Best Elementary 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 165)	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)
466627001129	1	Challenge Center - 51	Public	2-5	3101 S 4th Ave	Sioux Falls	57105	Minnehaha County	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 367-6170	185	10	18.2	11.9%	157 (84.9%)	3 (1.6%)	7 (3.8%)	7 (3.8%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.9%)	$6,141			$922			$5,218	99.4%	99.5%	0.11%
460795001302	2	Fred Assam Elementary - 06	Public	K-4	7700 E Willowwood St	Sioux Falls	57110	Minnehaha County	Brandon Valley School District 49-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 582-1500	486	27	17.8	6.4%	419 (86.2%)	10 (2.1%)	19 (3.9%)	6 (1.2%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (5.8%)	$9,768			$606			$9,162	98.8%	99.0%	0.22%
467602000708	3	Warner Elementary - 02	Public	K-5	110 1st Ave SW	Warner	57479	Brown County	Warner School District 06-5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 225-6194	155	11	14.3	7.1%	143 (92.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.2%)	$9,563			$730			$8,833	98.2%	98.5%	0.33%
464878000451	4	Montrose Elementary - 02	Public	PK, KG-5	309 S Church Ave	Montrose	57048	McCook County	Montrose School District 43-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 363-5025	107	9	11.8	17.8%	101 (94.4%)	1 (0.9%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	$13,318			$680			$12,638	97.6%	58.2%	39.37%
463135001411	5	Adventure Elementary - 10	Public	K-5	27220 472nd Ave	Sioux Falls	57108	Lincoln County	Harrisburg School District 41-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 432-2567	414	24	17.1	5.1%	372 (89.9%)	7 (1.7%)	6 (1.4%)	14 (3.4%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.7%)	$9,968			$404			$9,564	97.0%	98.0%	1.04%
462403000202	6	Faulkton Elementary - 02	Public	PK, KG-5	1114 Court St	Faulkton	57438	Faulk County	Faulkton Area Schools 24-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 598-6266	162	15	10.6	27.2%	158 (97.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,441			$1,137			$11,304	96.4%	97.5%	1.15%
467188000664	7	Timber Lake Elementary - 02	Public	PK, KG-5	500 Main St	Timber Lake	57656	Dewey County	Timber Lake School District 20-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 865-3654	168	17	9.6	32.1%	72 (42.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	95 (56.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,085			$2,920			$17,165	95.8%	95.5%	0.24%
461812000164	8	Dell Rapids Elementary - 02	Public	K-4	309 W 15th St	Dell Rapids	57022	Minnehaha County	Dell Rapids School District 49-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 428-5473	393	28	13.9	12.5%	363 (92.4%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.3%)	$9,936			$899			$9,037	95.2%	96.5%	1.37%
462250000193	9	Ethan Elementary - 02	Public	PK, KG-6	320 S 2nd St	Ethan	57334	Davison County	Ethan School District 17-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 227-4211	152	11	14.4	27.0%	140 (92.1%)	1 (0.7%)	4 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.3%)	$8,847			$1,074			$7,773	94.5%	96.0%	1.47%
464794200429	10	Miller Elementary - 02	Public	K-6	623 E 4th St	Miller	57362	Hand County	Miller 29-4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 853-2711	233	20	11.7	19.3%	218 (93.6%)	3 (1.3%)	9 (3.9%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,044			$718			$13,326	93.9%	94.5%	0.59%

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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.