Best Middle Schools in South Dakota

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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)
463954000850	141	Andes Central Middle School - 04	Public	6-8	1001 High St	Lake Andes	57356	Charles Mix County	Andes Central School District 11-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 487-5207	62	7	8.4	100.0%	12 (19.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (54.8%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (19.4%)	$20,400			$3,319			$17,081	6.2	18.6	129	12
465982000532	142	North Middle School - 35	Public	6-8	1501 N Maple St	Rapid City	57701	Pennington County	Rapid City Area School District 51-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 394-4042	513	35	14.4	100.0%	113 (22.0%)	5 (1.0%)	68 (13.3%)	12 (2.3%)	256 (49.9%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (11.5%)	$10,520			$1,293			$9,227	6	8.6	141	1
467746001372	143	Wessington Springs Middle School Cyber School - 93	Public, Virtual	7-8	302 Dakota Ave N	Wessington Springs	57382	Jerauld County	Wessington Springs School District 36-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	No	(605) 539-9311	8	0	21.6		7 (87.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$6,532			$600			$5,932	5.3			(n/a)
467857000951	144	White River Middle School - 04	Public	6-8	501 E 3rd St	White River	57579	Mellette County	White River School District 47-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 259-3135	90	8	10.9	100.0%	5 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	79 (87.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.4%)	$16,056			$3,186			$12,870	5	8.2	142	2
461945000896	145	Dupree Junior High - 04	Public	7-8	127 B St	Dupree	57623	Ziebach County	Dupree School District 64-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 365-5140	50	4	11.2	100.0%	7 (14.0%)	1 (2.0%)	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (80.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	$19,366			$2,268			$17,099	4.2	5	145
467209000669	146	He Dog Elementary - 05	Public	K-8	25300 Bia #4	Parmelee	57566	Todd County	Todd County School District 66-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 856-3553	195	11	17.4	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	176 (90.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.1%)	$13,472			$4,042			$9,430	3.4			(n/a)
464638000922	147	McLaughlin Middle School - 03	Public	6-8	701 Main	Mc Laughlin	57642	Corson County	McLaughlin School District 15-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 823-4484	74	10	7.7	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	72 (97.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	$20,942			$3,363			$17,580	2.6	3.9	147

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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.
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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.