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Fastest-growing South Dakota public schools, 2017-2024

South Dakota public schools open in both 2017-18 and 2024-25 with at least 200 students in 2017, ranked by percentage enrollment change over the seven-year window.

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SOUTH DAKOTA · FASTEST-GROWING
#SchoolCityDistrict2017-182024-25% Change
101Todd County Middle School - 10MissionTodd County School District 66-1367353-3.8%
102South Canyon Elementary - 15Rapid CityRapid City Area School District 51-4285274-3.9%
103Mobridge High School - 01MobridgeMobridge-Pollock School District 62-6202194-4.0%
104Simmons Elementary - 10AberdeenAberdeen School District 06-1403386-4.2%
105Clear Lake Elementary - 02Clear LakeDeuel School District 19-4282270-4.3%
106Yankton Middle School - 02YanktonYankton School District 63-3635608-4.3%
107Dell Rapids Elementary - 02Dell RapidsDell Rapids School District 49-3372355-4.6%
108Chamberlain High School - 01ChamberlainChamberlain School District 07-1255243-4.7%
109Holgate Middle School - 02AberdeenAberdeen School District 06-1522497-4.8%
110Madison Elementary - 07MadisonMadison Central School District 39-2543515-5.2%
111Buchanan Elementary - 03PierrePierre School District 32-2456432-5.3%
112Vandenberg Elementary - 02Box ElderDouglas School District 51-1480454-5.4%
113Belle Fourche Middle School - 07Belle FourcheBelle Fourche School District 09-1441414-6.1%
114Washington High School - 01Sioux FallsSioux Falls School District 49-51,9391,819-6.2%
115Todd County Elementary - 16MissionTodd County School District 66-1545511-6.2%
116Canton Middle School - 04CantonCanton School District 41-1207194-6.3%
117Lincoln Elementary - 05WatertownWatertown School District 14-4386361-6.5%
118Corral Drive Elementary - 21Rapid CityRapid City Area School District 51-4470439-6.6%
119Platte - Geddes Elementary - 02PlattePlatte - Geddes School District 11-5247230-6.9%
120McLaughlin Elementary - 02McLaughlinMcLaughlin School District 15-2218203-6.9%
121Southwest Middle School - 38Rapid CityRapid City Area School District 51-4660614-7.0%
122General Beadle Elementary - 01Rapid CityRapid City Area School District 51-4520483-7.1%
123Woodrow Wilson Elementary - 17Rapid CityRapid City Area School District 51-4353328-7.1%
124Spearfish Middle School - 05SpearfishSpearfish School District 40-2587545-7.2%
125Kennedy Elementary - 08PierrePierre School District 32-2445413-7.2%
126West Central Middle School - 04HartfordWest Central School District 49-7321297-7.5%
127Robert Frost Elementary - 18Sioux FallsSioux Falls School District 49-5485447-7.8%
128South Middle School - 36Rapid CityRapid City Area School District 51-4672618-8.0%
129Watertown Middle School - 02WatertownWatertown School District 14-4627575-8.3%
130Harvey Dunn Elementary - 54Sioux FallsSioux Falls School District 49-5745681-8.6%
131Grandview Elementary - 06Rapid CityRapid City Area School District 51-4472431-8.7%
132Flandreau Elementary - 04FlandreauFlandreau School District 50-3315287-8.9%
133East Middle School - 30Rapid CityRapid City Area School District 51-4674613-9.1%
134Simmons Middle School - 03AberdeenAberdeen School District 06-1511464-9.2%
135Camelot Intermediate - 06BrookingsBrookings School District 05-1576523-9.2%
136Hawthorne Elementary - 56Sioux FallsSioux Falls School District 49-5489443-9.4%
137Mitchell Middle School - 02MitchellMitchell School District 17-2638578-9.4%
138Pinedale Elementary - 11Rapid CityRapid City Area School District 51-4416377-9.4%
139Sturgis Elementary - 03SturgisMeade School District 46-1587531-9.5%
140Creekside Elementary - 07SpearfishSpearfish School District 40-2612553-9.6%
141West Middle School - 37Rapid CityRapid City Area School District 51-4656591-9.9%
142O M Tiffany Elementary - 11AberdeenAberdeen School District 06-1338304-10.1%
143Edison Middle School - 06Sioux FallsSioux Falls School District 49-51,047937-10.5%
144Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04MitchellMitchell School District 17-2424379-10.6%
145Douglas Middle School - 01Box ElderDouglas School District 51-1709633-10.7%
146Stanley County Elementary - 08Fort PierreStanley County School District 57-1200178-11.0%
147Hermosa Elementary - 04HermosaCuster School District 16-1204181-11.3%
148C C Lee Elementary - 05AberdeenAberdeen School District 06-1403356-11.7%
149Dupree Elementary - 02DupreeDupree School District 64-2230203-11.7%
150West Elementary - 03SpearfishSpearfish School District 40-2365322-11.8%
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