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Wall School District 51-5

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At a glance

29^thof 126 South Dakota districts▲ 34

Better than 76% of South Dakota districts

Elementary 1 Middle 1 High 1Grades K-12

401 S Blvd W
Wall, SD 57790·(605) 279-2156·All South Dakota district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 77% of districts

Schools

273

Students

Top rankedWall Middle School - 0620^th of 151 South Dakota middle schools

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Biggest riser

Wall High School - 01 up 61 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Wall School District 51-5 has three schools serving kindergarten through grade 12: Wall Elementary - 02 (107 students), Wall Middle School - 06 (66 students), and Wall High School - 01 (100 students), with 273 students districtwide. The clearest shared academic strength is math: in 2025–2026, Elementary and Middle scored 65% and 66%, respectively, compared with 44% statewide. Both schools with comparable all-grades results substantially exceeded the state in math.

Wall Middle stands out in the comparable all-grades results, especially in ELA: it scored 69%, versus 54% at Wall Elementary, a 14-point lead; their math results were nearly even, with Middle ahead by about 1 point. Middle also exceeded state results in both subjects. Elementary was above the state in ELA (54% versus 49%) and especially math (65% versus 44%). There are grade-level exceptions: Elementary fifth-grade ELA was 45%, 6 points below the state, and Middle eighth-grade science was 17%, 24 points below. Wall High had mixed 11th-grade ACT results: ELA and science were 50%, above state results of 48% and 45%, while math was 33%, about 1 point below the state. High’s results do not establish a year-to-year trend, and its ACT scores should not be compared directly with the other schools’ all-grades results.

Recent results improved at Middle: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, its all-grades ELA rose 5 points and math rose 11; Elementary ELA fell 1 point, while its math dipped by less than a point. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 rankings put Middle at the 87th percentile with 4 stars, Elementary at the 65th percentile with 3 stars, and High at the 55th percentile with 3 stars. Since 2023–2024, High’s percentile rose 36 points and Middle’s 22, while Elementary’s fell 14. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students made up 39% at Elementary, 27% at Middle, and 28% at High; student-teacher ratios were 11.8, 11.1, and 12.4, respectively. These are useful context, not explanations for results. Elementary had lower chronic absenteeism than Middle in 2025–2026 (7% versus 13%). High also reported a 100% graduation rate, alongside ACT math below the state.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SD ACT English Language Arts (2026)	SD ACT Mathematics (2026)	SD ACT Science (2026)	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts (2026)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Science (2026)		Vaccination (2025-26)		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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SD ACT English Language Arts 11th Grade	SD ACT Mathematics 11th Grade	SD ACT Science 11th Grade	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 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 All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science 8th Grade	Vaccination: Kindergartners immunized against measles (MMR)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Wall Elementary - 02	Public	K-5	401 S Blvd W	Wall	57790	Pennington County	Wall School District 51-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 279-2156	107	9	11.8	39.3%	81 (75.7%)	1 (0.9%)	3 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (10.3%)	63.8	71^st of 203 public elementary schools	65.0%		70.3	83^rd of 300 public elementary schools	72.3%	12				47.6	75.0	45.0				54.4	76.2	62.5	55.0				64.9	40.0		65.4%	23.1%	$15,549	$1,153	$14,396
Wall High School - 01	Public	9-12	401 S Blvd W	Wall	57790	Pennington County	Wall School District 51-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 279-2156	100	8	12.4	28.0%	74 (74.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	14 (14.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (10.0%)	52.8	59^th of 130 public high schools	54.6%		35.8	120^th of 166 public high schools	27.7%	61	50.0	33.3	50.0																			$15,917	$1,790	$14,126
Wall Middle School - 06	Public	6-8	401 S Blvd W	Wall	57790	Pennington County	Wall School District 51-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 279-2156	66	6	11.1	27.3%	48 (72.7%)	2 (3.0%)	1 (1.5%)	1 (1.5%)	7 (10.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (10.6%)	74.5	20^th of 151 public middle schools	86.8%		67.2	67^th of 246 public middle schools	72.8%	47							63.2	85.2	50.0	68.8				79.0	66.7	50.0	65.6		16.7			$14,133	$1,144	$12,989

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Kadoka Area School District 35-2	22.51 mi	6	47^th
Meade School District 46-1	26.26 mi	11	50^th
Haakon School District 27-1	29.02 mi	4	87^th
New Underwood School District 51-3	29.98 mi	3	113^th
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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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