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South Dakota City Rankings

Updated Monday, January 20, 2020, based on the 2018-19 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 145)	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	0.877	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	0.83	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	0.796	61	48
14^th	De Smet	1	1	1	0	0	0.761	27	13
15^th	Wall	2	1	1	0	0	0.756	13	2
16^th	Freeman	1	1	1	0	1	0.756	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	0.745	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	0.733	14	9
24^th	Buffalo	1	1	1	0	0	0.718	78	54
25^th	North Sioux City	2	1	1	0	0	0.712	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	0.711	49	21
29^th	Frederick	1	1	1	0	0	0.708	18	11
30^th	Platte	2	1	1	0	0	0.708	22	8
31^st	Castlewood	2	1	1	0	0	0.705	34	3
32^nd	Sturgis	1	2	1	1	0	0.701	36	4
33^rd	Hayti	1	1	1	0	0	0.701	51	18
34^th	Murdo	1	1	1	0	0	0.696	32	2
35^th	Volga	1	1	1	0	1	0.691	50	15
36^th	Britton	3	1	2	0	0	0.679	52	16
37^th	Mobridge	2	1	1	0	0	0.678	97	60
38^th	Watertown	5	2	2	0	4	0.675	54	16
39^th	Hitchcock	1	0	0	0	0	0.668	9	30
40^th	Parker	1	1	1	0	0	0.667	23	17
41^st	Parkston	2	1	2	0	0	0.661	45	4
42^nd	Alexandria	3	1	1	0	0	0.657	19	23
43^rd	Tulare	0	1	1	0	0	0.64	88	45
44^th	Pierre	5	1	1	0	1	0.639	41	3
45^th	Mitchell	6	1	3	0	2	0.627	33	12
46^th	Burke	1	1	2	0	0	0.621	40	6
47^th	Canistota	1	1	1	0	0	0.614	15	32
48^th	Philip	2	1	1	0	0	0.608	79	31
49^th	Brookings	4	1	1	0	0	0.608	42	7
50^th	Lennox	1	2	1	0	0	0.595	75	25
51^st	Presho	1	0	1	0	0	0.592	109	58
52^nd	Avon	2	1	1	0	0	0.59	56	4
53^rd	Florence	1	1	1	0	0	0.579	96	43
54^th	Harrisburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.578	69	15
55^th	Yankton	4	2	1	0	3	0.574	46	9
56^th	Spearfish	3	3	4	0	2	0.566	77	21
57^th	Box Elder	3	1	1	0	0	0.565	100	43
58^th	Colton	1	1	1	0	0	0.561	66	8
59^th	Highmore	1	1	1	0	0	0.556	108	49
60^th	Lake Preston	1	1	1	0	0	0.549	38	22
61^st	Baltic	1	1	1	0	0	0.547	60	1
62^nd	Madison	2	1	1	0	2	0.545	65	3
63^rd	Mc Intosh	1	1	1	0	0	0.544	43	20
64^th	Tea	1	1	1	0	0	0.544	64
65^th	Irene	0	1	1	0	0	0.543	47	18
66^th	Gregory	1	1	1	0	0	0.541	57	9
67^th	Howard	1	1	1	0	0	0.536	67
68^th	Langford	1	1	1	0	0	0.532	101	33
69^th	Armour	1	1	1	0	0	0.529	84	15
70^th	Milbank	2	1	1	0	1	0.525	31	39
71^st	Tyndall	2	1	1	0	0	0.524	44	27
72^nd	New Underwood	1	1	1	0	0	0.523	35	37
73^rd	Aberdeen	7	3	4	0	8	0.52	74	1
74^th	Onida	1	1	1	0	0	0.516	87	13
75^th	Mellette	1	1	2	0	0	0.513	29	46
76^th	Beresford	1	1	1	0	0	0.496	58	18
77^th	Sioux Falls	33	7	13	4	16	0.489	72	5
78^th	Custer	1	1	1	0	0	0.485	81	3
79^th	Mount Vernon	1	1	1	0	0	0.482	39	40
