Best High Schools in South Dakota for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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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, Low Socio Economic Status 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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 48)	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 (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
461695000155	1	Custer High School - 01	Public	9-12	1645 Wildcat Ln	Custer	57730	Custer County	Custer School District 16-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 673-4473	262	20	12.8	16.0%	220 (84.0%)	1 (0.4%)	25 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.0%)	$13,379			$1,048			$12,330	97.9%	81.6%	16.36%
467542000695	2	Wagner High School - 01	Public	9-12	101 Walnut Ave SW	Wagner	57380	Charles Mix County	Wagner Community School District 11-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 384-5426	189	17	11.3	100.0%	66 (34.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	89 (47.1%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (15.9%)	$15,767			$1,994			$13,773	95.8%	72.3%	23.49%
464130000374	3	Lead-Deadwood High School - 01	Public	9-12	320 S Main St	Lead	57754	Lawrence County	Lead-Deadwood School District 40-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 717-3899	218	19	11.2	18.8%	184 (84.4%)	1 (0.5%)	11 (5.0%)	2 (0.9%)	9 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.0%)	$18,368			$1,643			$16,725	93.8%	37.6%	56.16%
462294000806	4	Faith High School - 01	Public	9-12	206 W 5th St	Faith	57626	Meade County	Faith School District 46-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 967-2152	77	6	13.7	32.5%	61 (79.2%)	1 (1.3%)	3 (3.9%)	2 (2.6%)	7 (9.1%)	1 (1.3%)	2 (2.6%)	$10,934			$441			$10,494	91.7%	71.6%	20.04%
466993000633	5	Sturgis Brown High School - 01	Public	9-12	12930 E Hwy 34	Sturgis	57785	Meade County	Meade School District 46-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 347-2686	839	51	16.5	19.8%	740 (88.2%)	2 (0.2%)	36 (4.3%)	2 (0.2%)	15 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (5.2%)	$8,709			$372			$8,336	89.6%	78.0%	11.57%
468043000798	6	Yankton High School - 01	Public	9-12	1801 Summit St	Yankton	57078	Yankton County	Yankton School District 63-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 665-2073	962	53	18.3	27.5%	783 (81.4%)	16 (1.7%)	93 (9.7%)	3 (0.3%)	38 (4.0%)	2 (0.2%)	27 (2.8%)	$10,424			$1,047			$9,378	87.5%	79.4%	8.07%
467188000665	7	Timber Lake High School - 01	Public	9-12	500 Main St	Timber Lake	57656	Dewey County	Timber Lake School District 20-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 865-3654	110	11	10.3	41.8%	57 (51.8%)	1 (0.9%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (46.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,795			$2,010			$15,785	85.4%	83.7%	1.73%
464155000387	8	Lennox High School - 01	Public	9-12	1201 S Main St	Lennox	57039	Lincoln County	Lennox School District 41-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 647-2203	355	21	16.9	11.3%	330 (93.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.0%)	$10,642			$325			$10,316	83.3%	90.8%	7.45%
460795000071	9	Brandon Valley High School - 01	Public	9-12	301 S Splitrock Blvd	Brandon	57005	Minnehaha County	Brandon Valley School District 49-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 582-3211	1,356	67	20.3	10.3%	1,170 (86.3%)	53 (3.9%)	51 (3.8%)	27 (2.0%)	11 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	43 (3.2%)	$8,969			$303			$8,666	81.3%	95.7%	14.49%
466693000623	10	Spearfish High School - 01	Public	9-12	1725 N Main	Spearfish	57783	Lawrence County	Spearfish School District 40-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 717-1212	771	45	17.1	14.0%	663 (86.0%)	10 (1.3%)	36 (4.7%)	13 (1.7%)	23 (3.0%)	1 (0.1%)	25 (3.2%)	$8,354			$336			$8,018	79.2%	58.9%	20.30%

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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.
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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.