South Dakota School District Rankings

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Rank (of 127)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2022)	Rank (2021)	Rank change from 2021
60^th	Aberdeen School District 06-1	PK, KG-12	6	2	2	0	Aberdeen	Brown County	0.522	68	8
29^th	Agar-Blunt-Onida School District 58-3	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Onida	Sully County	0.688	19	10
63^rd	Alcester-Hudson School District 61-1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Alcester	Union County	0.499	82	19
122^nd	Andes Central School District 11-1	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Lake Andes	Charles Mix County	0.092	122
3^rd	Arlington School District 38-1	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Arlington	Kingsbury County	0.947	15	12
111^th	Armour School District 21-1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Armour	Douglas County	0.239	65	46
45^th	Avon School District 04-1	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Avon	Bon Homme County	0.582	25	20
28^th	Baltic School District 49-1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Baltic	Minnehaha County	0.688	20	8
99^th	Belle Fourche School District 09-1	K-12	2	1	2	0	Belle Fourche	Butte County	0.309	104	5
127^th	Bennett County School District 03-1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Martin	Bennett County	0.035	126	1
114^th	Beresford School District 61-2	K-12	1	1	1	0	Beresford	Union County	0.222	106	8
36^th	Big Stone City School District 25-1	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	1	Big Stone City	Grant County	0.649		(n/a)
79^th	Bison School District 52-1	K-12	1	1	1	0	Bison	Perkins County	0.425	96	17
	Black Hills Special Services Cooperative	PK, KG-12	0	1	1	1	Sturgis	Meade County			(n/a)
20^th	Bon Homme School District 04-2	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	Tyndall	Bon Homme County	0.766		(n/a)
	Bowdle School District 22-1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Bowdle	Edmunds County			(n/a)
4^th	Brandon Valley School District 49-2	PK, KG-12	6	4	2	0	Brandon	Minnehaha County	0.927	2	2
68^th	Bridgewater-Emery 30-3	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Bridgewater	McCook County	0.483	10	58
46^th	Britton-Hecla School District 45-4	K-12	3	1	2	0	Britton	Marshall County	0.576	58	12
89^th	Brookings School District 05-1	K-12	4	1	1	0	Brookings	Brookings County	0.368	72	17
50^th	Burke School District 26-2	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Burke	Gregory County	0.555	63	13
21^st	Canistota School District 43-1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Canistota	McCook County	0.749	11	10
27^th	Canton School District 41-1	K-12	1	1	1	0	Canton	Lincoln County	0.689	24	3
30^th	Castlewood School District 28-1	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Castlewood	Hamlin County	0.685	60	30
38^th	Centerville School District 60-1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Centerville	Turner County	0.635	61	23
87^th	Chamberlain School District 07-1	K-12	1	1	1	0	Chamberlain	Brule County	0.373	80	7
47^th	Chester Area School District 39-1	PK, KG-12	3	1	3	0	Chester	Lake County	0.574	45	2
109^th	Clark School District 12-2	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Clark	Clark County	0.259	70	39
48^th	Colman-Egan School District 50-5	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Colman	Moody County	0.569	77	29
103^rd	Colome Consolidated 59-3	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Colome	Tripp County	0.291	83	20
12^th	Corsica-Stickney 21-3	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Corsica	Douglas County	0.836	13	1
77^th	Custer School District 16-1	K-12	2	1	1	0	Custer	Custer County	0.43	84	7
23^rd	Dakota Valley School District 61-8	K-12	2	1	1	0	North Sioux City	Union County	0.72	33	10
54^th	De Smet School District 38-2	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	De Smet	Kingsbury County	0.543	81	27
5^th	Dell Rapids School District 49-3	K-12	1	1	1	0	Dell Rapids	Minnehaha County	0.906	12	7
26^th	Deubrook Area School District 05-6	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	White	Brookings County	0.695	69	43
83^rd	Deuel School District 19-4	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Clear Lake	Deuel County	0.407	86	3
	Doland School District 56-2	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Doland	Spink County			(n/a)
86^th	Douglas School District 51-1	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Box Elder	Pennington County	0.397	74	12
126^th	Dupree School District 64-2	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Dupree	Ziebach County	0.045	124	2
	Eagle Butte School District 20-1	K-12	2	2	2	0	Eagle Butte	Ziebach County			(n/a)
	East Dakota Educational Cooperative	K-12	1	1	5	1	Sioux Falls	Minnehaha County			(n/a)
96^th	Edgemont School District 23-1	K-12	1	0	1	0	Edgemont	Fall River County	0.319	117	21
	Edmunds Central School District 22-5	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Roscoe	Edmunds County			(n/a)
	Elk Mountain School District 16-2	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Edgemont	Custer County			(n/a)
66^th	Elk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7	K-12	1	1	1	0	Elk Point	Union County	0.485	67	1
120^th	Elkton School District 05-3	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Elkton	Brookings County	0.122	92	28
102^nd	Estelline School District 28-2	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Estelline	Hamlin County	0.292	97	5
2^nd	Ethan School District 17-1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Ethan	Davison County	0.961	4	2
