Best Elementary Schools in South Dakota for Female 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, Female 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 (Female vs All Students - 2023)
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 (Female)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Female)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
466627001129	1	Challenge Center - 51	Public	2-5	3101 S 4th Ave	Sioux Falls	57105	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 367-6170	185	10	18.2	11.9%	157 (84.9%)	3 (1.6%)	7 (3.8%)	7 (3.8%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.9%)	$5,454			$842			$4,613	99.4%	99.5%	0.16%
467602000708	2	Warner Elementary - 02	Public	K-5	110 1st Ave SW	Warner	57479	Brown County	Warner School District 06-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 225-6194	155	11	14.3	7.1%	143 (92.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.2%)	$8,724			$400			$8,324	98.7%	98.0%	0.66%
463135001411	3	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%)								98.1%	98.5%	0.48%
460795001302	4	Fred Assam Elementary - 06	Public	K-4	7700 E Willowwood St	Sioux Falls	57110	Minnehaha County	Brandon Valley School District 49-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 582-1500	486	27	17.8	6.4%	419 (86.2%)	10 (2.1%)	19 (3.9%)	6 (1.2%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (5.8%)	$8,158			$350			$7,808	97.4%	99.0%	1.62%
460207000002	5	C C Lee Elementary - 05	Public	K-5	1900 N State St	Aberdeen	57401	Brown County	Aberdeen School District 06-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 725-7500	371	24	15.4	15.6%	304 (81.9%)	7 (1.9%)	9 (2.4%)	10 (2.7%)	14 (3.8%)	2 (0.5%)	25 (6.7%)	$9,430			$711			$8,718	96.8%	95.1%	1.66%
468044501354	6	Corsica-Stickney Elementary - 02	Public	PK, KG-5	506 Main St	Stickney	57375	Aurora County	Corsica-Stickney 21-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 732-4221	170	12	13.7	18.8%	163 (95.9%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$12,139			$1,392			$10,747	96.1%	82.4%	13.75%
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	95.5%	97.1%	1.60%
460372000021	8	Arlington Elementary - 02	Public	K-6	306 S Main St	Arlington	57212	Kingsbury County	Arlington School District 38-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 983-5741	155	11	14.2	16.8%	143 (92.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.6%)	$13,852			$1,160			$12,692	94.8%	70.6%	24.22%
466627001344	9	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	94.2%	93.6%	0.53%
460795001416	10	Inspiration Elementary - 08	Public	K-4	3401 S Sparta Ave	Sioux Falls	57110	Minnehaha County	Brandon Valley School District 49-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 582-5890	295	19	15.5	16.9%	215 (72.9%)	31 (10.5%)	14 (4.7%)	13 (4.4%)	8 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.7%)								93.5%	89.7%	3.80%

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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.

Educational resources:

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

Public School Districts and Their Services: 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.