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Schools in Spink County, SD

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Schools

1,042

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedSpink Colony Elementary - 0318^th of 300 South Dakota elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Redfield High School - 01 up 13 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Redfield High School - 01 10.7 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Spink Colony Elementary - 03 and 5 more

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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 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 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
Hitchcock-Tulare High School - 01	Public	9-12	401 4th Ave	Tulare	57476	Spink County	Hitchcock Tulare School District 56-6	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 596-4171	58	7	8.1	19.0%	55 (94.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28.7	136^th of 166 public high schools	18.1%		31.3	104^th of 141 public high schools	26.2%	32							43.8								18.8				37.5		$17,548	$00	$17,548
Hitchcock-Tulare Junior High School - 02	Public	7-8	401 4th Ave	Tulare	57476	Spink County	Hitchcock Tulare School District 56-6	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 596-4171	19	2	9.1	26.3%	19 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51.9	127^th of 246 public middle schools	48.4%		45.2	89^th of 147 public middle schools	39.5%	38					25.0	58.3		45.0					50.0	16.7		30.0		50.0			$15,881	$00	$15,881
Spink Colony Elementary - 03	Public	K-8	18206 Spink Ln	Frankfort	57476	Spink County	Hitchcock Tulare School District 56-6	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 266-2151	21	3	8.0		21 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	83.3	18^th of 300 public elementary schools	94.0%					(n/a)	100.0		50.0	50.0		100.0		71.4	100.0		100.0	100.0		100.0		100.0	50.0	0.0		33.3	$16,183	$00	$16,183
Glendale Colony Elementary - 04	Public	K-8	17866 Glendale Dr	Frankfort	57476	Spink County	Hitchcock Tulare School District 56-6	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 266-2151	22	3	8.4		22 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	67.3	92^nd of 300 public elementary schools	69.3%					(n/a)	66.7		66.7	100.0	66.7	75.0		75.0	100.0		0.0	100.0	33.3	75.0		62.5	0.0	75.0		42.9	$15,817	$00	$15,817
Doland Elementary - 03	Public	PK, KG-6	405 N Humphrey Dr	Doland	57436	Spink County	Doland School District 56-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 635-6241	63	7	8.4	42.9%	59 (93.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	54	150^th of 300 public elementary schools	50.0%					(n/a)	50.0	50.0	37.5	55.6				48.5	50.0	33.3	37.5	66.7				48.5	25.0				$16,873	$1,232	$15,641
Doland High School - 01	Public	9-12	405 N Humphrey Dr	Doland	57436	Spink County	Doland School District 56-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 635-6241	21	5	4.5	23.8%	20 (95.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28.3	138^th of 166 public high schools	16.9%					(n/a)							50.0								16.7				33.3
Doland Junior High - 02	Public	7-8	405 N Humphrey Dr	Doland	57436	Spink County	Doland School District 56-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 635-6241	15	1	10.2	20.0%	14 (93.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40.3	169^th of 246 public middle schools	31.3%					(n/a)					40.0	40.0		40.0					60.0	30.0		40.0		10.0			$17,038	$63	$16,975
Hillside Colony Elementary - 04	Public	K-8	18248 Hillside Ln	Doland	57436	Spink County	Doland School District 56-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 635-5302	8	1	7.4		8 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17.3	258^th of 300 public elementary schools	14.0%					(n/a)		0.0	0.0		0.0	50.0		16.7		100.0	0.0		100.0	0.0		33.3	0.0	50.0		25.0
Camrose Colony Elementary - 06	Public	K-8	16950 400 Ave	Frankfort	57440	Spink County	Doland School District 56-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 635-6302	10	1	9.3	70.0%	10 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)		100.0			50.0			75.0		100.0			50.0			75.0
Hillside Colony High School - 07	Public	9-12	18248 Hillside Ln	Doland	57436	Spink County	Doland School District 56-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 635-6302	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Northwestern High School - 01	Public	9-12	221 3rd St	Mellette	57461	Spink County	Northwestern Area School District 56-7	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 887-3467	91	8	11.8	14.3%	87 (95.6%)	1 (1.1%)	2 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	80.9	20^th of 166 public high schools	88.0%		85.3	16^th of 141 public high schools	88.7%	4							88.9								44.4				59.3		$14,315	$71	$14,244
Northwestern Elementary - 04	Public	PK, KG-5	221 3rd St	Mellette	57461	Spink County	Northwestern Area School District 56-7	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 887-3467	135	10	14.0	19.3%	121 (89.6%)	1 (0.7%)	5 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.9%)	58.7	133^rd of 300 public elementary schools	55.7%		67.1	55^th of 201 public elementary schools	72.6%	78	50.0	43.5	76.9					54.2	58.3	47.8	38.5					47.9	38.5				$12,642	$879	$11,763
Northwestern Middle School - 02	Public	6-8	221 3rd St	Mellette	57461	Spink County	Northwestern Area School District 56-7	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 887-3467	56	4	12.5	16.1%	50 (89.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.8%)	71.4	48^th of 246 public middle schools	80.5%		79.3	21^st of 147 public middle schools	85.7%	27				68.8	68.0	62.5		66.7				75.0	40.0	31.3		47.4		56.3			$12,403	$101	$12,302
Redfield Elementary - 03	Public	PK, KG-5	111 6th Ave E	Redfield	57469	Spink County	Redfield School District 56-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 472-4520	271	24	11.1	33.6%	239 (88.2%)	5 (1.8%)	12 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	57.5	136^th of 300 public elementary schools	54.7%		51	106^th of 201 public elementary schools	47.3%	30	47.5	48.2	51.2					49.1	55.0	59.3	44.2					51.8	34.9				$14,090	$981	$13,108
Redfield High School - 01	Public	9-12	111 6th Ave E	Redfield	57469	Spink County	Redfield School District 56-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 472-4520	153	14	10.7	19.0%	139 (90.8%)	3 (2.0%)	8 (5.2%)	1 (0.7%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	74.1	33^rd of 166 public high schools	80.1%		62.9	46^th of 141 public high schools	67.4%	13							66.7								55.6				55.6		$17,060	$2,371	$14,688
Redfield Middle School - 02	Public	6-8	111 6th Ave E	Redfield	57469	Spink County	Redfield School District 56-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 472-4520	91	10	8.7	28.6%	80 (87.9%)	3 (3.3%)	3 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.3%)	48.3	138^th of 246 public middle schools	43.9%		24.9	117^th of 147 public middle schools	20.4%	21				53.3	26.9	38.2		40.0				50.0	23.1	35.3		36.7		41.2			$14,646	$256	$14,390
Turtle Creek High School - 04	Public	9-12	17267 3rd St	Redfield	57469	Spink County	Redfield School District 56-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 472-4520	8	1	8.8		5 (62.5%)	1 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (25.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Turtle Creek Elementary School - 06	Public	2-8	17267 3rd St	Redfield	57469	Spink County	Redfield School District 56-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 472-4520	0	0	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

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