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The highest-poverty public high schools in South Dakota

80 public high schools in South Dakota appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public high schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Bennett County High School - 01 leads the list at 100%, against a median of 24.8% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

South Dakota

Top % FRL

100%

Median % FRL

24.8%

HIGHEST POVERTY · SOUTH DAKOTA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Bennett County High School - 01	Martin, SD	Bennett County School District 03-1	High	125	100%
2	Dupree High School - 01	Dupree, SD	Dupree School District 64-2	High	111	100%
3	McLaughlin High School - 01	McLaughlin, SD	McLaughlin School District 15-2	High	155	100%
4	Lakota Tech High School - 10	Batesland, SD	Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1	High	414	100%
5	Todd County High School - 01	Mission, SD	Todd County School District 66-1	High	447	100%
6	Wagner High School - 01	Wagner, SD	Wagner Community School District 11-4	High	201	100%
7	Flandreau Indian Boarding School	Flandreau, SD	Flandreau Indian Boarding School	High	149	98.0%
8	White River High School - 01	White River, SD	White River School District 47-1	High	112	97.3%
9	Huron High School - 01	Huron, SD	Huron School District 02-2	High	852	58.3%
10	Washington High School - 01	Sioux Falls, SD	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	High	1,819	53.4%
11	Sisseton High School - 01	Sisseton, SD	Sisseton School District 54-2	High	304	52.6%
12	Jefferson High School - 67	Sioux Falls, SD	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	High	1,888	48.5%
13	Flandreau High School - 01	Flandreau, SD	Flandreau School District 50-3	High	201	46.8%
14	Central High School - 41	Rapid City, SD	Rapid City Area School District 51-4	High	1,998	44.8%
15	Chamberlain High School - 01	Chamberlain, SD	Chamberlain School District 07-1	High	243	44.0%
16	Roosevelt High School - 03	Sioux Falls, SD	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	High	1,785	40.0%
17	Timber Lake High School - 01	Timber Lake, SD	Timber Lake School District 20-3	High	117	36.8%
18	Mobridge High School - 01	Mobridge, SD	Mobridge-Pollock School District 62-6	High	194	36.6%
19	Mitchell High School - 01	Mitchell, SD	Mitchell School District 17-2	High	879	35.9%
20	Gregory High School - 01	Gregory, SD	Gregory School District 26-4	High	117	35.9%
21	Winner High School - 01	Winner, SD	Winner School District 59-2	High	203	35.5%
22	Lincoln High School - 02	Sioux Falls, SD	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	High	1,954	34.7%
23	Bridgewater-Emery High School - 01	Emery, SD	Bridgewater-Emery 30-3	High	100	34.0%
24	Central High School - 01	Aberdeen, SD	Aberdeen School District 06-1	High	1,384	33.8%
25	Elkton High School - 01	Elkton, SD	Elkton School District 05-3	High	140	32.1%
26	Belle Fourche High School - 01	Belle Fourche, SD	Belle Fourche School District 09-1	High	389	32.1%
27	Viborg-Hurley High School - 01	Viborg, SD	Viborg-Hurley School District 60-6	High	124	31.5%
28	Freeman High School - 01	Freeman, SD	Freeman School District 33-1	High	110	30.9%
29	Douglas High School - 03	Box Elder, SD	Douglas School District 51-1	High	739	30.7%
30	Watertown High School - 01	Watertown, SD	Watertown School District 14-4	High	1,222	30.1%
31	Milbank High School - 01	Milbank, SD	Milbank School District 25-4	High	333	29.4%
32	Sturgis Brown High School - 01	Sturgis, SD	Meade School District 46-1	High	845	28.6%
33	Yankton High School - 01	Yankton, SD	Yankton School District 63-3	High	923	28.2%
34	Wall High School - 01	Wall, SD	Wall School District 51-5	High	100	28.0%
35	Clark High School - 01	Clark, SD	Clark School District 12-2	High	124	27.4%
36	Custer High School - 01	Custer, SD	Custer School District 16-1	High	272	27.2%
37	Vermillion High School - 01	Vermillion, SD	Vermillion School District 13-1	High	413	26.2%
38	Stanley County High School - 01	Fort Pierre, SD	Stanley County School District 57-1	High	142	26.1%
39	Hamlin High School - 01	Hayti, SD	Hamlin School District 28-3	High	226	25.7%
40	Florence High School - 01	Florence, SD	Florence School District 14-1	High	102	25.5%
41	Parkston High School - 01	Parkston, SD	Parkston School District 33-3	High	112	24.1%
42	Hot Springs High School - 01	Hot Springs, SD	Hot Springs School District 23-2	High	215	23.3%
43	T F Riggs High School - 01	Pierre, SD	Pierre School District 32-2	High	855	22.8%
44	Bon Homme High School - 01	Tyndall, SD	Bon Homme School District 04-2	High	136	21.3%
45	Canton High School - 01	Canton, SD	Canton School District 41-1	High	283	20.5%
46	Madison High School - 01	Madison, SD	Madison Central School District 39-2	High	384	20.1%
47	Webster Area High School - 01	Webster, SD	Webster Area School District 18-5	High	164	19.5%
48	Lead-Deadwood High School - 01	Lead, SD	Lead-Deadwood School District 40-1	High	211	19.4%
49	Hill City High School - 01	Hill City, SD	Hill City School District 51-2	High	158	19.0%
50	Redfield High School - 01	Redfield, SD	Redfield School District 56-4	High	153	19.0%

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