Best Middle Schools in South Dakota for White 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, White 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.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the Smarter Balanced Assessments test scores by the South Dakota Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, October 17, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (White vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 132)	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 (White)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (White)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
468043701382	1	Kadoka Middle School - 03	Public	6-8	800 Bayberry St	Kadoka	57543	Jackson County	Kadoka Area School District 35-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 837-2174	55	3	16.7	47.3%	29 (52.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (43.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.8%)	$16,331			$5,332			$10,999	99.2%	98.6%	0.60%
463460000912	2	Hoven Junior High - 03	Public	7-8	98 5th Ave W	Hoven	57450	Potter County	Hoven School District 53-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 948-2252	15	1	11.1	40.0%	15 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$19,397			$2,160			$17,237	98.5%	99.3%	0.83%
461958000955	3	Jones County Middle School - 04	Public	5-8	404 Jackson Ave	Murdo	57559	Jones County	Jones County School District 37-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 669-2258	51	4	11.5	56.9%	39 (76.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (13.7%)	$13,704			$1,978			$11,727	97.7%	98.0%	0.23%
461812000837	4	Dell Rapids Middle School - 03	Public	5-8	1216 N Garfield Ave	Dell Rapids	57022	Minnehaha County	Dell Rapids School District 49-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 428-5473	280	20	13.7	18.9%	256 (91.4%)	2 (0.7%)	5 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)	1 (0.4%)	11 (3.9%)	$9,950			$532			$9,417	97.0%	97.3%	0.31%
465982000457	5	Southwest Middle School - 38	Public	6-8	4501 Park Dr	Rapid City	57702	Pennington County	Rapid City Area School District 51-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 394-6792	665	37	17.9	11.1%	509 (76.5%)	5 (0.8%)	44 (6.6%)	13 (2.0%)	39 (5.9%)	3 (0.5%)	52 (7.8%)	$9,912			$659			$9,253	96.2%	95.9%	0.29%
460795000072	6	Brandon Valley Middle School - 02	Public	7-8	700 Holly Blvd	Brandon	57005	Minnehaha County	Brandon Valley School District 49-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 582-3214	719	43	16.6	12.5%	615 (85.5%)	27 (3.8%)	27 (3.8%)	7 (1.0%)	8 (1.1%)	3 (0.4%)	32 (4.5%)	$9,153			$419			$8,734	95.5%	93.2%	2.26%
462697000959	7	Gettysburg Middle School - 03	Public	6-8	100 E King Ave	Gettysburg	57442	Potter County	Gettysburg School District 53-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 765-2436	50	4	13.5	24.0%	42 (84.0%)	1 (2.0%)	5 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	$12,958			$2,162			$10,796	94.7%	94.6%	0.14%
467602000710	8	Warner Middle School - 03	Public	6-8	110 1st Ave SW	Warner	57479	Brown County	Warner School District 06-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 225-6194	73	5	15	8.2%	66 (90.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.5%)	$9,120			$200			$8,920	93.9%	96.6%	2.66%
460372000877	9	Arlington Junior High - 03	Public	7-8	306 S Main St	Arlington	57212	Kingsbury County	Arlington School District 38-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 983-5598	37	3	12.5	16.2%	34 (91.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.7%)	$12,880			$71			$12,809	93.2%	93.9%	0.70%
467188000940	10	Timber Lake Middle School - 03	Public	6-8	500 Main St	Timber Lake	57656	Dewey County	Timber Lake School District 20-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 865-3654	81	9	9.1	37.0%	38 (46.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (50.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	$20,558			$2,706			$17,852	92.4%	91.8%	0.59%

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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.