Best Middle Schools in South Dakota

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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 (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)
464878000966	11	Montrose Middle School - 03	Public	6-8	309 S Church Ave	Montrose	57048	McCook County	Montrose School District 43-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 363-5025	57	4	15	14.0%	53 (93.0%)	1 (1.8%)	2 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,892			$1,032			$11,860	86.6	52.6	73	62
467188000940	12	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	10	8	37.0%	37 (45.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (50.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,558			$2,706			$17,852	85.4	88	6	6
464155000963	13	Lennox Junior High - 08	Public	7-8	1201 S Main St	Lennox	57039	Lincoln County	Lennox School District 41-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 647-2203	189	12	16	14.8%	176 (93.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.2%)	$9,812			$259			$9,553	84.7	87.6	7	6
460264000018	14	Hanson Middle School - 02	Public	6-8	230 6th St	Alexandria	57311	Hanson County	Hanson School District 30-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 239-4387	87	6	14.4	18.4%	83 (95.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.6%)	$9,192			$31			$9,161	83.8	85.5	9	5
460705000879	15	Bison Junior High - 04	Public	7-8	200 E Carr St	Bison	57620	Perkins County	Bison School District 52-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 244-5271	24	2	11.5	12.5%	22 (91.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,546			$787			$12,758	81.8	28.8	118	103
463606000914	16	Ipswich Middle School - 04	Public	6-8	510 2nd Ave	Ipswich	57451	Edmunds County	Ipswich Public School District 22-6	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 426-6571	77	5	14.2	26.0%	72 (93.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,053			$306			$9,747	80.9	80	14	2
468044001049	17	Highmore Junior High - 03	Public	7-8	415 Iowa Ave S	Highmore	57345	Hyde County	Highmore-Harrold 34-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 852-2275	35	3	12.5	22.9%	28 (80.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (11.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.9%)	$12,235			$708			$11,528	80.9	75.6	23	6
462140000957	18	Frederick Area Middle School - 03	Public	6-8	202 E Main St	Frederick	57441	Brown County	Frederick Area School District 06-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 329-2145	29	2	13	27.6%	28 (96.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.4%)	$14,395			$934			$13,462	80.7	79.7	15	3
462403000204	19	Faulkton Middle School - 08	Public	6-8	1114 Court St	Faulkton	57438	Faulk County	Faulkton Area Schools 24-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 598-6266	57	5	11.6	14.0%	55 (96.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.8%)	1 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,895			$401			$11,494	80.3	83.8	10	9
466627001070	20	Memorial Middle School - 04	Public	6-8	1401 S Sertoma Ave	Sioux Falls	57106	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 362-2785	1,168	69	16.8	18.3%	896 (76.7%)	62 (5.3%)	85 (7.3%)	16 (1.4%)	28 (2.4%)	4 (0.3%)	77 (6.6%)	$10,673			$1,103			$9,570	79.8	75.1	24	4

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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.