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South Dakota: the counties with the highest student-to-teacher ratios

31 counties

South Dakota public school districts ranked by the highest county-wide student-to-teacher ratio. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsRatio
1Hughes CountySD72,91916.5:1
2Yankton CountySD103,32116.4:1
3Beadle CountySD163,54416.3:1
4Pennington CountySD3816,18615.7:1
5Minnehaha CountySD7034,91915.3:1
6Hamlin CountySD101,53314.8:1
7Brookings CountySD204,92114.7:1
8Lincoln CountySD2510,53014.6:1
9Codington CountySD174,56114.5:1
10Union CountySD143,03714.2:1
11Meade CountySD153,39514.0:1
12Oglala Lakota CountySD113,65614.0:1
13Lake CountySD142,00913.9:1
14Clay CountySD62,20213.8:1
15Davison CountySD133,13713.4:1
16Brown CountySD225,35413.2:1
17Lawrence CountySD123,18312.9:1
18Todd CountySD122,61012.9:1
19Butte CountySD81,50412.7:1
20Moody CountySD81,19312.5:1
21Turner CountySD151,45912.5:1
22McCook CountySD121,17212.3:1
23Bon Homme CountySD141,07111.9:1
24Grant CountySD71,07211.6:1
25Hutchinson CountySD181,37611.0:1
26Kingsbury CountySD151,06111.0:1
27Roberts CountySD132,16211.0:1
28Spink CountySD191,15511.0:1
29Brule CountySD91,24910.9:1
30Charles Mix CountySD141,96610.8:1
31Dewey CountySD91,4669.6:1

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