Best Elementary Schools in South Dakota

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 201)	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)
460000300757	171	Wilmot Elementary - 02	Public	PK, KG-5	800 Ordway St	Wilmot	57279	Roberts County	Wilmot School District 54-7	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 938-4647	109	11	10.2	45.0%	82 (75.2%)	2 (1.8%)	4 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (13.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (5.5%)	$14,617			$3,440			$11,177	20	14.3	179	8
462649000228	172	Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Kingsbury St	Gayville	57031	Yankton County	Gayville-Volin School District 63-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 267-4476	142	10	13.5	35.2%	126 (88.7%)	2 (1.4%)	8 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.8%)	$11,940			$1,460			$10,480	19.3	27.9	160	12
463548001373	173	Washington 4-5 Center - 20	Public	4-5	1451 McClellan Dr	Huron	57350	Beadle County	Huron School District 02-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 353-7895	456	28	16.2	73.2%	158 (34.6%)	4 (0.9%)	165 (36.2%)	100 (21.9%)	9 (2.0%)	4 (0.9%)	16 (3.5%)	$11,191			$1,145			$10,046	18.9	27.3	164	9
460005301241	174	Westside Elementary - 03	Public	PK, KG-4	320 W Walnut	Sisseton	57262	Roberts County	Sisseton School District 54-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 698-7613	375	34	11.1	70.4%	68 (18.1%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (10.9%)	2 (0.5%)	203 (54.1%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (16.3%)	$12,577			$3,186			$9,391	18.8	18.4	177	3
466627000598	175	Laura Wilder Elementary - 31	Public	K-5	2300 S Lyndale Ave	Sioux Falls	57105	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 367-4570	485	31	15.6	56.7%	244 (50.3%)	60 (12.4%)	73 (15.1%)	5 (1.0%)	46 (9.5%)	1 (0.2%)	56 (11.5%)	$10,261			$1,139			$9,122	18.7	19.9	176	1
466627000770	176	Anne Sullivan Elementary - 20	Public	PK, KG-5	3701 E 3rd St	Sioux Falls	57103	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 367-6084	627	46	13.4	66.5%	95 (15.2%)	281 (44.8%)	73 (11.6%)	121 (19.3%)	26 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.9%)	$11,730			$1,802			$9,928	18.5	21.5	171	5
466627000602	177	Lowell Elementary - 28	Public	PK, KG-5	710 W 18th St	Sioux Falls	57104	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 367-8378	423	32	13.3	78.3%	128 (30.3%)	69 (16.3%)	116 (27.4%)	7 (1.7%)	44 (10.4%)	6 (1.4%)	53 (12.5%)	$11,327			$2,344			$8,983	18.3	31.5	149	28
465982000824	178	South Park Elementary - 16	Public	K-5	207 Flormann St	Rapid City	57701	Pennington County	Rapid City Area School District 51-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 394-1833	285	21	13.4	100.0%	103 (36.1%)	2 (0.7%)	33 (11.6%)	2 (0.7%)	99 (34.7%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (16.1%)	$10,767			$1,461			$9,305	17.8	21.2	172	6
467971000479	179	Winner Elementary - 04	Public	PK, KG-5	825 W 3rd St	Winner	57580	Tripp County	Winner School District 59-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 842-8170	455	30	14.9	35.8%	279 (61.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	160 (35.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	$9,846			$1,881			$7,964	16.7	31.8	148	31
467542000694	180	Wagner Elementary - 02	Public	K-4	101 Walnut Ave SW	Wagner	57380	Charles Mix County	Wagner Community School District 11-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 384-3393	323	32	10.1	100.0%	89 (27.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	201 (62.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.8%)	$15,682			$1,801			$13,880	15	27.4	163	17

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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.

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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.