Schools in South Dakota

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Top 10 Elementary Schools in South Dakota

Rank	School	City
1^st	Challenge Center - 51	Sioux Falls
2^nd	Fred Assam Elementary - 06	Sioux Falls
3^rd	Warner Elementary - 02	Warner
4^th	Adventure Elementary - 10	Sioux Falls
5^th	Faulkton Elementary - 02	Faulkton
6^th	Worthing Elementary - 05	Worthing
7^th	Dell Rapids Elementary - 02	Dell Rapids
8^th	Ethan Elementary - 02	Ethan
9^th	Timber Lake Elementary - 02	Timber Lake
10^th	Brandon Elementary - 03	Brandon

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Top 10 Middle Schools in South Dakota

Rank	School	City
1^st	Hoven Junior High - 03	Hoven
2^nd	Kadoka Middle School - 03	Kadoka
3^rd	Jones County Middle School - 04	Murdo
4^th	Dell Rapids Middle School - 03	Dell Rapids
5^th	Warner Middle School - 03	Warner
6^th	Southwest Middle School - 38	Rapid City
7^th	Lake Preston Middle School - 03	Lake Preston
8^th	Gettysburg Middle School - 03	Gettysburg
9^th	Arlington Junior High - 03	Arlington
10^th	Brandon Valley Middle School - 02	Brandon

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Top 10 High Schools in South Dakota

Rank	School	City
1^st	Howard High School - 01	Howard
2^nd	Warner High School - 01	Warner
3^rd	Corsica-Stickney High School - 01	Corsica
4^th	Waubay High School - 01	Waubay
5^th	Elk Point-Jefferson High School - 01	Elk Point
6^th	Brandon Valley High School - 01	Brandon
7^th	Gettysburg High School - 01	Gettysburg
8^th	Kadoka Area High School - 01	Kadoka
9^th	Willow Lake High School - 01	Willow Lake
10^th	Baltic High School - 01	Baltic

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District Name	Number of Schools	SD South Dakota District Rank	City	County
Sioux Falls School District 49-5	47	72^nd	Sioux Falls	Minnehaha County
Rapid City Area School District 51-4	27	99^th	Rapid City	Pennington County
Todd County School District 66-1	13		Mission	Todd County
Meade School District 46-1	11	29^th	Sturgis	Meade County
Harrisburg School District 41-2	11	45^th	Harrisburg	Lincoln County
Huron School District 02-2	11		Huron	Beadle County
Aberdeen School District 06-1	10	70^th	Aberdeen	Brown County
Brookings School District 05-1	9	77^th	Brookings	Brookings County
Watertown School District 14-4	9	56^th	Watertown	Codington County
Mitchell School District 17-2	9	32^nd	Mitchell	Davison County

District Name	Number of Schools	SD South Dakota District Rank	City	County
Warner School District 06-5	3	1^st	Warner	Brown County
Lennox School District 41-4	5	2^nd	Lennox	Lincoln County
Brandon Valley School District 49-2	8	3^rd	Brandon	Minnehaha County
Kadoka Area School District 35-2	6	4^th	Kadoka	Jackson County
Gettysburg School District 53-1	3	5^th	Gettysburg	Potter County
Timber Lake School District 20-3	3	6^th	Timber Lake	Dewey County
Corsica-Stickney 21-3	3	7^th	Corsica	Douglas County
Ethan School District 17-1	3	8^th	Ethan	Davison County
Frederick Area School District 06-2	3	9^th	Frederick	Brown County
Ipswich Public School District 22-6	7	10^th	Ipswich	Edmunds County

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Cities in South Dakota

Largest South Dakota Cities
Top 10 SD South Dakota Cities

City	Number of Schools	SD South Dakota City Rank
Sioux Falls	85	76^th
Rapid City	38	116^th
Aberdeen	22	87^th
Huron	13	133^rd
Watertown	13	69^th
Mitchell	12	41^st
Spearfish	11	59^th
Yankton	10	72^nd
Brookings	10	94^th
Pierre	9	29^th

City	Number of Schools	SD South Dakota City Rank
Hoven	3	1^st
Warner	3	2^nd
Worthing	1	3^rd
Brandon	9	4^th
Bridgewater	2	5^th
Kadoka	3	6^th
Lennox	4	7^th
Whitewood	1	8^th
Gettysburg	3	9^th
Timber Lake	3	10^th

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