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Due to the disruption caused by COVID-19, the South Dakota Department of Education did not administer assessments for the 2019-2020 school year. SchoolDigger will resume updating its rankings when test scores are released in 2021.

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Rank (of 146)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2019)	Rank (2018)	Rank change from 2018
1^st	Valley Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.986	62	61
2^nd	Brandon	2	2	1	0	0	0.933	1	1
3^rd	Groton	1	1	1	0	0	0.928	7	4
4^th	Warner	1	1	1	0	0	0.878	3	1
5^th	Ethan	2	1	2	0	0	0.876	2	3
6^th	Gettysburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.875	8	2
7^th	Ipswich	2	1	1	0	0	0.863	10	3
8^th	Timber Lake	1	1	1	0	0	0.84	28	20
9^th	Bridgewater	2	0	0	0	0	0.832		(n/a)
10^th	Arlington	3	1	2	0	0	0.829	5	5
11^th	Elk Point	1	1	1	0	0	0.81	11
12^th	Webster	1	1	1	0	0	0.807	30	18
13^th	Hill City	1	1	1	0	0	0.797	61	48
14^th	De Smet	1	1	1	0	0	0.761	27	13
15^th	Wall	2	1	1	0	0	0.757	13	2
16^th	Freeman	1	1	1	0	1	0.754	25	9
17^th	Montrose	2	1	1	0	0	0.753	53	36
18^th	Faith	2	1	1	0	0	0.746		(n/a)
19^th	Canton	1	1	2	0	0	0.746	24	5
20^th	Whitewood	2	0	0	0	0	0.74	6	14
21^st	Selby	1	1	1	0	0	0.737	48	27
22^nd	Dell Rapids	1	1	1	0	0	0.734	17	5
23^rd	Chester	1	1	3	0	0	0.732	14	9
24^th	Buffalo	1	1	1	0	0	0.717	78	54
25^th	North Sioux City	2	1	1	0	0	0.713	16	9
26^th	Vermillion	2	1	1	0	1	0.712	26
27^th	Toronto	1	0	0	0	0	0.712	4	23
28^th	Kadoka	2	1	1	0	0	0.71	49	21
29^th	Summerset	0	1	0	0	0	0.709		(n/a)
30^th	Platte	2	1	1	0	0	0.708	22	8
31^st	Frederick	1	1	1	0	0	0.708	18	13
32^nd	Castlewood	2	1	1	0	0	0.705	34	2
33^rd	Sturgis	1	2	1	1	0	0.7	36	3
34^th	Hayti	1	1	1	0	0	0.699	51	17
35^th	Murdo	1	1	1	0	0	0.696	32	3
36^th	Volga	1	1	1	0	1	0.689	50	14
37^th	Britton	3	1	2	0	0	0.678	52	15
38^th	Mobridge	2	1	1	0	0	0.676	97	59
39^th	Watertown	5	2	2	0	4	0.675	54	15
40^th	Hitchcock	1	0	0	0	0	0.668	9	31
41^st	Parker	1	1	1	0	0	0.666	23	18
42^nd	Parkston	2	1	2	0	0	0.66	45	3
43^rd	Alexandria	3	1	1	0	0	0.658	19	24
44^th	Pierre	5	1	1	0	1	0.639	41	3
45^th	Tulare	0	1	1	0	0	0.636	88	43
46^th	Mitchell	6	1	3	0	2	0.626	33	13
47^th	Burke	1	1	2	0	0	0.621	40	7
48^th	Canistota	1	1	1	0	0	0.614	15	33
49^th	Philip	2	1	1	0	0	0.607	79	30
50^th	Brookings	4	1	1	0	0	0.606	42	8
51^st	Lennox	1	2	1	0	0	0.593	75	24
52^nd	Presho	1	0	1	0	0	0.592	109	57
53^rd	Avon	2	1	1	0	0	0.591	56	3
54^th	Harrisburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.579	69	15
55^th	Florence	1	1	1	0	0	0.578	96	41
56^th	Yankton	4	2	1	0	3	0.575	46	10
57^th	Spearfish	3	3	4	0	2	0.565	77	20
58^th	Box Elder	3	1	1	0	0	0.565	100	42
59^th	Colton	1	1	1	0	0	0.561	66	7
60^th	Highmore	1	1	1	0	0	0.556	108	48
61^st	Lake Preston	1	1	1	0	0	0.548	38	23
62^nd	Baltic	1	1	1	0	0	0.546	60	2
63^rd	Mc Intosh	1	1	1	0	0	0.544	43	20
64^th	Madison	2	1	1	0	2	0.544	65	1
65^th	Tea	1	1	1	0	0	0.543	64	1
66^th	Irene	0	1	1	0	0	0.542	47	19
67^th	Gregory	1	1	1	0	0	0.54	57	10
68^th	Howard	1	1	1	0	0	0.535	67	1
69^th	Langford	1	1	1	0	0	0.531	101	32
