Best High 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 93)	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)
461695000155	1	Custer High School - 01	Public	9-12	1645 Wildcat Ln	Custer	57730	Custer County	Custer School District 16-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 673-4473	284	22	12.7	16.2%	241 (84.9%)	2 (0.7%)	26 (9.2%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.8%)	$13,379			$1,048			$12,330	98.9%	81.6%	17.36%
460951200101	2	Burke High School - 01	Public	9-12	900 Washington St	Burke	57523	Gregory County	Burke School District 26-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 775-2645	92	8	11.8	40.2%	82 (89.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	$16,463			$1,005			$15,458	97.8%	60.3%	37.57%
460002500305	3	Howard High School - 01	Public	9-12	500 N Section Line	Howard	57349	Miner County	Howard School District 48-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 772-5515	110	10	11.1	8.2%	105 (95.5%)	2 (1.8%)	2 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	$14,593			$1,015			$13,578	96.8%	99.3%	2.52%
462134000186	4	Elk Point-Jefferson High School - 01	Public	9-12	402 S Douglas St	Elk Point	57025	Union County	Elk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 356-5901	214	16	13.7	12.1%	203 (94.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	$11,158			$00			$11,158	95.7%	96.5%	0.75%
461176000116	5	Centerville High School - 01	Public	9-12	610 Lincoln St	Centerville	57014	Turner County	Centerville School District 60-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 563-2291	88	7	13.1	14.8%	82 (93.2%)	1 (1.1%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.4%)	$11,208			$364			$10,844	94.6%	70.9%	23.70%
460427000029	6	Avon High School - 01	Public	9-12	210 Pine St	Avon	57315	Bon Homme County	Avon School District 04-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 286-3291	83	8	10.6	25.3%	75 (90.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	$14,781			$458			$14,323	93.5%	53.9%	39.65%
460264000017	7	Hanson High School - 01	Public	9-12	230 6th St	Alexandria	57311	Hanson County	Hanson School District 30-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 239-4387	131	8	16.1	12.2%	121 (92.4%)	1 (0.8%)	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.6%)	$9,543			$77			$9,466	92.5%	84.4%	8.08%
467188000665	8	Timber Lake High School - 01	Public	9-12	500 Main St	Timber Lake	57656	Dewey County	Timber Lake School District 20-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 865-3654	113	11	10.3	31.0%	56 (49.6%)	1 (0.9%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (48.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,795			$2,010			$15,785	91.4%	83.7%	7.71%
466627000600	9	Lincoln High School - 02	Public	9-12	2900 S Cliff Ave	Sioux Falls	57105	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 367-7990	1,883	116	16.2	22.4%	1,310 (69.6%)	144 (7.6%)	205 (10.9%)	44 (2.3%)	81 (4.3%)	4 (0.2%)	95 (5.0%)	$10,760			$1,084			$9,676	90.3%	92.2%	1.88%
460740000065	10	Bon Homme High School - 01	Public	9-12	1404 Fir St	Tyndall	57066	Bon Homme County	Bon Homme School District 04-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 589-3387	136	11	12.6	24.3%	128 (94.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.2%)	$11,751			$726			$11,025	89.2%	87.9%	1.30%

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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:

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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.