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

31 counties

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

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

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