Best Elementary Schools in South Dakota for Special Education 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, Special Education 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.

Alert! We are expecting the release of this year's test scores by the South Dakota Department of Education any day now! We will update our rankings as soon as they are released!

Alert! New test scores and rankings are expected from the South Dakota Department of Education any day now!

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 72)	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 (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
466627001344	1	Sonia Sotomayor Elementary - 65	Public	PK, KG-5	1510 S Lake Ave	Sioux Falls	57105	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 367-4655	676	36	18.9	11.1%	525 (77.7%)	11 (1.6%)	109 (16.1%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	25 (3.7%)	$8,556			$567			$7,989	98.6%	93.6%	4.98%
463135001411	2	Adventure Elementary - 10	Public	K-5	27220 472nd Ave	Sioux Falls	57108	Lincoln County	Harrisburg School District 41-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 432-2567	414	24	17.1	5.1%	372 (89.9%)	7 (1.7%)	6 (1.4%)	14 (3.4%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.7%)								97.2%	98.5%	1.31%
463135001288	3	Journey Elementary - 05	Public	K-5	6801 S Grange Ave	Sioux Falls	57108	Lincoln County	Harrisburg School District 41-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 743-2567	362	25	14.6	6.6%	304 (84.0%)	21 (5.8%)	14 (3.9%)	8 (2.2%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.0%)	$11,056			$475			$10,581	95.8%	62.7%	33.09%
460005200388	4	Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01	Public	K-5	500 W Charish St	Tea	57064	Lincoln County	Tea Area School District 41-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 498-2700	491	31	16	10.6%	432 (88.0%)	2 (0.4%)	24 (4.9%)	3 (0.6%)	7 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.7%)	$7,969			$210			$7,759	94.4%	94.1%	0.33%
466627001064	5	John Harris Elementary - 23	Public	PK, KG-5	3501 E 49th St	Sioux Falls	57103	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 371-4111	706	39	18	15.9%	574 (81.3%)	35 (5.0%)	28 (4.0%)	7 (1.0%)	12 (1.7%)	1 (0.1%)	49 (6.9%)	$8,617			$688			$7,929	93.1%	87.3%	5.80%
466993000637	6	Sturgis Elementary - 03	Public	K-4	1121 Ballpark Rd	Sturgis	57785	Meade County	Meade School District 46-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 347-2386	552	42	13	35.1%	466 (84.4%)	2 (0.4%)	32 (5.8%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (6.7%)	$9,533			$1,572			$7,961	91.7%	90.7%	0.98%
464155000386	7	Lennox Elementary - 02	Public	PK, KG-4	305 W 5th Ave	Lennox	57039	Lincoln County	Lennox School District 41-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 647-2203	369	22	16.4	16.3%	328 (88.9%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.3%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.4%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (4.6%)	$9,386			$1,101			$8,285	90.3%	97.1%	6.78%
460207000007	8	Lincoln Elementary - 08	Public	PK, KG-5	414 S 10th St	Aberdeen	57401	Brown County	Aberdeen School District 06-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 725-7200	256	29	8.6	55.9%	154 (60.2%)	1 (0.4%)	32 (12.5%)	36 (14.1%)	16 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.6%)	$10,488			$2,003			$8,484	88.9%	80.9%	8.01%
463171000273	9	West Central Humboldt Elementary - 02	Public	K-5	600 S Main St	Humboldt	57035	Minnehaha County	West Central School District 49-7	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 363-3131	385	24	15.9	9.4%	360 (93.5%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.3%)	$9,683			$1,008			$8,675	87.5%	65.2%	22.30%
460795001237	10	Robert Bennis Elementary - 05	Public	K-4	2001 S Sioux Blvd	Brandon	57005	Minnehaha County	Brandon Valley School District 49-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 582-8010	556	33	16.9	9.9%	484 (87.1%)	3 (0.5%)	22 (4.0%)	5 (0.9%)	8 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (6.1%)	$7,738			$446			$7,292	86.1%	93.1%	7.03%

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

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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.