Best High Schools in South Dakota

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 141)	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 (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
466627001063	61	Roosevelt High School - 03	Public	9-12	6600 W 41st St	Sioux Falls	57106	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 362-2860	1,776	107	16.5	31.7%	1,142 (64.3%)	192 (10.8%)	218 (12.3%)	26 (1.5%)	66 (3.7%)	2 (0.1%)	130 (7.3%)	$11,140			$1,072			$10,068	57.9	54.8	69	8
464545000408	62	Marion High School - 01	Public	9-12	100 S Cedar St	Marion	57043	Turner County	Marion School District 60-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 648-3615	53	7	7.4	24.5%	46 (86.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.7%)	$18,727			$153			$18,574	57.8	4.3	134	72
463822000355	63	Kimball High School - 01	Public	9-12	300 S East St	Kimball	57355	Brule County	Kimball School District 07-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 778-6232	81	9	8.9	24.7%	72 (88.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (6.2%)	$13,224			$433			$12,791	57.2	40.6	91	28
464839000442	64	Mitchell High School - 01	Public	9-12	920 N Capital St	Mitchell	57301	Davison County	Mitchell School District 17-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 995-3034	909	51	17.8	24.9%	734 (80.7%)	10 (1.1%)	72 (7.9%)	8 (0.9%)	52 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (3.6%)	$10,148			$410			$9,738	57.2	56.4	64
460427000029	65	Avon High School - 01	Public	9-12	210 Pine St	Avon	57315	Bon Homme County	Avon School District 04-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 286-3291	76	7	11.1	21.1%	65 (85.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (6.6%)	$14,781			$458			$14,323	56.2	89.2	10	55
460852000082	66	Brookings High School - 01	Public	9-12	530 Elm Ave	Brookings	57006	Brookings County	Brookings School District 05-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 696-4100	1,028	60	17.2	16.2%	809 (78.7%)	33 (3.2%)	82 (8.0%)	35 (3.4%)	19 (1.8%)	1 (0.1%)	49 (4.8%)	$10,549			$655			$9,893	54.9	64.9	43	23
465982000525	67	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	1,763	94	18.6	9.5%	1,377 (78.1%)	17 (1.0%)	132 (7.5%)	23 (1.3%)	76 (4.3%)	1 (0.1%)	137 (7.8%)	$9,447			$849			$8,598	54.1			(n/a)
460005201235	68	Tea Area High School - 03	Public	9-12	500 W Brian St	Tea	57064	Lincoln County	Tea Area School District 41-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 498-2700	670	35	18.9	16.7%	567 (84.6%)	25 (3.7%)	35 (5.2%)	6 (0.9%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	31 (4.6%)	$9,422			$452			$8,969	54.1	65.3	40	28
463999000368	69	Lake Preston High School - 01	Public	9-12	300 1st St NE	Lake Preston	57249	Kingsbury County	Lake Preston School District 38-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 847-4455	51	8	6.7	19.6%	47 (92.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.9%)	$19,125			$1,173			$17,952	53.7	59.6	57	12
467437000691	70	Vermillion High School - 01	Public	9-12	1001 E Main St	Vermillion	57069	Clay County	Vermillion School District 13-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 677-7035	440	27	16.5	29.3%	319 (72.5%)	10 (2.3%)	28 (6.4%)	6 (1.4%)	47 (10.7%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.8%)	$11,383			$1,284			$10,099	53.3	46.4	82	12

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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 17, 2024, 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:

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

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.