Best Middle Schools in South Dakota for Hispanic 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, Hispanic 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 (Hispanic vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 26)	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 (Hispanic)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Hispanic)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
466693000622	1	Spearfish Middle School - 05	Public	6-8	1600 N Canyon	Spearfish	57783	Lawrence County	Spearfish School District 40-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 717-1215	600	41	14.6	15.8%	517 (86.2%)	6 (1.0%)	30 (5.0%)	8 (1.3%)	12 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (4.3%)	$8,886			$459			$8,427	96.2%	53.7%	42.41%
463699000809	2	Dakota Valley Middle School - 03	Public	6-8	1150 Northshore Dr	North Sioux City	57049	Union County	Dakota Valley School District 61-8	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 422-3830	342	19	18.4	9.6%	273 (79.8%)	6 (1.8%)	33 (9.6%)	8 (2.3%)	3 (0.9%)	5 (1.5%)	14 (4.1%)	$9,912			$621			$9,291	92.3%	83.0%	9.31%
460795000072	3	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	88.5%	93.2%	4.74%
465982000457	4	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	84.6%	95.9%	11.30%
466627001070	5	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	80.8%	86.4%	5.63%
466627001425	6	Ben Reifel Middle School - 68	Public	6-8	6700 E 41st St	Sioux Falls	57110	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 371-4155	1,010	68	14.8	35.9%	591 (58.5%)	153 (15.1%)	109 (10.8%)	24 (2.4%)	40 (4.0%)	1 (0.1%)	92 (9.1%)	$10,835			$1,135			$9,700	76.9%	51.0%	25.90%
464839000437	7	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	616	40	15.4	34.9%	488 (79.2%)	4 (0.6%)	62 (10.1%)	3 (0.5%)	44 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.4%)	$9,170			$412			$8,758	73.1%	78.9%	5.83%
466627000604	8	Patrick Henry Middle School - 07	Public	6-8	2200 S 5th Ave	Sioux Falls	57105	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 367-7639	940	59	16	24.5%	687 (73.1%)	47 (5.0%)	75 (8.0%)	14 (1.5%)	38 (4.0%)	1 (0.1%)	78 (8.3%)	$10,747			$1,086			$9,661	69.2%	80.3%	11.04%
461941000176	9	Douglas Middle School - 01	Public	6-8	691 Tower Rd	Box Elder	57719	Pennington County	Douglas School District 51-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 923-0050	670	41	16.3	28.5%	449 (67.0%)	11 (1.6%)	78 (11.6%)	5 (0.7%)	58 (8.7%)	1 (0.1%)	68 (10.1%)	$10,373			$787			$9,586	65.4%	28.6%	36.81%
460207000011	10	Simmons Middle School - 03	Public	6-8	1300 S 3rd St	Aberdeen	57401	Brown County	Aberdeen School District 06-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 725-7900	483	33	14.5	39.8%	346 (71.6%)	7 (1.4%)	40 (8.3%)	22 (4.6%)	40 (8.3%)	3 (0.6%)	25 (5.2%)	$10,158			$420			$9,738	61.5%	40.1%	21.40%

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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:

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

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.