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The most racially diverse public high schools in South Dakota

Across South Dakota, 43 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Washington High School - 01 leads the list at 70.2%, against a median of 32.3% 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 Diversity index

70.2%

Median Diversity index

32.3%

MOST DIVERSE · SOUTH DAKOTA

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Washington High School - 01	Sioux Falls, SD	1,819	70.2%	46.8%(852)	20.6%(374)	16.4%(298)	5.0%(91)
2	Flandreau High School - 01	Flandreau, SD	201	69.7%	41.8%(84)	0.0%(0)	22.9%(46)	2.5%(5)
3	Central High School - 41	Rapid City, SD	1,998	68.1%	48.1%(962)	1.6%(32)	12.0%(239)	1.3%(26)
4	Huron High School - 01	Huron, SD	852	67.2%	42.6%(363)	0.7%(6)	32.9%(280)	19.4%(165)
5	Sisseton High School - 01	Sisseton, SD	304	63.0%	31.9%(97)	0.0%(0)	6.9%(21)	0.7%(2)
6	Jefferson High School - 67	Sioux Falls, SD	1,888	62.9%	55.0%(1,038)	10.9%(205)	22.5%(425)	1.3%(25)
7	Wagner High School - 01	Wagner, SD	201	62.7%	31.3%(63)	0.0%(0)	2.5%(5)	0.0%(0)
8	Roosevelt High School - 03	Sioux Falls, SD	1,785	57.2%	62.5%(1,115)	11.1%(198)	13.2%(236)	1.3%(23)
9	Chamberlain High School - 01	Chamberlain, SD	243	55.6%	56.4%(137)	0.4%(1)	3.3%(8)	0.0%(0)
10	Lincoln High School - 02	Sioux Falls, SD	1,954	53.6%	65.8%(1,285)	8.1%(158)	13.4%(262)	1.8%(36)
11	Douglas High School - 03	Box Elder, SD	739	49.7%	68.9%(509)	1.5%(11)	10.7%(79)	0.4%(3)
12	T F Riggs High School - 01	Pierre, SD	855	48.9%	69.4%(593)	0.2%(2)	5.7%(49)	1.5%(13)
13	Winner High School - 01	Winner, SD	203	47.6%	66.0%(134)	2.5%(5)	1.5%(3)	0.5%(1)
14	Hot Springs High School - 01	Hot Springs, SD	215	45.6%	72.1%(155)	0.5%(1)	6.5%(14)	1.9%(4)
15	Central High School - 01	Aberdeen, SD	1,384	43.9%	73.8%(1,022)	2.2%(31)	8.7%(121)	2.8%(38)
16	Vermillion High School - 01	Vermillion, SD	413	41.9%	75.1%(310)	2.2%(9)	5.3%(22)	0.7%(3)
17	Stevens High School - 42	Rapid City, SD	1,771	37.4%	78.2%(1,385)	0.7%(13)	7.6%(134)	1.2%(22)
18	Mitchell High School - 01	Mitchell, SD	879	35.6%	79.4%(698)	1.0%(9)	9.2%(81)	1.1%(10)
19	Dakota Valley High School - 01	North Sioux City, SD	431	35.2%	79.8%(344)	2.3%(10)	8.3%(36)	1.6%(7)
20	Brookings High School - 01	Brookings, SD	979	34.5%	80.3%(786)	2.5%(25)	7.6%(74)	3.2%(31)
21	Watertown High School - 01	Watertown, SD	1,222	32.3%	81.6%(997)	0.4%(5)	8.1%(99)	0.7%(8)
22	Yankton High School - 01	Yankton, SD	923	32.3%	81.6%(753)	1.2%(11)	9.2%(85)	0.4%(4)
23	Milbank High School - 01	Milbank, SD	333	31.3%	82.0%(273)	1.5%(5)	11.4%(38)	0.3%(1)
24	Harrisburg High School - 01	Harrisburg, SD	1,806	29.4%	83.7%(1,511)	4.1%(74)	4.5%(81)	1.5%(27)
25	Madison High School - 01	Madison, SD	384	28.4%	83.8%(322)	0.5%(2)	10.7%(41)	0.8%(3)
26	Custer High School - 01	Custer, SD	272	27.6%	84.6%(230)	0.4%(1)	7.3%(20)	0.0%(0)
27	Brandon Valley High School - 01	Brandon, SD	1,381	26.8%	85.3%(1,178)	4.0%(55)	4.2%(58)	2.0%(28)
28	Lead-Deadwood High School - 01	Lead, SD	211	26.6%	85.3%(180)	0.9%(2)	5.7%(12)	0.9%(2)
29	Tea Area High School - 03	Tea, SD	717	26.4%	85.5%(613)	3.5%(25)	5.0%(36)	1.1%(8)
30	Spearfish High School - 01	Spearfish, SD	787	25.9%	85.8%(675)	1.1%(9)	4.6%(36)	1.4%(11)
31	Belle Fourche High School - 01	Belle Fourche, SD	389	24.5%	86.4%(336)	0.0%(0)	8.7%(34)	0.3%(1)
32	Tri-Valley High School - 01	Colton, SD	297	21.1%	88.5%(263)	4.4%(13)	5.0%(15)	0.0%(0)
33	Sturgis Brown High School - 01	Sturgis, SD	845	21.0%	88.6%(749)	0.4%(3)	4.0%(34)	0.4%(3)
34	Sioux Valley High School - 01	Volga, SD	214	19.1%	89.7%(192)	0.9%(2)	5.1%(11)	0.0%(0)
35	Beresford High School - 01	Beresford, SD	222	19.0%	89.6%(199)	0.9%(2)	7.7%(17)	0.0%(0)
36	Canton High School - 01	Canton, SD	283	18.6%	90.1%(255)	1.4%(4)	3.2%(9)	0.7%(2)
37	Hamlin High School - 01	Hayti, SD	226	18.0%	90.3%(204)	0.4%(1)	6.6%(15)	0.4%(1)
38	Dell Rapids High School - 01	Dell Rapids, SD	315	17.7%	90.5%(285)	0.0%(0)	6.3%(20)	0.3%(1)
39	West Central High School - 01	Hartford, SD	408	16.7%	91.2%(372)	2.0%(8)	2.9%(12)	0.3%(1)
40	Elk Point-Jefferson High School - 01	Elk Point, SD	212	15.1%	92.0%(195)	0.0%(0)	4.3%(9)	0.5%(1)
41	Lennox High School - 01	Lennox, SD	357	14.9%	92.2%(329)	0.6%(2)	1.7%(6)	0.3%(1)
42	Todd County High School - 01	Mission, SD	447	10.4%	1.1%(5)	0.0%(0)	1.6%(7)	1.6%(7)
43	Lakota Tech High School - 10	Batesland, SD	414	8.9%	0.2%(1)	0.0%(0)	2.4%(10)	0.5%(2)

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