80^th	Salem	2	1	1	0	0	0.478	102	22
81^st	Menno	1	1	1	0	0	0.472	20	61
82^nd	Centerville	1	1	1	0	0	0.463	63	19
83^rd	Rosholt	2	1	1	0	0	0.458	130	47
84^th	Kimball	2	1	2	0	0	0.457	55	29
85^th	Summit	1	0	1	0	0	0.451	123	38
86^th	Kennebec	1	1	0	0	0	0.446	90	4
87^th	Belle Fourche	2	1	2	0	0	0.445	83	4
88^th	Forestburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.445	85	3
89^th	Estelline	1	1	1	0	1	0.439	103	14
90^th	Miller	2	1	1	0	1	0.438	93	3
91^st	Rutland	2	1	1	0	0	0.436	98	7
92^nd	Lemmon	1	1	1	0	0	0.424	71	21
93^rd	Colman	1	1	1	0	0	0.423	105	12
94^th	Marion	1	1	1	0	0	0.42	21	73
95^th	Hot Springs	1	1	1	0	1	0.41	80	15
96^th	Fort Pierre	1	1	1	0	0	0.403	118	22
97^th	Clark	2	1	1	0	0	0.402	89	8
98^th	Hartford	1	1	1	0	0	0.397	95	3
99^th	Humboldt	1	0	0	0	0	0.394	126	27
100^th	Rapid City	14	5	4	1	11	0.385	94	6
101^st	Emery	1	1	1	0	0	0.384	37	64
102^nd	Colome	1	1	1	0	0	0.379	117	15
103^rd	Eureka	1	1	1	0	0	0.379	120	17
104^th	Piedmont	1	0	0	0	0	0.37	70	34
105^th	Chamberlain	1	1	2	0	1	0.355	106	1
106^th	Woonsocket	1	0	1	0	0	0.348	111	5
107^th	Worthing	1	0	0	0	0	0.341	99	8
108^th	Wakonda	1	0	0	0	0	0.317	12	96
109^th	Hoven	1	1	1	0	0	0.317		(n/a)
110^th	Wagner	2	1	1	0	0	0.309	119	9
111^th	Garretson	1	1	1	0	0	0.303	91	20
112^th	Black Hawk	1	0	0	0	0	0.293	132	20
113^th	Ramona	1	1	1	0	0	0.292		(n/a)
114^th	Henry	1	1	1	0	0	0.287	136	22
115^th	Flandreau	2	1	1	0	0	0.285	82	33
116^th	Renner	1	0	0	0	0	0.284	112	4
117^th	Scotland	3	1	1	0	0	0.281	76	41
118^th	Viborg	2	0	1	0	0	0.274	116	2
119^th	Hurley	0	1	0	0	0	0.253	125	6
120^th	Redfield	1	2	2	0	0	0.25	92	28
121^st	Clear Lake	1	1	1	0	0	0.246	122	1
122^nd	Winner	1	1	1	0	0	0.236	115	7
123^rd	Lead	0	1	1	0	0	0.226	114	9
124^th	Hermosa	2	0	0	0	0	0.204	133	9
125^th	Plankinton	1	2	2	0	0	0.185	121	4
126^th	Sisseton	1	1	1	0	0	0.183	128	2
127^th	Deadwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.183	127
128^th	Edgemont	1	0	1	0	0	0.182	86	42
129^th	Wolsey	1	1	1	0	0	0.168	110	19
130^th	White Lake	1	1	1	0	0	0.163	68	62
131^st	Alcester	1	1	1	0	0	0.162	107	24
132^nd	Wilmot	1	1	1	0	0	0.153	129	3
133^rd	Martin	1	1	1	0	0	0.145	134	1
134^th	Waverly	1	1	1	0	0	0.131	124	10
135^th	Gayville	1	1	1	0	0	0.13	135
136^th	Dupree	1	1	1	0	0	0.103	138	2
137^th	White River	1	1	1	0	0	0.094	141	4
138^th	Wakpala	1	1	1	0	0	0.093	142	4
139^th	Newell	1	1	1	0	0	0.076	140	1
140^th	Elkton	2	1	1	0	0	0.075	113	27
141^st	Pine Ridge	1	0	0	0	1	0.013	150	9
142^nd	Batesland	1	0	1	0	0	0.012	146	4
143^rd	Eagle Butte	2	2	2	0	1	0.01	145	2
144^th	Rosebud	1	0	0	0	0	0.01	144
145^th	Porcupine	1	0	0	0	1	0.003	143	2

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