70^th	Armour	1	1	1	0	0	0.528	84	14
71^st	Milbank	2	1	1	0	1	0.525	31	40
72^nd	Tyndall	2	1	1	0	0	0.523	44	28
73^rd	New Underwood	1	1	1	0	0	0.522	35	38
74^th	Aberdeen	7	3	4	0	8	0.52	74
75^th	Onida	1	1	1	0	0	0.516	87	12
76^th	Mellette	1	1	2	0	0	0.511	29	47
77^th	Beresford	1	1	1	0	0	0.495	58	19
78^th	Sioux Falls	33	7	13	4	16	0.489	72	6
79^th	Custer	1	1	1	0	0	0.485	81	2
80^th	Mount Vernon	1	1	1	0	0	0.483	39	41
81^st	Salem	2	1	1	0	0	0.477	102	21
82^nd	Menno	1	1	1	0	0	0.47	20	62
83^rd	Centerville	1	1	1	0	0	0.462	63	20
84^th	Rosholt	2	1	1	0	0	0.457	130	46
85^th	Kimball	2	1	2	0	0	0.456	55	30
86^th	Summit	1	0	1	0	0	0.45	123	37
87^th	Kennebec	1	1	0	0	0	0.445	90	3
88^th	Belle Fourche	2	1	2	0	0	0.444	83	5
89^th	Forestburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.443	85	4
90^th	Miller	2	1	1	0	1	0.438	93	3
91^st	Estelline	1	1	1	0	1	0.438	103	12
92^nd	Rutland	2	1	1	0	0	0.436	98	6
93^rd	Lemmon	1	1	1	0	0	0.423	71	22
94^th	Colman	1	1	1	0	0	0.422	105	11
95^th	Marion	1	1	1	0	0	0.42	21	74
96^th	Hot Springs	1	1	1	0	1	0.409	80	16
97^th	Fort Pierre	1	1	1	0	0	0.402	118	21
98^th	Clark	2	1	1	0	0	0.401	89	9
99^th	Hartford	1	1	1	0	0	0.397	95	4
100^th	Humboldt	1	0	0	0	0	0.394	126	26
101^st	Rapid City	14	5	4	1	11	0.385	94	7
102^nd	Emery	1	1	1	0	0	0.383	37	65
103^rd	Eureka	1	1	1	0	0	0.379	120	17
104^th	Colome	1	1	1	0	0	0.379	117	13
105^th	Piedmont	1	0	0	0	0	0.37	70	35
106^th	Chamberlain	1	1	2	0	1	0.354	106
107^th	Woonsocket	1	0	1	0	0	0.347	111	4
108^th	Worthing	1	0	0	0	0	0.341	99	9
109^th	Wakonda	1	0	0	0	0	0.317	12	97
110^th	Hoven	1	1	1	0	0	0.316		(n/a)
111^th	Wagner	2	1	1	0	0	0.308	119	8
112^th	Garretson	1	1	1	0	0	0.302	91	21
113^th	Black Hawk	1	0	0	0	0	0.293	132	19
114^th	Ramona	1	1	1	0	0	0.292		(n/a)
115^th	Henry	1	1	1	0	0	0.287	136	21
116^th	Flandreau	2	1	1	0	0	0.285	82	34
117^th	Renner	1	0	0	0	0	0.284	112	5
118^th	Scotland	3	1	1	0	0	0.28	76	42
119^th	Viborg	2	0	1	0	0	0.274	116	3
120^th	Hurley	0	1	0	0	0	0.252	125	5
121^st	Redfield	1	2	2	0	0	0.249	92	29
122^nd	Clear Lake	1	1	1	0	0	0.246	122
123^rd	Winner	1	1	1	0	0	0.236	115	8
124^th	Lead	0	1	1	0	0	0.225	114	10
125^th	Hermosa	2	0	0	0	0	0.204	133	8
126^th	Plankinton	1	2	2	0	0	0.185	121	5
127^th	Sisseton	1	1	1	0	0	0.183	128	1
128^th	Deadwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.183	127	1
129^th	Edgemont	1	0	1	0	0	0.181	86	43
130^th	Wolsey	1	1	1	0	0	0.168	110	20
131^st	White Lake	1	1	1	0	0	0.163	68	63
132^nd	Alcester	1	1	1	0	0	0.162	107	25
133^rd	Wilmot	1	1	1	0	0	0.152	129	4
134^th	Martin	1	1	1	0	0	0.145	134
135^th	Waverly	1	1	1	0	0	0.131	124	11
136^th	Gayville	1	1	1	0	0	0.129	135	1
137^th	Dupree	1	1	1	0	0	0.103	138	1
138^th	White River	1	1	1	0	0	0.094	141	3
139^th	Wakpala	1	1	1	0	0	0.093	142	3
140^th	Newell	1	1	1	0	0	0.076	140
141^st	Elkton	2	1	1	0	0	0.074	113	28
142^nd	Pine Ridge	1	0	0	0	1	0.013	150	8
143^rd	Batesland	1	0	1	0	0	0.012	146	3
144^th	Eagle Butte	2	2	2	0	1	0.01	145	1
145^th	Rosebud	1	0	0	0	0	0.01	144	1
146^th	Porcupine	1	0	0	0	1	0.003	143	3

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