Best Middle Schools in South Dakota

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2022 vs 2021)
ID	Rank (of 143)	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 (2022)	Average Standard Score (2021)	Rank (2021)	Rank Change from 2021	SchoolDigger Rating (2022)
462250000903	1	Ethan Junior High - 03	Public	7-8	320 S 2nd St	Ethan	57334	Davison County	Ethan School District 17-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 227-4211	47	3	15.4	6.4%	43 (91.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (6.4%)	$7,817			$190			$7,627	97.2	72.4	26	25	R5
467602000710	2	Warner Middle School - 03	Public	6-8	110 1st Ave SW	Warner	57479	Brown County	Warner School District 06-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 225-6194	62	5	12.7	9.7%	59 (95.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.2%)	$8,476			$00			$8,476	94.2	94.3	1	1	R5
460372000877	3	Arlington Junior High - 03	Public	7-8	306 S Main St	Arlington	57212	Kingsbury County	Arlington School District 38-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 983-5598	36	2	14.6	8.3%	33 (91.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,515			$506			$13,009	94	80.1	15	12	R5
462403000204	4	Faulkton Middle School - 08	Public	6-8	1114 Court St	Faulkton	57438	Faulk County	Faulkton Area Schools 24-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 598-6266	49	5	10	8.2%	47 (95.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,177			$248			$10,929	91.9	60.8	52	48	R5
460004501157	5	Groton Area Middle School - 04	Public	6-8	502 N 2nd St	Groton	57445	Brown County	Groton Area School District 06-6	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 397-8381	136	10	13	8.8%	125 (91.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.7%)	2 (1.5%)	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	$9,472			$99			$9,373	90.7	87.7	3	2	R5
460795000072	6	Brandon Valley Middle School - 02	Public	7-8	700 Holly Blvd	Brandon	57005	Minnehaha County	Brandon Valley School District 49-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 582-3214	707	41	17.2	11.0%	606 (85.7%)	33 (4.7%)	23 (3.3%)	16 (2.3%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (3.7%)	$8,109			$239			$7,870	87.2	83.4	10	4	R5
462140000957	7	Frederick Junior High - 03	Public	7-8	202 E Main St	Frederick	57441	Brown County	Frederick Area School District 06-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 329-2145	31	2	13.9	25.8%	29 (93.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (6.5%)	$12,620			$277			$12,343	87	67.8	32	25	R5
465982000457	8	Southwest Middle School - 38	Public	6-8	4501 Park Dr	Rapid City	57702	Pennington County	Rapid City Area School District 51-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 394-6792	647	40	16	12.2%	515 (79.6%)	5 (0.8%)	41 (6.3%)	9 (1.4%)	35 (5.4%)	2 (0.3%)	40 (6.2%)	$9,923			$451			$9,472	86.3	85.1	8		R5
460264000018	9	Hanson Middle School - 02	Public	6-8	230 6th St	Alexandria	57311	Hanson County	Hanson School District 30-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 239-4387	91	6	14.8	5.5%	87 (95.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.3%)	$8,233			$297			$7,937	83.9	85.5	7	2	R5
464155000963	10	Lennox Junior High - 08	Public	7-8	1201 S Main St	Lennox	57039	Lincoln County	Lennox School District 41-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 647-2203	176	12	15	10.2%	164 (93.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.6%)	6 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)	$8,210			$643			$7,567	81.7	85.7	6	4	R5

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