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South Dakota: the counties with the highest-performing public schools

22 counties

South Dakota public school districts ranked by enrollment-weighted state-assessment proficiency across the county. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudents% Proficient
1Grant CountySD71,07260.2%
2Hughes CountySD72,91955.8%
3Lincoln CountySD2510,53055.2%
4Hamlin CountySD101,53353.8%
5Bon Homme CountySD141,07153.2%
6Kingsbury CountySD151,06153.2%
7Davison CountySD133,13752.8%
8Lawrence CountySD123,18352.0%
9Union CountySD143,03750.3%
10McCook CountySD121,17250.1%
11Brown CountySD225,35449.6%
12Minnehaha CountySD7034,91949.5%
13Meade CountySD153,39549.0%
14Turner CountySD151,45948.9%
15Brookings CountySD204,92148.3%
16Yankton CountySD103,32146.8%
17Brule CountySD91,24946.6%
18Hutchinson CountySD181,37645.3%
19Butte CountySD81,50444.1%
20Pennington CountySD3816,18640.1%
21Charles Mix CountySD141,96639.5%
22Beadle CountySD163,54434.9%

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