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)
464839000437	31	Mitchell Middle School - 02	Public	6-8	800 W 10th Ave	Mitchell	57301	Davison County	Mitchell School District 17-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 995-3051	609	42	14.6	36.6%	475 (78.0%)	3 (0.5%)	64 (10.5%)	3 (0.5%)	44 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.3%)	$9,170			$412			$8,758	69.7	72.7	29	2
460207000005	32	Holgate Middle School - 02	Public	6-8	2200 N Dakota St	Aberdeen	57401	Brown County	Aberdeen School District 06-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 725-7700	490	34	14.2	26.1%	362 (73.9%)	11 (2.2%)	26 (5.3%)	17 (3.5%)	33 (6.7%)	3 (0.6%)	38 (7.8%)	$9,940			$411			$9,529	69.7	70	35	3
461056000831	33	Canton Middle School - 04	Public	6-8	800 N Main St	Canton	57013	Lincoln County	Canton School District 41-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 764-2706	198	14	13.8	20.2%	183 (92.4%)	2 (1.0%)	4 (2.0%)	2 (1.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.5%)	$10,856			$00			$10,856	68.6	52	75	42
463243000910	34	Herreid Middle School - 03	Public	6-8	302 Main St N	Herreid	57632	Campbell County	Herreid School District 10-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 437-2263	32	3	9.3	40.6%	25 (78.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.1%)	$12,233			$1,126			$11,106	68.1	73.6	28	6
463135001334	35	Harrisburg North Middle School - 08	Public	6-8	2201 W 95th St	Sioux Falls	57108	Lincoln County	Harrisburg School District 41-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 743-2567	523	44	12	8.8%	416 (79.5%)	24 (4.6%)	29 (5.5%)	17 (3.3%)	12 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.8%)	$10,700			$408			$10,293	67.4	71.8	31	4
461695000992	36	Custer Junior High - 05	Public	7-8	1645 Wildcat Ln	Custer	57730	Custer County	Custer School District 16-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 673-4473	103	7	13.8	18.4%	89 (86.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.9%)	$12,152			$553			$11,599	66.1	52	74	38
465526000501	37	Georgia Morse Middle School - 02	Public	6-8	309 E Capitol Ave	Pierre	57501	Hughes County	Pierre School District 32-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 773-7330	681	40	17.2	21.0%	479 (70.3%)	3 (0.4%)	23 (3.4%)	8 (1.2%)	93 (13.7%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (11.0%)	$9,343			$561			$8,782	65.8	60.2	50	13
460000200425	38	Milbank Middle School - 02	Public	6-8	1001 E Park Ave	Milbank	57252	Grant County	Milbank School District 25-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 432-5519	213	17	12.3	24.4%	175 (82.2%)	3 (1.4%)	23 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.7%)	$11,201			$905			$10,296	65.5	49.7	81	43
462256000958	39	Eureka Junior High - 03	Public	7-8	805 10th St	Eureka	57437	McPherson County	Eureka School District 44-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 284-2875	27	3	8.7	37.0%	27 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,489			$1,777			$15,712	65.4	46.2	86	47
467935000952	40	Willow Lake Middle School - 03	Public	6-8	400 Garfield Ave	Willow Lake	57278	Clark County	Willow Lake School District 12-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 625-5945	63	4	17	34.9%	58 (92.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,371			$177			$8,194	65.2	48.8	83	43

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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.