South Dakota City Rankings

Updated Wednesday, December 19, 2018, based on the 2017-18 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 150)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2018)	Rank (2017)	Rank change from 2017
1^st	Brandon	2	2	1	0	0	0.964	3	2
2^nd	Ethan	2	1	1	0	0	0.942	5	3
3^rd	Warner	1	1	1	0	0	0.932	2	1
4^th	Toronto	2	0	0	0	0	0.902	8	4
5^th	Arlington	3	1	2	0	0	0.895	6	1
6^th	Whitewood	2	0	0	0	0	0.882	53	47
7^th	Groton	1	1	1	0	0	0.882	9	2
8^th	Gettysburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.878	7	1
9^th	Hitchcock	1	0	0	0	0	0.853	41	32
10^th	Ipswich	2	1	1	0	1	0.827	11	1
11^th	Elk Point	1	1	1	0	0	0.821	37	26
12^th	Wakonda	1	0	0	0	0	0.799	109	97
13^th	Wall	2	1	1	0	0	0.794	13
14^th	Chester	1	1	3	0	0	0.787	31	17
15^th	Canistota	1	1	1	0	0	0.786	36	21
16^th	North Sioux City	2	1	1	0	0	0.782	25	9
17^th	Dell Rapids	1	1	1	0	1	0.768	12	5
18^th	Frederick	1	1	1	0	0	0.765	4	14
19^th	Alexandria	3	1	1	0	0	0.765	61	42
20^th	Menno	1	1	1	0	0	0.765	78	58
21^st	Marion	1	1	1	0	0	0.754	64	43
22^nd	Platte	2	1	1	0	0	0.748	17	5
23^rd	Parker	1	1	1	0	0	0.745	75	52
24^th	Canton	1	1	2	0	0	0.738	40	16
25^th	Freeman	1	1	1	0	1	0.738	68	43
26^th	Vermillion	2	1	1	0	1	0.735	45	19
27^th	De Smet	1	1	1	0	0	0.734	89	62
28^th	Timber Lake	1	1	1	0	0	0.733	27	1
29^th	Mellette	1	1	1	0	0	0.719	67	38
30^th	Webster	1	1	1	0	0	0.719	42	12
31^st	Milbank	1	1	1	0	1	0.718	69	38
32^nd	Murdo	1	1	1	0	0	0.718	44	12
33^rd	Mitchell	6	1	3	0	1	0.709	48	15
34^th	Castlewood	2	1	1	0	0	0.704	21	13
35^th	New Underwood	1	1	1	0	0	0.703	46	11
36^th	Sturgis	1	1	1	1	0	0.695	35	1
37^th	Emery	1	1	1	0	0	0.691	110	73
38^th	Lake Preston	1	1	1	0	0	0.688	85	47
39^th	Mount Vernon	1	1	1	0	0	0.686	81	42
40^th	Burke	1	1	1	0	0	0.676	22	18
41^st	Pierre	5	1	1	0	1	0.675	62	21
42^nd	Brookings	4	1	1	0	0	0.672	33	9
43^rd	Mc Intosh	1	1	1	0	0	0.667	107	64
44^th	Tyndall	2	1	1	0	0	0.663	49	5
45^th	Parkston	2	1	1	1	0	0.651	18	27
46^th	Yankton	4	1	1	0	3	0.644	55	9
47^th	Irene	0	1	1	0	0	0.641	124	77
48^th	Selby	1	1	1	0	0	0.637	20	28
49^th	Kadoka	2	0	1	0	0	0.636	59	10
50^th	Volga	1	1	1	0	1	0.634	15	35
51^st	Hayti	1	1	1	0	0	0.627	29	22
52^nd	Britton	3	1	2	0	0	0.626	47	5
53^rd	Montrose	2	1	1	0	0	0.623	14	39
54^th	Watertown	6	2	2	0	4	0.622	34	20
55^th	Kimball	2	1	2	0	0	0.62	58	3
56^th	Avon	2	1	1	0	0	0.618	19	37
57^th	Gregory	1	1	1	0	0	0.617	28	29
58^th	Beresford	1	1	1	0	0	0.607	26	32
59^th	Willow Lake	2	1	2	0	0	0.606	92	33
60^th	Baltic	1	1	1	0	0	0.598	30	30
61^st	Hill City	1	1	1	0	0	0.592	23	38
62^nd	Valley Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.588	43	19
63^rd	Centerville	1	1	1	0	0	0.572	52	11
64^th	Tea	2	1	1	0	0	0.57	93	29
65^th	Madison	2	1	1	0	2	0.563	50	15
66^th	Colton	1	1	1	0	0	0.559	100	34
67^th	Howard	1	1	1	0	0	0.555	10	57
68^th	White Lake	1	1	1	0	0	0.549		(n/a)
69^th	Harrisburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.545	51	18
70^th	Piedmont	1	0	0	0	0	0.544	70
71^st	Lemmon	1	1	1	0	0	0.524	73	2
72^nd	Sioux Falls	35	8	9	9	16	0.508	82	10
73^rd	White	2	1	1	0	0	0.505	91	18
