South Dakota City Rankings

JUST IN! South Dakota test scores and updated rankings for the 2020-21 school year were recently posted to SchoolDigger! *Please note that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on standardized testing and the number of schools reporting results are lower.

NOTE: 2019 rankings for South Dakota schools were revised on May 3^rd after a revision of test scores was released by the South Dakota Department of Education.

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Elementary Schools Middle Schools High Schools Districts Cities

Rank (of 144)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2021)	Rank (2019)	Rank change from 2019
1^st	Valley Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.985	1
2^nd	Warner	1	1	1	0	0	0.971	6	4
3^rd	Mount Vernon	1	1	1	0	0	0.913	79	76
4^th	Ethan	2	1	2	0	0	0.905	5	1
5^th	Brandon	2	2	1	0	0	0.895	3	2
6^th	Timber Lake	1	1	1	0	0	0.885	8	2
7^th	Forestburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.884	88	81
8^th	Murdo	1	1	1	0	0	0.876	35	27
9^th	Ipswich	2	1	1	0	0	0.874	4	5
10^th	Gettysburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.854	7	3
11^th	Emery	1	1	1	0	0	0.844	100	89
12^th	Canistota	1	1	1	0	0	0.822	48	36
13^th	Dell Rapids	1	1	1	0	1	0.821	20	7
14^th	Worthing	1	0	0	0	0	0.807	107	93
15^th	Lennox	1	2	1	0	0	0.807	51	36
16^th	Arlington	3	1	2	0	0	0.805	10	6
17^th	Bridgewater	2	0	0	0	0	0.802	9	8
18^th	Tea	2	1	1	0	0	0.79	64	46
19^th	Groton	1	1	1	0	0	0.762	2	17
20^th	Highmore	1	1	1	0	0	0.756	59	39
21^st	Onida	1	1	1	0	0	0.751	74	53
22^nd	Baltic	1	1	1	0	0	0.737	60	38
23^rd	Parker	1	1	1	0	0	0.725	40	17
24^th	Buffalo	1	1	1	0	0	0.725	25	1
25^th	Mobridge	2	1	1	0	1	0.719	37	12
26^th	Canton	1	1	2	0	0	0.71	18	8
27^th	Parkston	2	1	2	0	0	0.709	42	15
28^th	Avon	2	1	1	0	0	0.691	52	24
29^th	Humboldt	1	0	0	0	0	0.688	97	68
30^th	Mitchell	6	1	3	0	2	0.684	46	16
31^st	Piedmont	1	0	0	0	0	0.678	102	71
32^nd	Howard	1	1	1	0	0	0.675	68	36
33^rd	Kadoka	2	1	1	0	0	0.666	28	5
34^th	Alexandria	3	1	1	0	0	0.662	43	9
35^th	Hayti	1	1	1	0	0	0.661	33	2
36^th	Webster	1	1	1	0	0	0.657	12	24
37^th	North Sioux City	2	1	1	0	0	0.654	27	10
38^th	Harrisburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.651	53	15
39^th	Whitewood	2	0	0	0	0	0.649	21	18
40^th	Montrose	2	1	1	0	0	0.646	17	23
41^st	Hill City	1	1	1	0	0	0.646	13	28
42^nd	Selby	1	1	1	0	0	0.638	22	20
43^rd	Milbank	2	1	1	0	1	0.637	72	29
44^th	Platte	2	2	2	0	0	0.635	30	14
45^th	Tulare	0	1	1	0	0	0.635	45
46^th	Toronto	1	0	0	0	0	0.634	32	14
47^th	Frederick	1	1	1	0	0	0.632	24	23
48^th	Lemmon	1	1	1	0	0	0.63	92	44
49^th	Freeman	1	1	1	0	1	0.629	16	33
50^th	Yankton	4	2	1	0	3	0.628	54	4
51^st	Gregory	1	1	1	0	0	0.627	63	12
52^nd	Hitchcock	1	0	0	0	0	0.619	41	11
53^rd	Kimball	2	1	2	0	0	0.616	85	32
54^th	Chester	1	1	3	0	0	0.614	23	31
55^th	Sturgis	1	2	1	1	0	0.608	34	21
56^th	Vermillion	2	1	1	0	1	0.601	26	30
57^th	Pierre	5	1	1	0	1	0.597	44	13
58^th	Volga	1	1	1	0	1	0.586	36	22
59^th	Rutland	2	1	1	0	0	0.581	90	31
60^th	Colton	1	1	1	0	0	0.58	61	1
61^st	Wall	2	1	1	0	0	0.574	15	46
62^nd	Philip	2	1	1	0	0	0.572	50	12
63^rd	Tyndall	2	1	1	0	0	0.572	69	6
64^th	Watertown	6	2	2	0	4	0.572	39	25
65^th	Mellette	1	1	2	0	0	0.568	75	10
66^th	Madison	2	1	1	0	2	0.567	66
67^th	Britton	3	1	2	0	0	0.566	38	29
68^th	Herreid	1	1	1	0	0	0.562		(n/a)
69^th	Castlewood	2	1	1	0	0	0.562	29	40
70^th	Centerville	1	1	1	0	0	0.558	83	13
