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South Dakota: the counties with the most public school students

31 counties

South Dakota public school districts ranked by total public school enrollment across every school in the county. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents
1Minnehaha CountySD7034,91934,919
2Pennington CountySD3816,18616,186
3Lincoln CountySD2510,53010,530
4Brown CountySD225,3545,354
5Brookings CountySD204,9214,921
6Codington CountySD174,5614,561
7Oglala Lakota CountySD113,6563,656
8Beadle CountySD163,5443,544
9Meade CountySD153,3953,395
10Yankton CountySD103,3213,321
11Lawrence CountySD123,1833,183
12Davison CountySD133,1373,137
13Union CountySD143,0373,037
14Hughes CountySD72,9192,919
15Todd CountySD122,6102,610
16Clay CountySD62,2022,202
17Roberts CountySD132,1622,162
18Lake CountySD142,0092,009
19Charles Mix CountySD141,9661,966
20Hamlin CountySD101,5331,533
21Butte CountySD81,5041,504
22Dewey CountySD91,4661,466
23Turner CountySD151,4591,459
24Hutchinson CountySD181,3761,376
25Brule CountySD91,2491,249
26Moody CountySD81,1931,193
27McCook CountySD121,1721,172
28Spink CountySD191,1551,155
29Grant CountySD71,0721,072
30Bon Homme CountySD141,0711,071
31Kingsbury CountySD151,0611,061

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