Best Middle Schools in South Dakota for Low Socio Economic Status 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, Low Socio Economic Status 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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 65)	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 (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
467188000940	1	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	98.5%	91.8%	6.62%
461812000837	2	Dell Rapids Middle School - 03	Public	5-8	1216 N Garfield Ave	Dell Rapids	57022	Minnehaha County	Dell Rapids School District 49-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 428-5473	299	21	13.9	14.7%	273 (91.3%)	2 (0.7%)	10 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.7%)	$9,950			$532			$9,417	96.9%	97.3%	0.36%
462988001296	3	Gregory Junior High - 04	Public	6-8	505 Logan St	Gregory	57533	Gregory County	Gregory School District 26-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 835-8771	77	7	11.6	51.9%	62 (80.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.6%)	12 (15.6%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,848			$1,121			$12,727	95.4%	59.9%	35.52%
464155000963	4	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	93.8%	91.2%	2.69%
464477000812	5	Lyman Middle School - 02	Public	6-8	201 S Birch Ave	Presho	57544	Lyman County	Lyman School District 42-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 869-2579	83	6	13.4	33.7%	45 (54.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (39.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (6.0%)	$14,693			$1,141			$13,552	92.3%	32.7%	59.65%
462142000902	6	Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04	Public	6-8	130 N 6th St	Emery	57332	Hanson County	Bridgewater-Emery 30-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 449-4271	71	7	10.9	29.6%	63 (88.7%)	1 (1.4%)	2 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (7.0%)	$12,202			$1,381			$10,822	90.8%	65.3%	25.46%
461695000992	7	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	101	7	13.8	21.8%	80 (79.2%)	2 (2.0%)	11 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.0%)	$12,152			$553			$11,599	89.2%	75.5%	13.72%
467560001326	8	Wakpala Middle School - 04	Public	6-8	12250 SD Hwy 1806	Wakpala	57658	Corson County	Smee School District 15-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 845-3040	37	3	10.6	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (94.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.7%)	$24,296			$5,069			$19,227	87.7%	32.0%	55.72%
460795000072	9	Brandon Valley Middle School - 02	Public	7-8	700 Holly Blvd	Brandon	57005	Minnehaha County	Brandon Valley School District 49-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 582-3214	729	43	16.9	13.0%	621 (85.2%)	31 (4.3%)	25 (3.4%)	13 (1.8%)	9 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (4.1%)	$9,153			$419			$8,734	86.2%	93.2%	7.04%
466627001070	10	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	84.6%	86.4%	1.78%

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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.