74^th	Aberdeen	7	3	3	1	4	0.5	54	20
75^th	Lennox	1	2	1	0	0	0.496	96	21
76^th	Scotland	2	1	1	0	0	0.495	119	43
77^th	Spearfish	4	2	4	0	2	0.49	57	20
78^th	Buffalo	1	1	1	0	0	0.482	65	13
79^th	Philip	2	1	1	0	0	0.469	32	47
80^th	Hot Springs	1	1	1	0	1	0.453	95	15
81^st	Custer	1	2	2	0	0	0.449	116	35
82^nd	Flandreau	2	1	1	0	0	0.445	84	2
83^rd	Belle Fourche	2	1	2	0	0	0.434	77	6
84^th	Armour	1	1	1	0	0	0.425	16	68
85^th	Forestburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.424	39	46
86^th	Edgemont	1	0	1	0	0	0.422	120	34
87^th	Onida	1	1	1	0	0	0.42	60	27
88^th	Tulare	0	1	1	0	0	0.42	38	50
89^th	Clark	2	1	1	0	0	0.416	115	26
90^th	Kennebec	1	1	0	0	0	0.41	76	14
91^st	Garretson	1	1	1	0	0	0.408	71	20
92^nd	Redfield	2	1	2	0	0	0.408	121	29
93^rd	Miller	2	1	1	0	1	0.405	56	37
94^th	Rapid City	14	5	4	1	9	0.403	88	6
95^th	Hartford	1	1	1	0	0	0.401	102	7
96^th	Florence	1	1	1	0	0	0.391	63	33
97^th	Mobridge	2	1	1	0	0	0.383	99	2
98^th	Rutland	2	1	1	0	0	0.377		(n/a)
99^th	Worthing	1	0	0	0	0	0.373	24	75
100^th	Box Elder	4	1	1	0	0	0.369	101	1
101^st	Langford	2	1	1	0	0	0.366	80	21
102^nd	Salem	2	1	1	0	0	0.363	122	20
103^rd	Estelline	1	1	1	0	1	0.352	105	2
104^th	Roscoe	1	1	1	0	0	0.351		(n/a)
105^th	Colman	1	1	1	0	0	0.347	72	33
106^th	Chamberlain	1	1	2	0	0	0.341	108	2
107^th	Alcester	1	1	1	0	0	0.336	86	21
108^th	Highmore	1	1	1	0	0	0.335	79	29
109^th	Presho	1	0	1	0	0	0.333	111	2
110^th	Wolsey	1	1	1	0	0	0.333	118	8
111^th	Woonsocket	1	0	1	0	0	0.332	98	13
112^th	Renner	1	0	0	0	0	0.309	123	11
113^th	Elkton	2	1	1	0	0	0.305	74	39
114^th	Lead	0	1	1	0	0	0.301	94	20
115^th	Winner	1	1	1	0	0	0.287	103	12
116^th	Viborg	2	0	1	0	0	0.285	128	12
117^th	Colome	1	1	1	0	0	0.284	87	30
118^th	Fort Pierre	1	1	1	0	0	0.266	114	4
119^th	Wagner	2	1	1	0	0	0.263	113	6
120^th	Eureka	1	1	1	0	0	0.256	130	10
121^st	Plankinton	2	1	2	0	0	0.251	83	38
122^nd	Clear Lake	1	1	1	0	0	0.245	66	56
123^rd	Summit	1	0	1	0	0	0.245	127	4
124^th	Waverly	1	1	1	0	0	0.24	129	5
125^th	Hurley	0	1	0	0	0	0.224	135	10
126^th	Humboldt	1	0	0	0	0	0.216	112	14
127^th	Deadwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.211	133	6
128^th	Sisseton	1	1	1	0	0	0.198	106	22
129^th	Wilmot	1	1	1	0	0	0.188	117	12
130^th	Rosholt	2	1	1	0	0	0.188	90	40
131^st	Bison	1	1	1	0	0	0.186	97	34
132^nd	Black Hawk	1	0	0	0	0	0.176	134	2
133^rd	Hermosa	2	0	0	0	0	0.138	138	5
134^th	Martin	1	1	1	0	0	0.126	137	3
135^th	Gayville	1	1	1	0	0	0.121	125	10
136^th	Henry	1	1	1	0	0	0.12	126	10
137^th	Lake Andes	2	1	1	0	0	0.11	139	2
138^th	Dupree	1	1	1	0	0	0.095	132	6
139^th	Iroquois	3	1	1	0	1	0.083	140	1
140^th	Newell	1	1	1	0	0	0.081	141	1
141^st	White River	1	1	1	0	0	0.064	136	5
142^nd	Wakpala	1	1	1	0	0	0.059	142
143^rd	Porcupine	1	0	0	0	1	0.033	143
144^th	Rosebud	1	0	0	0	0	0.029	145	1
145^th	Eagle Butte	2	2	2	0	1	0.025	144	1
146^th	Batesland	1	0	1	0	0	0.019	150	4
147^th	Mc Laughlin	1	1	1	0	0	0.014	148	1
148^th	Parmelee	1	0	0	0	0	0.01	149	1
149^th	Mission	1	1	2	1	1	0.009	147	2
150^th	Pine Ridge	2	0	0	0	1	0.007	146	4

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