	Eureka School District 44-1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Eureka	McPherson County			(n/a)
65^th	Faith School District 46-2	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Faith	Meade County	0.486	89	24
	Faulkton Area Schools 24-4	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Faulkton	Faulk County			(n/a)
121^st	Flandreau School District 50-3	K-12	2	1	1	0	Flandreau	Moody County	0.095	114	7
78^th	Florence School District 14-1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Florence	Codington County	0.426	88	10
8^th	Frederick Area School District 06-2	K-12	1	1	1	0	Frederick	Brown County	0.884	38	30
75^th	Freeman School District 33-1	K-12	3	1	1	0	Freeman	Hutchinson County	0.442	41	34
110^th	Garretson School District 49-4	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Garretson	Minnehaha County	0.245	98	12
116^th	Gayville-Volin School District 63-1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Gayville	Yankton County	0.179	116
9^th	Gettysburg School District 53-1	K-12	1	1	1	0	Gettysburg	Potter County	0.876	9
49^th	Gregory School District 26-4	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Gregory	Gregory County	0.566	43	6
10^th	Groton Area School District 06-6	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Groton	Brown County	0.868	16	6
53^rd	Haakon School District 27-1	K-12	2	1	1	0	Philip	Haakon County	0.544	54	1
56^th	Hamlin School District 28-3	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hayti	Hamlin County	0.533	31	25
6^th	Hanson School District 30-1	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Alexandria	Hanson County	0.899	30	24
18^th	Harding County School District 31-1	K-12	3	1	1	0	Buffalo	Harding County	0.773	22	4
51^st	Harrisburg School District 41-2	PK, KG-12	7	2	1	0	Harrisburg	Lincoln County	0.546	27	24
115^th	Henry School District 14-2	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Henry	Codington County	0.183	108	7
	Herreid School District 10-1	K-12	1	1	1	0	Herreid	Campbell County			(n/a)
59^th	Highmore-Harrold 34-2	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Highmore	Hyde County	0.528	17	42
42^nd	Hill City School District 51-2	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hill City	Pennington County	0.595	35	7
	Hitchcock Tulare School District 56-6	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Tulare	Spink County			(n/a)
82^nd	Hot Springs School District 23-2	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hot Springs	Fall River County	0.407	94	12
	Hoven School District 53-2	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hoven	Potter County			(n/a)
11^th	Howard School District 48-3	K-12	2	1	1	0	Howard	Miner County	0.851	28	17
	Huron School District 02-2	K-12	5	1	3	0	Huron	Beadle County			(n/a)
7^th	Ipswich Public School District 22-6	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Ipswich	Edmunds County	0.893	8	1
67^th	Irene - Wakonda School District 13-3	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Irene	Turner County	0.485	91	24
124^th	Iroquois School District 02-3	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Iroquois	Kingsbury County	0.078	118	6
25^th	Jones County School District 37-3	K-12	1	1	1	0	Murdo	Jones County	0.715	7	18
15^th	Kadoka Area School District 35-2	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Kadoka	Jackson County	0.808	29	14
14^th	Kimball School District 07-2	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Kimball	Brule County	0.82	44	30
34^th	Lake Preston School District 38-3	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lake Preston	Kingsbury County	0.657	64	30
57^th	Langford Area 45-5	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Langford	Marshall County	0.532	66	9
91^st	Lead-Deadwood School District 40-1	K-12	1	1	2	0	Lead	Lawrence County	0.347	103	12
74^th	Lemmon School District 52-4	K-12	1	1	1	0	Lemmon	Perkins County	0.446	39	35
19^th	Lennox School District 41-4	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Lennox	Lincoln County	0.772	14	5
	Leola School District 44-2	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Leola	McPherson County			(n/a)
106^th	Lyman School District 42-1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Presho	Lyman County	0.276	112	6
90^th	Madison Central School District 39-2	K-12	1	1	1	0	Madison	Lake County	0.36	57	33
61^st	Marion School District 60-3	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Marion	Turner County	0.516	71	10
100^th	McCook Central School District 43-7	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Salem	McCook County	0.308	87	13
88^th	McIntosh School District 15-1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Mc Intosh	Corson County	0.369		(n/a)
	McLaughlin School District 15-2	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Mc Laughlin	Corson County			(n/a)
37^th	Meade School District 46-1	PK, KG-12	8	2	1	0	Sturgis	Meade County	0.635	49	12
94^th	Menno School District 33-2	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Menno	Hutchinson County	0.326	85	9
35^th	Milbank School District 25-4	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Milbank	Grant County	0.655	37	2
44^th	Miller 29-4	K-12	2	1	1	0	Miller	Hand County	0.585	62	18
22^nd	Mitchell School District 17-2	K-12	6	1	2	0	Mitchell	Davison County	0.723	26	4
58^th	Mobridge-Pollock 62-6	K-12	2	1	1	0	Mobridge	Walworth County	0.529	23	35
52^nd	Montrose School District 43-2	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Montrose	McCook County	0.546	34	18
31^st	Mount Vernon School District 17-3	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Mount Vernon	Davison County	0.658	3	28
