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South Dakota schools underperforming demographics

Every South Dakota public school in the bottom 10% of its state by BeatsExpectations. Being on this list is a starting question, not a verdict: a school may be in leadership transition, recovering from a demographic shift, or working through curriculum or staffing problems.

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SOUTH DAKOTA · UNDERPERFORMING DEMOGRAPHICS

#	School	City	District	% FRL	% Proficient	Expected	Gap (pp)
1	Henry Middle School - 03	Henry	Henry School District 14-2	42.2%	15.8%	45.7%	-29.88
2	Armour Elementary - 02	Armour	Armour School District 21-1	10.1%	33.2%	58.9%	-25.69
3	Colman-Egan Jr. High - 02	Colman	Colman-Egan School District 50-5	33.3%	24.8%	49.4%	-24.58
4	Florence Middle School - 03	Florence	Florence School District 14-1	32.4%	25.5%	49.8%	-24.23
5	Edmunds Central Middle School - 02	Roscoe	Edmunds Central School District 22-5	39.3%	23.3%	46.9%	-23.58
6	Elkton Jr. High - 03	Elkton	Elkton School District 05-3	33.8%	26.3%	49.1%	-22.87
7	Iroquois Middle School - 02	Iroquois	Iroquois School District 02-3	37.5%	25.0%	47.7%	-22.64
8	Clark Middle School - 03	Clark	Clark School District 12-2	25.0%	30.5%	52.8%	-22.26
9	Summit Elementary - 02	Summit	Summit School District 54-6	51.5%	20.1%	41.9%	-21.79
10	Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04	Wessington Springs	Wessington Springs School District 36-2	29.3%	29.6%	51.0%	-21.46
11	Doland Jr. High - 02	Doland	Doland School District 56-2	20.0%	34.0%	54.8%	-20.83
12	Longvalley Elementary - 10	Long Valley	Kadoka Area School District 35-2	13.6%	36.6%	57.4%	-20.8
13	McCook Central Middle School - 03	Salem	McCook Central School District 43-7	26.2%	32.1%	52.3%	-20.22
14	Beresford Middle School - 03	Beresford	Beresford School District 61-2	22.2%	33.9%	53.9%	-20.05
15	Oldham-Ramona-Rutland Jr. High	Rutland	Oldham-Ramona-Rutland School District 39-6	19.5%	35.2%	55.0%	-19.81
16	Black Hawk Elementary - 03	Black Hawk	Rapid City Area School District 51-4	34.1%	29.9%	49.0%	-19.13
17	Central Meade County School - 09	Union Center	Meade School District 46-1	6.1%	41.5%	60.5%	-19.03
18	Plankinton Middle School - 03	Plankinton	Plankinton School District 01-1	36.7%	29.3%	48.0%	-18.65
19	Maxwell Colony Elementary - 04	Scotland	Menno School District 33-2	84.6%	10.5%	28.4%	-17.89
20	Tripp Elementary - 03	Tripp	Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5	42.0%	27.9%	45.8%	-17.85
21	Rosholt Middle School - 04	Rosholt	Rosholt School District 54-4	35.7%	30.6%	48.4%	-17.84
22	Redfield Middle School - 02	Redfield	Redfield School District 56-4	28.6%	33.6%	51.3%	-17.71
23	Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03	Wolsey	Wolsey Wessington School District 02-6	32.0%	32.3%	49.9%	-17.64
24	Castlewood Middle School - 03	Castlewood	Castlewood School District 28-1	18.4%	38.6%	55.5%	-16.89
25	White Lake Middle School - 03	White Lake	White Lake School District 01-3	46.7%	27.0%	43.9%	-16.86
26	Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02	Gayville	Gayville-Volin School District 63-1	31.6%	33.2%	50.1%	-16.84
27	Wolsey Wessington Elementary - 02	Wolsey	Wolsey Wessington School District 02-6	29.0%	34.4%	51.1%	-16.73
28	Gayville-Volin Middle School - 03	Gayville	Gayville-Volin School District 63-1	34.0%	32.7%	49.1%	-16.39
29	Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02	Wakonda	Irene - Wakonda School District 13-3	34.8%	32.5%	48.8%	-16.24
30	Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03	Britton	Britton-Hecla School District 45-4	21.6%	38.0%	54.1%	-16.17
31	Stanley County Middle School - 02	Fort Pierre	Stanley County School District 57-1	23.6%	37.6%	53.4%	-15.74
32	Freedom Elementary - 06	Harrisburg	Harrisburg School District 41-2	23.3%	37.8%	53.5%	-15.72
33	Liberty Elementary - 02	Harrisburg	Harrisburg School District 41-2	16.1%	40.7%	56.4%	-15.7
34	Iroquois Elementary - 04	Iroquois	Iroquois School District 02-3	50.0%	26.9%	42.5%	-15.61
35	Valley View Elementary - 13	Rapid City	Rapid City Area School District 51-4	41.2%	30.8%	46.2%	-15.36
36	Waverly-South Shore Middle School - 03	Waverly	Waverly School District 14-5	37.7%	32.4%	47.6%	-15.16
37	Wilmot Middle School - 03	Wilmot	Wilmot School District 54-7	55.2%	25.4%	40.4%	-15.04
38	New Underwood Middle School - 04	New Underwood	New Underwood School District 51-3	18.7%	41.0%	55.4%	-14.42
39	Parker Jr. High - 03	Parker	Parker School District 60-4	31.1%	36.1%	50.3%	-14.22
40	Winner Elementary - 04	Winner	Winner School District 59-2	42.6%	31.5%	45.6%	-14.05

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