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The fastest-declining public high schools by enrollment in South Dakota

11 public high schools in South Dakota appear in this ranking of the fastest-declining public high schools by enrollment, ranked by the steepest enrollment decline between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Flandreau Indian Boarding School leads the list at -53.4%, against a median of -4.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
11
South Dakota
Best Enrollment change
-53.4%
Median Enrollment change
-4.0%
FASTEST DECLINING · SOUTH DAKOTA
#SchoolCityDistrict2017-182024-25% Change
1Flandreau Indian Boarding SchoolFlandreau, SDFlandreau Indian Boarding School320149-53.4%
2Roosevelt High School - 03Sioux Falls, SDSioux Falls School District 49-52,3531,785-24.1%
3Hot Springs High School - 01Hot Springs, SDHot Springs School District 23-2259215-17.0%
4Washington High School - 01Sioux Falls, SDSioux Falls School District 49-51,9391,819-6.2%
5Chamberlain High School - 01Chamberlain, SDChamberlain School District 07-1255243-4.7%
6Mobridge High School - 01Mobridge, SDMobridge-Pollock School District 62-6202194-4.0%
7Madison High School - 01Madison, SDMadison Central School District 39-2396384-3.0%
8Lincoln High School - 02Sioux Falls, SDSioux Falls School District 49-52,0061,954-2.6%
9Todd County High School - 01Mission, SDTodd County School District 66-1458447-2.4%
10Milbank High School - 01Milbank, SDMilbank School District 25-4335333-0.6%
11Lead-Deadwood High School - 01Lead, SDLead-Deadwood School District 40-1212211-0.5%
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