Best Elementary Schools in South Dakota for Native American 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, Native American 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 (Native American vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 25)	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 (Native American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Native American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
467188000664	1	Timber Lake Elementary - 02	Public	PK, KG-5	500 Main St	Timber Lake	57656	Dewey County	Timber Lake School District 20-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 865-3654	198	19	10.1	43.4%	73 (36.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	118 (59.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	$20,085			$2,920			$17,165	96.0%	95.5%	0.48%
468044100493	2	Mobridge Upper Elementary - 04	Public	3-5	1107 1st Ave E	Mobridge	57601	Walworth County	Mobridge-Pollock 62-6	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 845-9210	144	10	15	43.1%	91 (63.2%)	1 (0.7%)	2 (1.4%)	4 (2.8%)	44 (30.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	$11,615			$1,319			$10,296	92.0%	67.7%	24.34%
465526000495	3	Jefferson Elementary - 06	Public	K-5	900 N Poplar Ave	Pierre	57501	Hughes County	Pierre School District 32-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 773-7320	383	29	13.2	31.9%	239 (62.4%)	3 (0.8%)	25 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (19.1%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (11.2%)	$9,616			$970			$8,646	88.0%	57.2%	30.79%
467560000698	4	Wakpala Elementary - 02	Public	K-5	12250 SD Hwy 1806	Wakpala	57658	Corson County	Smee School District 15-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 845-3040	84	10	8.5	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	83 (98.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	$22,498			$3,713			$18,784	84.0%	17.4%	66.59%
463954000359	5	Andes Central Elementary - 02	Public	PK, KG-5	1001 High St	Lake Andes	57356	Charles Mix County	Andes Central School District 11-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 487-5243	179	16	11.1	100.0%	33 (18.4%)	1 (0.6%)	6 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	107 (59.8%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (17.9%)	$17,911			$3,320			$14,592	80.0%	15.4%	64.58%
467542000694	6	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	76.0%	10.4%	65.55%
460005301241	7	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	72.0%	13.4%	58.57%
461941000436	8	Vandenberg Elementary - 02	Public	4-5	561 Briggs St	Box Elder	57719	Pennington County	Douglas School District 51-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 923-0060	442	29	15.4	31.7%	289 (65.4%)	10 (2.3%)	50 (11.3%)	5 (1.1%)	36 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (11.8%)	$11,006			$1,431			$9,576	68.0%	51.2%	16.76%
461945000799	9	Dupree Elementary - 02	Public	PK, KG-6	127 B St	Dupree	57623	Ziebach County	Dupree School District 64-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 365-5140	207	18	11.5	100.0%	16 (7.7%)	1 (0.5%)	5 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	167 (80.7%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (8.7%)	$17,282			$4,842			$12,439	64.0%	9.0%	55.04%
461200000118	10	Chamberlain Elementary - 03	Public	K-5	1000 Sorensen Dr	Chamberlain	57325	Brule County	Chamberlain School District 07-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 234-4460	382	39	9.6	59.2%	167 (43.7%)	3 (0.8%)	10 (2.6%)	1 (0.3%)	158 (41.4%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (11.3%)	$13,847			$3,935			$9,912	60.0%	37.3%	22.69%

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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:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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.