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Best Public Schools in Clay County, SD

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Schools

1,674

Students

Districts

Top rankedIrene - Wakonda High School - 0126^th of 166 South Dakota high schools

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Biggest riser

Irene - Wakonda Junior High - 04 up 35 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 12.1 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts (2025)									Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)									Smarter Balanced Assessments Science (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 12th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 12th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Vermillion Middle School - 02	Public	6-8	422 Princeton St	Vermillion	57069	Clay County	Vermillion School District 13-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 677-7025	343	23	14.8	30.0%	270 (78.7%)	8 (2.3%)	18 (5.2%)	7 (2.0%)	25 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.4%)	66.4	73^rd of 246 public middle schools	70.3%		62.7	49^th of 147 public middle schools	66.7%	24				55.0	64.0	55.0			58.1				50.5	42.1	39.6			44.0		55.9			$11,830	$661	$11,169
Vermillion High School - 01	Public	9-12	1001 E Main St	Vermillion	57069	Clay County	Vermillion School District 13-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 677-7035	413	28	15.0	26.2%	310 (75.1%)	9 (2.2%)	22 (5.3%)	3 (0.7%)	38 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.5%)	60.4	71^st of 166 public high schools	57.2%		53.3	70^th of 141 public high schools	50.4%	1							63.6	0.0	63.0							33.7	0.0	33.3			55.1	54.6	$13,012	$646	$12,366
Vermillion Elementary - 05	Public	PK, KG-5	701 W Dartmouth St	Vermillion	57069	Clay County	Vermillion School District 13-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(605) 677-7000	625	50	12.5	35.8%	453 (72.5%)	17 (2.7%)	46 (7.4%)	11 (1.8%)	51 (8.2%)	2 (0.3%)	45 (7.2%)								(n/a)	30.8	35.9	47.7						37.9	41.8	27.2	43.2						36.9	44.3				$13,462	$1,346	$12,116
Irene - Wakonda Junior High - 04	Public	7-8	130 E State St	Irene	57037	Clay County	Irene - Wakonda School District 13-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 263-3313	46	3	14.1	26.1%	41 (89.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.3%)	69	56^th of 246 public middle schools	77.2%		44.5	91^st of 147 public middle schools	38.1%	35					52.0	66.7			58.7					48.0	42.9			45.7		61.9			$12,740	$151	$12,589
Irene - Wakonda High School - 01	Public	9-12	130 E State St	Irene	57037	Clay County	Irene - Wakonda School District 13-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 263-3313	86	6	14.1	27.9%	79 (91.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.8%)	76.4	26^th of 166 public high schools	84.3%		83.2	18^th of 141 public high schools	87.2%	8							94.4									27.8					72.2		$16,599	$151	$16,448
Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02	Public	PK, KG-6	202 Nebraska St	Wakonda	57073	Clay County	Irene - Wakonda School District 13-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 267-2644	161	13	12.1	34.8%	138 (85.7%)	3 (1.9%)	9 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.3%)	38.9	204^th of 300 public elementary schools	32.0%		26.2	161^st of 201 public elementary schools	19.9%	43	47.1	31.6	43.8	30.0					37.5	52.9	31.6	37.5	15.0					33.3	31.3				$14,974	$691	$14,283

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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.

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