Best Elementary Schools in South Dakota for English Language Learner 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, English Language Learner 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 (English Language Learner vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 13)	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 (English Language Learner)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (English Language Learner)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
460000200423	1	Milbank Elementary - 03	Public	PK, KG-5	507 S 9th St	Milbank	57252	Grant County	Milbank School District 25-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 432-6615	429	36	11.9	36.1%	338 (78.8%)	2 (0.5%)	72 (16.8%)	2 (0.5%)	9 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	$11,370			$1,237			$10,133	92.3%	80.6%	11.71%
466627001351	2	Susan B. Anthony Elementary - 66	Public	PK, KG-5	2000 S Dakota Ave	Sioux Falls	57105	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 367-4560	491	33	14.8	47.0%	255 (51.9%)	96 (19.6%)	42 (8.6%)	7 (1.4%)	40 (8.1%)	1 (0.2%)	50 (10.2%)	$10,296			$1,083			$9,213	84.6%	22.9%	61.73%
466627000770	3	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	76.9%	12.4%	64.49%
460852001298	4	Camelot Intermediate - 06	Public	4-5	1401 15th St S	Brookings	57006	Brookings County	Brookings School District 05-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 696-4400	503	35	14.2	21.3%	400 (79.5%)	15 (3.0%)	36 (7.2%)	10 (2.0%)	9 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (6.4%)	$10,728			$576			$10,152	69.2%	35.8%	33.41%
466627001275	5	Rosa Parks Elementary - 15	Public	K-5	5701 E Red Oak Dr	Sioux Falls	57710	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 371-4170	610	41	14.9	47.0%	262 (43.0%)	94 (15.4%)	160 (26.2%)	24 (3.9%)	19 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (8.4%)	$10,185			$1,081			$9,103	61.5%	16.9%	44.62%
466627000813	6	Oscar Howe Elementary - 58	Public	K-5	2801 Valley View Rd	Sioux Falls	57106	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 362-2752	591	36	16.4	44.0%	371 (62.8%)	56 (9.5%)	84 (14.2%)	4 (0.7%)	34 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (7.1%)	$9,991			$1,064			$8,927	53.8%	29.4%	24.49%
466627000597	7	Laura B. Anderson Elementary - 10	Public	PK, KG-5	1600 N Wayland Ave	Sioux Falls	57103	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 367-6130	330	27	12.2	75.8%	116 (35.2%)	43 (13.0%)	101 (30.6%)	13 (3.9%)	29 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (8.5%)	$11,439			$2,146			$9,293	46.2%	7.5%	38.69%
463548001373	8	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	38.5%	13.9%	24.53%
466627000602	9	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	30.8%	11.9%	18.83%
466627000936	10	Hawthorne Elementary - 56	Public	PK, KG-5	601 N Spring Ave	Sioux Falls	57104	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 367-4580	458	32	14.3	100.0%	141 (30.8%)	96 (21.0%)	92 (20.1%)	9 (2.0%)	76 (16.6%)	2 (0.4%)	42 (9.2%)	$12,070			$2,941			$9,129	23.1%	2.5%	20.59%

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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.

Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

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.