71^st	Hartford	1	1	1	0	0	0.553	98	27
72^nd	Miller	2	1	1	0	1	0.534	89	17
73^rd	Burke	1	1	2	0	0	0.533	47	26
74^th	Lake Preston	1	1	1	0	0	0.528	62	12
75^th	Armour	1	1	1	0	0	0.521	77	2
76^th	Langford	1	1	1	0	0	0.509	70	6
77^th	Willow Lake	2	1	2	0	0	0.505		(n/a)
78^th	Elk Point	1	1	1	0	0	0.493	11	67
79^th	Aberdeen	7	2	4	0	9	0.481	73	6
80^th	Sioux Falls	34	8	15	4	19	0.472	81	1
81^st	Menno	1	1	1	0	0	0.463	82	1
82^nd	Custer	1	1	1	0	0	0.456	80	2
83^rd	Clark	2	1	1	0	0	0.453	96	13
84^th	Marion	1	1	1	0	0	0.451	93	9
85^th	Brookings	4	1	1	0	1	0.449	49	36
86^th	Plankinton	1	2	3	0	0	0.447	127	41
87^th	Box Elder	3	1	1	0	0	0.445	58	29
88^th	Wessington Springs	3	2	2	0	0	0.44		(n/a)
89^th	Spearfish	3	3	4	0	2	0.433	57	32
90^th	Colman	1	1	1	0	0	0.417	94	4
91^st	Woonsocket	1	0	1	0	0	0.412	106	15
92^nd	Summerset	0	1	0	0	0	0.407	31	61
93^rd	Chamberlain	1	1	2	0	1	0.396	105	12
94^th	De Smet	1	1	1	0	0	0.393	14	80
95^th	Alcester	1	1	1	0	0	0.39	130	35
96^th	Kennebec	1	0	0	0	0	0.386	55	41
97^th	Colome	1	1	1	0	0	0.37	104	7
98^th	Clear Lake	1	1	1	0	0	0.362	119	21
99^th	Salem	2	1	1	0	1	0.354	78	21
100^th	Florence	1	1	1	0	0	0.353	56	44
101^st	Faith	2	1	1	0	0	0.35	19	82
102^nd	Irene	0	1	1	0	0	0.348	67	35
103^rd	Fort Pierre	1	1	1	0	0	0.34	99	4
104^th	Elkton	2	1	1	0	0	0.335	141	37
105^th	Wolsey	1	1	1	0	0	0.334	129	24
106^th	Hot Springs	1	1	1	0	1	0.332	95	11
107^th	Wagner	2	1	1	0	0	0.33	108	1
108^th	Wakonda	1	0	0	0	0	0.312	109	1
109^th	Bison	1	1	1	0	0	0.305		(n/a)
110^th	Estelline	1	1	1	0	1	0.304	91	19
111^th	Garretson	1	1	1	0	0	0.303	110	1
112^th	Rapid City	14	5	4	2	11	0.301	101	11
113^th	Deadwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.292	125	12
114^th	Sisseton	1	1	1	0	0	0.276	126	12
115^th	White Lake	1	1	1	0	0	0.271	131	16
116^th	Belle Fourche	2	1	2	0	0	0.262	87	29
117^th	New Underwood	1	1	1	0	0	0.26	71	46
118^th	Beresford	1	1	1	0	0	0.258	76	42
119^th	Lead	0	1	1	0	0	0.252	122	3
120^th	Wilmot	1	1	1	0	0	0.252	132	12
121^st	Henry	1	1	1	0	0	0.243	113	8
122^nd	Scotland	3	1	1	0	0	0.242	116	6
123^rd	Hurley	0	1	0	0	0	0.241	121	2
124^th	Waverly	1	1	1	0	0	0.241	136	12
125^th	Summit	1	0	1	0	0	0.24	86	39
126^th	Hermosa	2	0	0	0	0	0.239	124	2
127^th	Winner	1	1	1	0	0	0.231	123	4
128^th	Tripp	1	1	1	0	0	0.21		(n/a)
129^th	Waubay	1	1	1	0	0	0.207		(n/a)
130^th	Flandreau	2	1	1	0	0	0.207	114	16
131^st	Renner	1	0	0	0	0	0.203	118	13
132^nd	Gayville	1	1	1	0	0	0.185	135	3
133^rd	Viborg	2	0	1	0	0	0.183	117	16
134^th	Edgemont	1	0	1	0	0	0.169	128	6
135^th	Rosholt	2	1	1	0	0	0.145	84	51
136^th	Newell	1	1	1	0	0	0.137	140	4
137^th	Presho	0	1	1	0	0	0.131	111	26
138^th	Redfield	1	2	2	0	0	0.104	120	18
139^th	Lake Andes	2	1	1	0	0	0.1	138	1
140^th	Black Hawk	1	0	0	0	0	0.084	115	25
141^st	Wakpala	1	1	1	0	0	0.065	134	7
142^nd	Dupree	1	1	1	0	0	0.056	137	5
143^rd	White River	1	1	1	0	0	0.042	139	4
144^th	Martin	1	1	1	0	0	0.04	133	11

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* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the South Dakota Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on May 3, 2022, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the South Dakota Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the South Dakota Department of Education.
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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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.