Best High Schools in South Dakota

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2020)							Ranking (2019 vs 2018)
ID	Rank (of 134)	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 (2019)	Average Standard Score (2018)	Rank (2018)	Rank Change from 2018	SchoolDigger Rating (2019)
460372000022	1	Arlington High School - 01	Public	9-12	306 S Main St	Arlington	57212	Kingsbury County	Arlington School District 38-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 983-5598	76	9	8.3	18.4%	70 (92.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,341			$137			$14,205	97.9	77.4	19	18	R5
463080000260	2	Hamlin High School - 01	Public	9-12	44577 188th St	Hayti	57241	Hamlin County	Hamlin School District 28-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 783-3644	215	16	13.7	32.1%	207 (96.3%)	2 (0.9%)	5 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$8,014			$38			$7,976	95.9	58.3	67	65	R5
462454000209	3	Florence High School - 01	Public	9-12	515 Main Ave	Florence	57235	Codington County	Florence School District 14-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 758-2412	68	7	9.7	33.8%	64 (94.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.9%)	$10,195			$00			$10,195	95.1	36.1	101	98	R5
460004501155	4	Groton Area High School - 01	Public	9-12	502 N 2nd St	Groton	57445	Brown County	Groton Area School District 06-6	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 397-8381	178	15	11.7	10.7%	168 (94.4%)	4 (2.2%)	3 (1.7%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,016			$97			$10,919	92.5	80.2	13	9	R5
462550000220	5	Freeman High School - 01	Public	9-12	1001 S Wipf St	Freeman	57029	Hutchinson County	Freeman School District 33-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 925-4214	81	8	10.3	9.9%	76 (93.8%)	1 (1.2%)	3 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	$16,390			$86			$16,304	92.4	80.4	12	7	R5
460102801028	6	Selby High School - 01	Public	9-12	108 E Dakota St	Selby	57472	Walworth County	Selby Area School District 62-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 649-7818	59	8	7.7	16.9%	55 (93.2%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.7%)	$14,001			$332			$13,669	90.9	55	74	68	R5
465982000525	7	Stevens High School - 42	Public	9-12	4215 Raider Rd	Rapid City	57702	Pennington County	Rapid City Area School District 51-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 394-4051	1,682	80	21	13.2%	1,411 (83.9%)	13 (0.8%)	92 (5.5%)	20 (1.2%)	74 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (4.3%)	$9,026			$719			$8,306	90.6	87.2	4	3	R5
460795000071	8	Brandon Valley High School - 01	Public	9-12	301 S Splitrock Blvd	Brandon	57005	Minnehaha County	Brandon Valley School District 49-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 582-3211	1,122	52	21.6	13.0%	1,004 (89.5%)	29 (2.6%)	33 (2.9%)	19 (1.7%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	32 (2.9%)	$7,499			$220			$7,278	88.8	84.6	7	1	R5
462403000203	9	Faulkton High School - 01	Public	9-12	1114 Court St	Faulkton	57438	Faulk County	Faulkton Area Schools 24-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 598-6266	74	7	10	9.5%	72 (97.3%)	2 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,058			$234			$11,824	88.4	70.8	35	26	R5
462140000190	10	Frederick High School - 01	Public	9-12	202 E Main St	Frederick	57441	Brown County	Frederick Area School District 06-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 329-2145	53	5	10.3	17.0%	50 (94.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.9%)	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.9%)	$12,759			$342			$12,418	88.4	96.1	1	9	R5

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