49-5	48	90^th	Sioux Falls	Minnehaha County
Rapid City Area School District 51-4	26	112^th	Rapid City	Pennington County
Todd County School District 66-1	13	142^nd	Mission	Todd County
Meade School District 46-1	11	65^th	Sturgis	Meade County
Huron School District 02-2	11	137^th	Huron	Beadle County
Harrisburg School District 41-2	11	39^th	Harrisburg	Lincoln County
Aberdeen School District 06-1	9	76^th	Aberdeen	Brown County
Brookings School District 05-1	9	64^th	Brookings	Brookings County
Mitchell School District 17-2	9	45^th	Mitchell	Davison County
East Dakota Educational Cooperative	8		Sioux Falls	Minnehaha County

District Name	Number of Schools	SD South Dakota District Rank	City	County
Warner School District 06-5	3	1^st	Warner	Brown County
Brandon Valley School District 49-2	7	2^nd	Brandon	Minnehaha County
Lennox School District 41-4	5	3^rd	Lennox	Lincoln County
Lake Preston School District 38-3	3	4^th	Lake Preston	Kingsbury County
Arlington School District 38-1	4	5^th	Arlington	Kingsbury County
Baltic School District 49-1	3	6^th	Baltic	Minnehaha County
Big Stone City School District 25-1	3	7^th	Big Stone City	Grant County
Mount Vernon School District 17-3	3	8^th	Mount Vernon	Davison County
Ethan School District 17-1	3	9^th	Ethan	Davison County
Howard School District 48-3	4	10^th	Howard	Miner County

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Top 10 SD South Dakota Cities

City	Number of Schools	SD South Dakota City Rank
Sioux Falls	92	96^th
Rapid City	38	144^th
Aberdeen	21	92^nd
Huron	13	177^th
Mitchell	12	59^th
Watertown	12	87^th
Yankton	11	57^th
Spearfish	11	91^st
Brookings	11	81^st
Pierre	10	44^th

City	Number of Schools	SD South Dakota City Rank
Hosmer	1	1^st
Warner	3	2^nd
Whitewood	1	3^rd
Ipswich	5	4^th
Stickney	5	5^th
Lennox	4	6^th
Midland	2	7^th
Howard	3	8^th
Lake Preston	3	9^th
Brandon	9	10^th

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