Best High 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 141)	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)
463234000276	131	Henry High School - 01	Public	9-12	111 N Cedar	Henry	57243	Codington County	Henry School District 14-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 532-5364	57	5	11.7	35.1%	54 (94.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.8%)	1 (1.8%)	1 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,446			$32			$11,414	6.7	49.8	76	55
461945000800	132	Dupree High School - 01	Public	9-12	127 B St	Dupree	57623	Ziebach County	Dupree School District 64-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 365-5140	123	11	11.5	100.0%	18 (14.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	101 (82.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,746			$733			$14,013	4.8	22.4	113	19
463954000360	133	Andes Central High School - 01	Public	9-12	1001 High St	Lake Andes	57356	Charles Mix County	Andes Central School District 11-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 487-7671	63	8	7.7	100.0%	17 (27.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (58.7%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (14.3%)	$18,451			$2,689			$15,762	4.4	62.3	49	84
461294000133	134	Clark High School - 01	Public	9-12	220 N Clinton St	Clark	57225	Clark County	Clark School District 12-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 532-3604	102	9	11.3	20.6%	81 (79.4%)	3 (2.9%)	15 (14.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.9%)	$12,522			$27			$12,494	4	9.5	128	6
467560000699	135	Wakpala High School - 01	Public	9-12	12250 SD Hwy 1806	Wakpala	57658	Corson County	Smee School District 15-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 845-3040	66	8	8.3	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (95.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.0%)	$20,648			$3,096			$17,552	3.7			(n/a)
467209000678	136	Todd County High School - 01	Public	9-12	820 Main St	Mission	57555	Todd County	Todd County School District 66-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 856-3503	496	37	13.5	100.0%	7 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	6 (1.2%)	474 (95.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	$13,850			$3,918			$9,931	2.5	5.6	132	4
465175001391	137	iSucceed - 92	Public, Virtual	9-12	221 3rd St	Mellette	57461	Spink County	Northwestern Area School District 56-7	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	No	(605) 887-3467	53	1	40.4	5.7%	45 (84.9%)	1 (1.9%)	2 (3.8%)	1 (1.9%)	2 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.8%)	$7,567			$334			$7,232	2.3	1.4	137
462010000956	138	Eagle Butte High School - 01	Public	9-12	W Frontier Ave	Eagle Butte	57625	Dewey County	Eagle Butte School District 20-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 964-8744	13	10	1.2	92.3%	1 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (84.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (7.7%)	$29,264			$9,665			$19,599	2	2.6	135	3
465085000469	139	Newell High School - 01	Public	9-12	501 Dartmouth Ave	Newell	57760	Butte County	Newell School District 09-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 456-0102	75	8	9.5	30.7%	65 (86.7%)	1 (1.3%)	3 (4.0%)	1 (1.3%)	3 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.7%)	$14,061			$4,029			$10,032	2	7.1	131	8
466546001408	140	Lakota Technical High School - 10	Public	9-12	206 School St	Batesland	57716	Oglala Lakota County	Oglala Lakota County 65-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 455-6697	449	23	19.5	100.0%	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	428 (95.3%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	$20,007			$3,694			$16,313	1.8			(n/a)

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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.