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Fastest-growing South Dakota public schools, 2017-2024

South Dakota public schools open in both 2017-18 and 2024-25 with at least 200 students in 2017, ranked by percentage enrollment change over the seven-year window.

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#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Horizon Elementary - 09	Sioux Falls	Harrisburg School District 41-2	205	458	123%
2	Harrisburg High School - 01	Harrisburg	Harrisburg School District 41-2	986	1,806	83.2%
3	Tea Area High School - 03	Tea	Tea Area School District 41-5	431	717	66.4%
4	West Central Hartford Elementary - 05	Hartford	West Central School District 49-7	247	368	49.0%
5	Sisseton Middle School - 02	Sisseton	Sisseton School District 54-2	202	281	39.1%
6	Huron Middle School - 02	Huron	Huron School District 02-2	515	716	39.0%
7	Sisseton High School - 01	Sisseton	Sisseton School District 54-2	219	304	38.8%
8	Harrisburg South Middle School - 03	Harrisburg	Harrisburg School District 41-2	397	519	30.7%
9	Winner Elementary - 04	Winner	Winner School District 59-2	360	465	29.2%
10	Lennox High School - 01	Lennox	Lennox School District 41-4	277	357	28.9%
11	Brandon Valley High School - 01	Brandon	Brandon Valley School District 49-2	1,078	1,381	28.1%
12	Sturgis Brown High School - 01	Sturgis	Meade School District 46-1	666	845	26.9%
13	Brandon Elementary - 03	Brandon	Brandon Valley School District 49-2	574	728	26.8%
14	Spearfish High School - 01	Spearfish	Spearfish School District 40-2	626	787	25.7%
15	Brandon Valley Intermediate - 07	Brandon	Brandon Valley School District 49-2	664	829	24.8%
16	Eagle Butte Upper Elementary - 03	Eagle Butte	Eagle Butte School District 20-1	228	281	23.2%
17	Sioux Valley Elementary - 02	Volga	Sioux Valley School District 05-5	305	372	22.0%
18	Brandon Valley Middle School - 02	Brandon	Brandon Valley School District 49-2	632	759	20.1%
19	Mike Miller Elementary - 07	Aberdeen	Aberdeen School District 06-1	235	282	20.0%
20	Vermillion Middle School - 02	Vermillion	Vermillion School District 13-1	288	343	19.1%
21	McKinley Early Childhood Center - 06	Watertown	Watertown School District 14-4	249	296	18.9%
22	Washington 4-5 Center - 20	Huron	Huron School District 02-2	383	453	18.3%
23	Huron High School - 01	Huron	Huron School District 02-2	721	852	18.2%
24	T F Riggs High School - 01	Pierre	Pierre School District 32-2	726	855	17.8%
25	Tri-Valley High School - 01	Colton	Tri-Valley School District 49-6	254	297	16.9%
26	Baltic Elementary - 02	Baltic	Baltic School District 49-1	265	307	15.8%
27	Lincoln Elementary - 04	Yankton	Yankton School District 63-3	360	416	15.6%
28	Hillcrest Elementary - 04	Brookings	Brookings School District 05-1	277	316	14.1%
29	Dakota Valley Middle School - 03	North Sioux City	Dakota Valley School District 61-8	303	345	13.9%
30	Custer High School - 01	Custer	Custer School District 16-1	240	272	13.3%
31	Mitchell High School - 01	Mitchell	Mitchell School District 17-2	777	879	13.1%
32	Dell Rapids High School - 01	Dell Rapids	Dell Rapids School District 49-3	279	315	12.9%
33	Webster Elementary - 06	Yankton	Yankton School District 63-3	347	391	12.7%
34	Mellette Elementary - 07	Watertown	Watertown School District 14-4	238	267	12.2%
35	Dakota Valley High School - 01	North Sioux City	Dakota Valley School District 61-8	388	431	11.1%
36	Hamlin High School - 01	Hayti	Hamlin School District 28-3	205	226	10.2%
37	Dakota Prairie Elementary - 07	Brookings	Brookings School District 05-1	463	509	9.9%
38	Hamlin Elementary - 09	Hayti	Hamlin School District 28-3	430	472	9.8%
39	Madison 2-3 Center - 19	Huron	Huron School District 02-2	432	474	9.7%
40	Fred Assam Elementary - 06	Sioux Falls	Brandon Valley School District 49-2	484	531	9.7%
41	Liberty Elementary - 02	Harrisburg	Harrisburg School District 41-2	510	559	9.6%
42	Tea Area Middle School - 02	Tea	Tea Area School District 41-5	533	583	9.4%
43	Wagner Middle School - 03	Wagner	Wagner Community School District 11-4	259	283	9.3%
44	Vermillion High School - 01	Vermillion	Vermillion School District 13-1	378	413	9.3%
45	Stevens High School - 42	Rapid City	Rapid City Area School District 51-4	1,626	1,771	8.9%
46	Rosa Parks Elementary - 15	Sioux Falls	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	569	618	8.6%
47	Wagner Elementary - 02	Wagner	Wagner Community School District 11-4	308	333	8.1%
48	Central High School - 41	Rapid City	Rapid City Area School District 51-4	1,853	1,998	7.8%
49	Sonia Sotomayor Elementary - 65	Sioux Falls	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	645	690	7.0%
50	Brookings High School - 01	Brookings	Brookings School District 05-1	917	979	6.8%

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