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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Across Minnehaha County, South Dakota, 13 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Brandon Valley Intermediate - 07 leads the list at 74.7%, against a median of 59.0% 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

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Top % Proficient (Reading)

74.7%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

59.0%

BEST IN READING · MINNEHAHA COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	Brandon Valley Intermediate - 07	Brandon, SD	Brandon Valley School District 49-2	Middle	829	74.7%	no change
2	Brandon Valley Middle School - 02	Brandon, SD	Brandon Valley School District 49-2	Middle	759	73.6%	no change
3	Dell Rapids Middle School - 03	Dell Rapids, SD	Dell Rapids School District 49-3	Middle	295	70.7%	no change
4	Patrick Henry Middle School - 07	Sioux Falls, SD	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	Middle	925	62.3%	▲ 1
5	Memorial Middle School - 04	Sioux Falls, SD	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	Middle	1,133	61.9%	▼ 1
6	Baltic Middle School - 03	Baltic, SD	Baltic School District 49-1	Middle	110	61.7%	no change
7	Ben Reifel Middle School - 68	Sioux Falls, SD	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	Middle	885	59.0%	▲ 1
8	Garretson Middle School - 03	Garretson, SD	Garretson School District 49-4	Middle	105	55.1%	▼ 1
9	Edison Middle School - 06	Sioux Falls, SD	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	Middle	937	54.7%	▲ 1
10	Tri-Valley Intermediate School - 03	Colton, SD	Tri-Valley School District 49-6	Middle	296	51.6%	▼ 1
11	West Central Middle School - 04	Hartford, SD	West Central School District 49-7	Middle	297	46.9%	no change
12	George McGovern Middle School -09	Sioux Falls, SD	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	Middle	780	34.7%	no change
13	Whittier Middle School - 08	Sioux Falls, SD	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	Middle	675	28.9%	no change

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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