Best Middle Schools in South Dakota for Female 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, Female 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 (Female vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 107)	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 (Female)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Female)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
460264000018	1	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	99.1%	90.5%	8.59%
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	98.1%	97.3%	0.85%
460002500913	3	Howard Junior High - 05	Public	6-8	500 N Section Line	Howard	57349	Miner County	Howard School District 48-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 772-5515	79	5	17.1	11.4%	74 (93.7%)	1 (1.3%)	2 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	$10,788			$499			$10,289	97.2%	68.7%	28.49%
460003601013	4	Clear Lake Middle School - 04	Public	6-8	410 5th St W	Clear Lake	57226	Deuel County	Deuel School District 19-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 874-2162	125	7	18	14.4%	116 (92.8%)	2 (1.6%)	6 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,495			$144			$9,351	96.3%	81.6%	14.63%
465982000457	5	Southwest Middle School - 38	Public	6-8	4501 Park Dr	Rapid City	57702	Pennington County	Rapid City Area School District 51-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 394-6792	660	34	19.1	13.2%	521 (78.9%)	8 (1.2%)	40 (6.1%)	13 (2.0%)	36 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (6.4%)	$9,912			$659			$9,253	95.3%	95.9%	0.59%
462403000204	6	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	94.4%	87.1%	7.32%
464155000963	7	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	93.5%	91.2%	2.30%
460795000072	8	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	92.5%	93.2%	0.67%
467602000710	9	Warner Middle School - 03	Public	6-8	110 1st Ave SW	Warner	57479	Brown County	Warner School District 06-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 225-6194	72	5	14.8	9.7%	68 (94.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.2%)	$9,120			$200			$8,920	91.6%	96.6%	5.01%
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	90.7%	86.4%	4.26%

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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.

Educational resources:

Public School Districts and Their Services: A Comprehensive Guide

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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.