Best Middle Schools in South Dakota for Native American 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, Native American 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 (Native American vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 31)	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 (Native American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Native American)	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	96.8%	91.8%	4.94%
467662000718	2	Watertown Middle School - 02	Public	7-8	1700 11th St NE	Watertown	57201	Codington County	Watertown School District 14-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 882-6370	600	36	16.6	26.3%	510 (85.0%)	2 (0.3%)	42 (7.0%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.3%)	$9,359			$471			$8,887	93.5%	79.6%	13.96%
467560001326	3	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	90.3%	32.0%	58.35%
460207000011	4	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	87.1%	40.1%	46.96%
462439000205	5	Flandreau Middle School - 03	Public	5-8	700 W Community Dr	Flandreau	57028	Moody County	Flandreau School District 50-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 997-2705	186	19	9.6	1.6%	75 (40.3%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (19.9%)	5 (2.7%)	51 (27.4%)	2 (1.1%)	16 (8.6%)	$13,453			$1,412			$12,041	83.9%	13.6%	70.27%
465982000822	6	West Middle School - 37	Public	6-8	1003 Soo San Dr	Rapid City	57702	Pennington County	Rapid City Area School District 51-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 394-4033	612	39	15.8	25.7%	432 (70.6%)	10 (1.6%)	55 (9.0%)	2 (0.3%)	49 (8.0%)	1 (0.2%)	63 (10.3%)	$10,524			$685			$9,840	80.6%	41.5%	39.15%
468044100450	7	Mobridge Middle School - 02	Public	6-8	1107 1st Ave E	Mobridge	57601	Walworth County	Mobridge-Pollock 62-6	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 845-9210	127	10	12.1	31.5%	60 (47.2%)	5 (3.9%)	4 (3.1%)	1 (0.8%)	50 (39.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.5%)	$11,022			$1,014			$10,008	77.4%	43.5%	33.88%
467971000782	8	Winner Middle School - 02	Public	6-8	431 E 7th St	Winner	57580	Tripp County	Winner School District 59-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 842-8125	160	10	15.2	40.6%	99 (61.9%)	2 (1.3%)	3 (1.9%)	1 (0.6%)	55 (34.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,121			$797			$9,323	74.2%	27.2%	46.98%
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	71.0%	28.6%	42.40%
461200000889	10	Chamberlain Junior High - 02	Public	6-8	1000 Sorensen Dr	Chamberlain	57325	Brule County	Chamberlain School District 07-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 234-4467	182	17	10.5	45.1%	100 (54.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.3%)	1 (0.5%)	59 (32.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (8.8%)	$12,541			$2,849			$9,692	67.7%	30.6%	37.13%

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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.