Best Elementary Schools in South Dakota

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 300)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
291	He Dog Elementary - 05	Public	K-8	28152 Hwy 63	Parmelee	57566	Todd County	Todd County School District 66-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 856-3553	189	10	18.9	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	173 (91.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	$14,063			$4,147			$9,915	5.9			(n/a)		467209000669
292	Huron Colony Elementary - 13	Public	K-8	40068 399th Ave	Huron	57350	Beadle County	Huron School District 02-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 353-7800	16	1	16		16 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,070			$450			$15,619	5.7			(n/a)		463548000312
293	Elementary Immersion Center - 43	Public	K-5	2511 W Brookings St	Sioux Falls	57104	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 367-6120	106	8	13.3	100.0%	6 (5.7%)	37 (34.9%)	55 (51.9%)	7 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,099			$1,661			$10,437	5.3			(n/a)		466627001175
294	Red Shirt School - 04	Public	PK, KG-8	38 Tatanka Nunpa	Hermosa	57744	Oglala Lakota County	Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 255-4859	53	7	7.5	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (94.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$51,497			$8,811			$42,686	5.3			(n/a)		466546000575
295	Interior Elementary - 09	Public	K-8	301 A St	Interior	57750	Jackson County	Kadoka Area School District 35-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 837-2173	15	3	4.4	80.0%	1 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (86.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$19,291			$12,754			$6,536	5.3			(n/a)		468043701245
296	Norfeld Colony Elementary - 07	Public	K-8	20426 482nd Ave	White	57276	Brookings County	Deubrook Area School District 05-6	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 794-1152	26	3	9.4		26 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$15,041			$4,634			$10,407	5.2			(n/a)		467830001154
297	Spring Creek Elementary - 07	Public	K-8	233 Yellow Cloud Dr	Saint Francis	57572	Todd County	Todd County School District 66-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 747-2541	57	5	11.4	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$27,401			$4,224			$23,177	5.2			(n/a)		467209000677
298	Shamrock Colony Elementary - 05	Public	K-8	19087 413th Ave	Carpenter	57322	Beadle County	Willow Lake School District 12-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 625-5945	21	2	10.1		21 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,646			$95			$10,551	4.9			(n/a)		467935001137
299	Millerdale Colony Elementary - 11	Public	K-8	35350 206th St	Miller	57362	Hand County	Miller School District 29-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 853-2711	37	1	37		37 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,839			$648			$12,191	4.9			(n/a)		464794200431
300	Claremont Colony Elementary - 04	Public	K-8	46271 184th St	Castlewood	57223	Hamlin County	Castlewood School District 28-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 793-2497	17	1	17		17 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								4.6			(n/a)		461128001126

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts, Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics, Smarter Balanced Assessments Science test scores released by the South Dakota Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 30, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the South Dakota Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the South Dakota Department of Education.
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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.