Best Middle Schools in South Dakota

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 147)	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)
468043901253	91	Irene - Wakonda Junior High - 04	Public	7-8	130 E State St	Irene	57037	Clay County	Irene - Wakonda School District 13-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 263-3313	51	3	19.3	31.4%	45 (88.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.9%)	$12,043			$343			$11,699	44.5	31.9	114	23
461032001016	92	Canistota Middle School - 03	Public	6-8	431 4th Ave	Canistota	57012	McCook County	Canistota School District 43-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 296-3458	67	5	14.4	37.3%	60 (89.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	$13,136			$177			$12,959	44.2	61.9	45	47
464152000852	93	Lemmon Junior High - 06	Public	7-8	314 8th St W	Lemmon	57638	Perkins County	Lemmon School District 52-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 374-3762	46	4	12.9	30.4%	40 (87.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (8.7%)	$11,015			$573			$10,442	44.2	50.6	78	15
460561001117	94	Belle Fourche Middle School - 07	Public	5-8	1302 Ziebach St	Belle Fourche	57717	Butte County	Belle Fourche School District 09-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 723-3367	405	33	12.4	34.1%	338 (83.5%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.2%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (5.9%)	$10,976			$1,796			$9,179	43	44.1	90	4
461785000993	95	De Smet Middle School - 03	Public	6-8	405 3rd St SW	De Smet	57231	Kingsbury County	De Smet School District 38-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 854-3423	86	6	15.4	27.9%	79 (91.9%)	2 (2.3%)	4 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,449			$119			$10,330	41.8	37.1	99	4
465427000925	96	Parker Junior High - 03	Public	7-8	335 W 1st St	Parker	57053	Turner County	Parker School District 60-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 297-3456	69	5	13.9	24.6%	60 (87.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.8%)	$9,080			$00			$9,080	41.3	49.1	82	14
463548000314	97	Huron Middle School - 02	Public	6-8	1045 18th SW	Huron	57350	Beadle County	Huron School District 02-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 353-6900	710	44	16	66.5%	262 (36.9%)	4 (0.6%)	248 (34.9%)	163 (23.0%)	13 (1.8%)	3 (0.4%)	17 (2.4%)	$11,089			$996			$10,093	40.8	42.6	94	3
461413000893	98	Colome Middle School - 03	Public	6-8	105 Carr St	Colome	57528	Tripp County	Colome Consolidated 59-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 842-1624	36	5	7.9	72.2%	26 (72.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (22.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.6%)	$18,998			$3,557			$15,442	39.1			(n/a)
464477000812	99	Lyman Middle School - 02	Public	6-8	201 S Birch Ave	Presho	57568	Lyman County	Lyman School District 42-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 869-2579	83	5	15.6	36.1%	45 (54.2%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (36.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (8.4%)	$14,693			$1,141			$13,552	38	32.5	111	12
467560001326	100	Wakpala Middle School - 04	Public	6-8	12250 SD Hwy 1806	Wakpala	57658	Corson County	Smee School District 15-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 845-3040	35	4	8.5	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (94.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.9%)	$24,296			$5,069			$19,227	37.5	10.8	140	40

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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.