85^th	New Underwood School District 51-3	K-12	1	1	1	0	New Underwood	Pennington County	0.399	105	20
118^th	Newell School District 09-2	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Newell	Butte County	0.165	120	2
24^th	Northwestern Area School District 56-7	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Mellette	Spink County	0.715	56	32
	Oelrichs School District 23-3	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Oelrichs	Fall River County			(n/a)
	Oglala Lakota County 65-1	PK, KG-12	4	0	2	0	Batesland	Oglala Lakota County			(n/a)
	Oldham - Ramona School District 39-5	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Ramona	Lake County			(n/a)
72^nd	Parker School District 60-4	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Parker	Turner County	0.465	21	51
	Parkston School District 33-3	PK, KG-12	3	1	3	0	Parkston	Hutchinson County			(n/a)
39^th	Pierre School District 32-2	K-12	3	1	1	0	Pierre	Hughes County	0.622	48	9
43^rd	Plankinton School District 01-1	PK, KG-12	1	3	3	0	Plankinton	Aurora County	0.586	73	30
	Platte - Geddes School District 11-5	K-12	3	2	2	0	Platte	Charles Mix County			(n/a)
95^th	Rapid City Area School District 51-4	PK, KG-12	17	6	5	2	Rapid City	Pennington County	0.32	100	5
113^th	Redfield School District 56-4	PK, KG-12	1	2	3	0	Redfield	Spink County	0.224	121	8
73^rd	Rosholt School District 54-4	K-12	2	1	1	0	Rosholt	Roberts County	0.461	119	46
98^th	Rutland School District 39-4	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Rutland	Lake County	0.312	51	47
17^th	Sanborn Central School District 55-5	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Forestburg	Sanborn County	0.778	6	11
	School District School For The Blind & Visually Impaired	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Aberdeen	Brown County			(n/a)
92^nd	Scotland School District 04-3	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Scotland	Bon Homme County	0.345	99	7
33^rd	Selby Area School District 62-5	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Selby	Walworth County	0.657	36	3
84^th	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	PK, KG-12	25	8	9	3	Sioux Falls	Minnehaha County	0.407	79	5
40^th	Sioux Valley School District 05-5	K-12	1	1	1	0	Volga	Brookings County	0.62	50	10
117^th	Sisseton School District 54-2	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sisseton	Roberts County	0.178	101	16
119^th	Smee School District 15-3	K-12	1	1	1	0	Wakpala	Corson County	0.156	123	4
	South Central 26-5	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bonesteel	Gregory County			(n/a)
69^th	Spearfish School District 40-2	K-12	3	2	3	0	Spearfish	Lawrence County	0.477	76	7
93^rd	Stanley County School District 57-1	K-12	2	1	1	0	Fort Pierre	Stanley County	0.341	90	3
97^th	Summit School District 54-6	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Summit	Roberts County	0.315	110	13
32^nd	Tea Area School District 41-5	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Tea	Lincoln County	0.658	18	14
13^th	Timber Lake School District 20-3	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Timber Lake	Dewey County	0.828	5	8
	Todd County School District 66-1	K-12	8	2	2	1	Mission	Todd County			(n/a)
	Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Tripp	Hutchinson County			(n/a)
71^st	Tri-Valley School District 49-6	K-12	1	1	1	0	Colton	Minnehaha County	0.473	52	19
64^th	Vermillion School District 13-1	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Vermillion	Clay County	0.489	46	18
104^th	Viborg-Hurley School District 60-6	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Viborg	Turner County	0.288	115	11
80^th	Wagner Community School District 11-4	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Wagner	Charles Mix County	0.42	95	15
81^st	Wall School District 51-5	K-12	2	1	1	0	Wall	Pennington County	0.419	53	28
1^st	Warner School District 06-5	K-12	1	1	1	0	Warner	Brown County	0.97	1
41^st	Watertown School District 14-4	PK, KG-12	6	2	1	0	Watertown	Codington County	0.611	55	14
107^th	Waubay School District 18-3	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Waubay	Day County	0.273	113	6
108^th	Waverly School District 14-5	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Waverly	Codington County	0.259	109	1
16^th	Webster Area 18-5	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Webster	Day County	0.784	32	16
76^th	Wessington Springs School District 36-2	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Wessington Springs	Jerauld County	0.435	75	1
70^th	West Central School District 49-7	K-12	2	1	3	0	Hartford	Minnehaha County	0.477	47	23
112^th	White Lake School District 01-3	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	White Lake	Aurora County	0.233	102	10
123^rd	White River School District 47-1	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	White River	Mellette County	0.085	125	2
	Willow Lake School District 12-3	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Willow Lake	Clark County			(n/a)
125^th	Wilmot School District 54-7	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Wilmot	Roberts County	0.077	107	18
101^st	Winner School District 59-2	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Winner	Tripp County	0.3	111	10
105^th	Wolsey Wessington School District 02-6	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Wolsey	Beadle County	0.277	93	12
55^th	Woonsocket School District 55-4	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Woonsocket	Sanborn County	0.539	78	23
62^nd	Yankton School District 63-3	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Yankton	Yankton County	0.515	42	20

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