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Best Public Schools in Perkins County, SD

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Schools

424

Students

Districts

Top rankedLemmon Junior High - 0674^th of 246 South Dakota middle schools

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Biggest riser

Bison High School - 01 up 60 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Lemmon Elementary - 02 12.6 students per teacher

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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	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
Bison Elementary - 02	Public	K-6	200 E Carr St	Bison	57620	Perkins County	Bison School District 52-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 244-5271	65	9	7.2	27.7%	58 (89.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40.2	199^th of 300 public elementary schools	33.7%		26.6	160^th of 201 public elementary schools	20.4%	39	38.5	33.3	50.0	37.5					39.1	61.5	33.3	12.5	18.8					32.6	37.5				$17,480	$1,357	$16,122
Bison High School - 01	Public	9-12	200 E Carr St	Bison	57620	Perkins County	Bison School District 52-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 244-5271	52	6	8.7	28.8%	48 (92.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62.4	64^th of 166 public high schools	61.4%		11.1	124^th of 141 public high schools	12.1%	60							66.7	100.0	70.0							33.3	0.0	30.0			55.6	50.0	$16,443	$419	$16,024
Bison Junior High - 04	Public	7-8	200 E Carr St	Bison	57620	Perkins County	Bison School District 52-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 244-5271	18	2	9.0	16.7%	15 (83.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.6%)	60.7	92^nd of 246 public middle schools	62.6%		81.8	15^th of 147 public middle schools	89.8%	77					80.0	66.7			73.7					40.0	22.2			31.6		33.3			$18,925	$412	$18,514
Lemmon Elementary - 02	Public	K-5	905 5th Ave W	Lemmon	57638	Perkins County	Lemmon School District 52-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 374-3784	139	11	12.6	48.2%	128 (92.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.6%)	63.9	111^th of 300 public elementary schools	63.0%		57.2	89^th of 201 public elementary schools	55.7%	22	42.9	66.7	54.5						55.2	47.6	54.2	54.5						52.2	45.5				$13,040	$985	$12,055
Lemmon High School - 01	Public	9-12	314 8th St W	Lemmon	57638	Perkins County	Lemmon School District 52-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 374-3762	97	9	10.9	33.0%	88 (90.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.2%)	58.2	77^th of 166 public high schools	53.6%		60.6	54^th of 141 public high schools	61.7%	23							75.0									35.0					40.0		$14,226	$551	$13,675
Lemmon Junior High - 06	Public	6-8	314 8th St W	Lemmon	57638	Perkins County	Lemmon School District 52-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 374-3762	53	5	10.9	35.8%	47 (88.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.8%)	66.1	74^th of 246 public middle schools	69.9%		44.2	93^rd of 147 public middle schools	36.7%	19				66.7	57.2	58.8			60.4				53.3	33.3	41.2			41.5		58.8			$13,546	$1,129	$12,417

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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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