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91
Sioux Valley Middle School - 04
Public
6-8
200 Hansina Ave
Volga
57071
Brookings County
Sioux Valley School District 05-5
(n/a)
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(605) 627-5657
161
11
14.6
17.4%
146 (90.7%)
1 (0.6%)
6 (3.7%)
0 (0.0%)
2 (1.2%)
0 (0.0%)
6 (3.7%)
$8,169
$220
$7,949
44.1
57.8
53
38
464086000851
92
Langford Area Middle School - 03
Public
6-8
206 Chestnut St
Langford
57454
Marshall County
Langford Area 45-5
(n/a)
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(605) 493-6454
42
4
11.1
33.3%
38 (90.5%)
0 (0.0%)
1 (2.4%)
0 (0.0%)
2 (4.8%)
0 (0.0%)
1 (2.4%)
$12,296
$328
$11,968
43.9
53.2
69
23
462637000843
93
Garretson Middle School - 03
Public
6-8
505 2nd St
Garretson
57030
Minnehaha County
Garretson School District 49-4
(n/a)
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(605) 594-3452
89
8
11.3
20.2%
80 (89.9%)
0 (0.0%)
3 (3.4%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
6 (6.7%)
$9,640
$280
$9,360
43.2
43.3
91
2
463548000314
94
Huron Middle School - 02
Public
6-8
1045 18th SW
Huron
57350
Beadle County
Huron School District 02-2
(n/a)
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(605) 353-6900
695
42
16.4
58.6%
282 (40.6%)
6 (0.9%)
222 (31.9%)
148 (21.3%)
18 (2.6%)
2 (0.3%)
17 (2.4%)
$10,223
$1,408
$8,815
42.6
39.8
96
2
460102601034
95
McCook Central Middle School - 03
Public
5-8
200 E Essex
Salem
57058
McCook County
McCook Central School District 43-7
(n/a)
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(605) 425-2264
96
7
13.6
17.7%
85 (88.5%)
0 (0.0%)
7 (7.3%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
4 (4.2%)
$11,058
$94
$10,964
39.4
52.7
70
25
462454000589
96
Florence Middle School - 03
Public
6-8
515 Main Ave
Florence
57235
Codington County
Florence School District 14-1
(n/a)
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(605) 758-2412
71
5
13.8
23.9%
68 (95.8%)
0 (0.0%)
1 (1.4%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
2 (2.8%)
$8,384
$179
$8,205
39.1
46.7
80
16
460002800874
97
Alcester-Hudson Junior High - 03
Public
7-8
409 E 6th St
Alcester
57001
Union County
Alcester-Hudson School District 61-1
(n/a)
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(605) 934-1890
53
4
12.6
34.0%
46 (86.8%)
0 (0.0%)
3 (5.7%)
0 (0.0%)
1 (1.9%)
1 (1.9%)
2 (3.8%)
$9,311
$06
$9,306
38.2
47.5
79
18
465067000456
98
New Underwood Junior High - 04
Public
6-8
300 E Ash St
New Underwood
57761
Pennington County
New Underwood School District 51-3
(n/a)
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(605) 754-6485
68
4
17.8
33.8%
55 (80.9%)
0 (0.0%)
1 (1.5%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
12 (17.6%)
$8,370
$306
$8,064
37.1
8.5
137
39
461785000993
99
De Smet Middle School - 03
Public
6-8
405 3rd St SW
De Smet
57231
Kingsbury County
De Smet School District 38-2
(n/a)
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(605) 854-3423
82
5
17
29.3%
77 (93.9%)
1 (1.2%)
3 (3.7%)
0 (0.0%)
1 (1.2%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
$11,091
$00
$11,091
37.1
25.1
119
20
465982000528
100
East Middle School - 30
Public
6-8
4860 Homestead St
Rapid City
57703
Pennington County
Rapid City Area School District 51-4
(n/a)
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(605) 394-4092
600
42
14.4
37.0%
392 (65.3%)
2 (0.3%)
49 (8.2%)
7 (1.2%)
73 (12.2%)
0 (0.0%)
77 (12.8%)
$10,175
$456
$9,720
36.6
29.3
112
12
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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 16, 2023, 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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