Best High Schools in South Dakota for Low Socio Economic Status Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in South Dakota!

Every year, the South Dakota Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish South Dakota test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the Smarter Balanced Assessments test scores by the South Dakota Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, October 30, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 154)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Armour High School - 01	Public	9-12	604 3rd St	Armour	57313	Douglas County	Armour School District 21-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 724-2153	57	7	8.1	14.0%	49 (86.0%)	3 (5.3%)	2 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.8%)	$16,849			$463			$16,386	99.4%	69.3%	30.07%			460378000024
1	Baltic High School - 01	Public	9-12	1 Bulldog Ave	Baltic	57003	Minnehaha County	Baltic School District 49-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 529-5461	151	11	14.1	11.9%	132 (87.4%)	2 (1.3%)	7 (4.6%)	2 (1.3%)	3 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.3%)	$17,138			$1,798			$15,340	99.4%	98.2%	1.16%			460468000036
1	Warner High School - 01	Public	9-12	110 1st Ave SW	Warner	57479	Brown County	Warner School District 06-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 225-6194	85	8	10.9	9.4%	79 (92.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.5%)	$11,260			$65			$11,195	99.4%	99.4%	0.05%			467602000709
4	Hill City High School - 01	Public	9-12	488 Main St	Hill City	57745	Pennington County	Hill City School District 51-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 574-3000	158	12	13	19.0%	113 (71.5%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (17.7%)	3 (1.9%)	4 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (6.3%)	$13,444			$316			$13,128	97.4%	96.4%	1.02%			463336000280
5	Howard High School - 01	Public	9-12	500 N Section Line	Howard	57349	Miner County	Howard School District 48-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 772-5515	96	10	9.9	12.5%	92 (95.8%)	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$18,296			$426			$17,870	96.8%	98.8%	2.04%			460002500305
6	Faith High School - 01	Public	9-12	206 W 5th St	Faith	57626	Meade County	Faith School District 46-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 967-2152	77	6	13	35.1%	65 (84.4%)	1 (1.3%)	3 (3.9%)	2 (2.6%)	5 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	$13,237			$105			$13,131	96.1%	82.5%	13.57%			462294000806
7	Irene - Wakonda High School - 01	Public	9-12	130 E State St	Irene	57037	Turner County	Irene - Wakonda School District 13-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 263-3313	86	6	14.1	27.9%	79 (91.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.8%)	$16,599			$151			$16,448	95.5%	84.3%	11.12%			468043901254
8	Chester High School - 01	Public	9-12	102 2nd Ave	Chester	57016	Lake County	Chester Area School District 39-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 489-2411	107	10	10.6	14.0%	102 (95.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.7%)	$13,027			$417			$12,610	94.8%	89.2%	5.65%			461230000130
8	Doland High School - 01	Public	9-12	405 N Humphrey Dr	Doland	57436	Spink County	Doland School District 56-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 635-6241	21	5	4.5	23.8%	20 (95.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								94.8%	16.9%	77.94%			461917000171
8	Gettysburg High School - 01	Public	9-12	100 E King Ave	Gettysburg	57442	Potter County	Gettysburg School District 53-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 765-2436	72	7	10.7	15.3%	64 (88.9%)	1 (1.4%)	5 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,651			$743			$15,909	94.8%	84.9%	9.87%			462697000232

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

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.