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Best Public Schools in Fall River County, SD

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Schools

969

Students

Districts

Top rankedElk Mountain Elementary - 0176^th of 300 South Dakota elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Hot Springs High School - 01 up 37 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Hot Springs High School - 01 11.7 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Elk Mountain Elementary - 01 and 4 more

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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
Edgemont Elementary - 03	Public	PK, KG-8	715 Mogul Way	Edgemont	57735	Fall River County	Edgemont School District 23-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 662-7254	93	11	8.5	51.6%	78 (83.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.4%)	47.4	176^th of 300 public elementary schools	41.3%		49.2	114^th of 201 public elementary schools	43.3%	62	40.0	33.3	45.5	25.0	36.4	27.3			34.4	60.0	16.7	54.5	25.0	18.2	18.2			32.8	54.5	36.4		45.5	$19,065	$1,983	$17,083
Edgemont High School - 01	Public	9-12	715 Mogul Way	Edgemont	57735	Fall River County	Edgemont School District 23-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 662-7254	26	5	5.5	53.8%	22 (84.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (15.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31.3	130^th of 166 public high schools	21.7%					(n/a)							33.3									33.3					33.3
Elk Mountain Elementary - 01	Public	PK, KG-8	10222 Valley Rd	Dewey	57735	Fall River County	Elk Mountain School District 16-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 673-2258	14	2	6.7		14 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	70.7	76^th of 300 public elementary schools	74.7%					(n/a)		33.3	100.0		66.7				57.1		66.7	100.0		66.7				71.4	100.0
Elk Mountain High School - 04	Public, Virtual	9-12	10222 Valley Rd	Dewey	57735	Fall River County	Elk Mountain School District 16-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	No	(605) 749-2258	2	1	2.0		2 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Hot Springs Elementary - 02	Public	PK, KG-5	240 N 19th St	Hot Springs	57747	Fall River County	Hot Springs School District 23-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 745-4149	306	25	12.4	35.6%	215 (70.3%)	2 (0.7%)	24 (7.8%)	5 (1.6%)	30 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (9.8%)	38.4	208^th of 300 public elementary schools	30.7%		38.1	134^th of 201 public elementary schools	33.3%	74	37.7	37.5	42.9						39.2	39.6	30.4	32.7						34.2	26.5				$11,124	$1,229	$9,894
Hot Springs High School - 01	Public	9-12	110 N 16th St	Hot Springs	57747	Fall River County	Hot Springs School District 23-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 745-4147	215	18	11.7	23.3%	155 (72.1%)	1 (0.5%)	14 (6.5%)	4 (1.9%)	13 (6.0%)	1 (0.5%)	27 (12.6%)	63.6	60^th of 166 public high schools	63.9%		34	97^th of 141 public high schools	31.2%	37							73.7		72.4							36.8		36.2			47.4		$11,846	$674	$11,172
Hot Springs Middle School - 06	Public	6-8	146 N 16th St	Hot Springs	57747	Fall River County	Hot Springs School District 23-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 745-4092	189	15	12.8	32.8%	132 (69.8%)	4 (2.1%)	11 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.3%)	1 (0.5%)	31 (16.4%)	54.7	114^th of 246 public middle schools	53.7%		50.7	78^th of 147 public middle schools	46.9%	36				52.0	53.1	56.9			53.9				36.0	34.7	34.5			35.2		37.9			$10,736	$1,167	$9,569
Oelrichs Elementary - 02	Public	PK, KG-5	214 W 7th St	Oelrichs	57763	Fall River County	Oelrichs School District 23-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 535-2631	55	6	9.6	100.0%	4 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (90.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16	263^rd of 300 public elementary schools	12.3%					(n/a)	14.3	22.2	20.0						19.0	0.0	33.3	0.0						14.3	0.0				$27,191	$4,491	$22,700
Oelrichs High School - 01	Public	9-12	214 W 7th St	Oelrichs	57763	Fall River County	Oelrichs School District 23-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 535-2631	44	6	6.9	100.0%	1 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.5%)	1 (2.3%)	40 (90.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17.3	148^th of 166 public high schools	10.8%					(n/a)							0.0	100.0	33.3							0.0	0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0
Oelrichs Junior High - 03	Public	6-8	214 W 7th St	Oelrichs	57763	Fall River County	Oelrichs School District 23-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 535-2631	25	3	8.8	100.0%	1 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (88.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11	227^th of 246 public middle schools	7.7%					(n/a)				20.0	14.3	0.0			11.1				20.0	0.0	0.0			5.6		0.0			$26,646	$4,524	$22,122

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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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