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The most racially diverse public middle schools in South Dakota

This ranking covers the most racially diverse public middle schools in South Dakota, drawn from 42 qualifying public middle schools. Whittier Middle School - 08 leads the list at 77.9%, against a median of 38.8% across the ranked schools.

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South Dakota

Top Diversity index

77.9%

Median Diversity index

38.8%

MOST DIVERSE · SOUTH DAKOTA

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Whittier Middle School - 08	Sioux Falls, SD	675	77.9%	20.4%(138)	28.0%(189)	28.9%(195)	8.0%(54)
2	George McGovern Middle School -09	Sioux Falls, SD	780	73.4%	38.1%(297)	16.0%(125)	28.9%(225)	0.8%(6)
3	South Middle School - 36	Rapid City, SD	618	69.9%	45.3%(280)	1.9%(12)	11.8%(73)	1.0%(6)
4	Huron Middle School - 02	Huron, SD	716	69.5%	36.3%(260)	0.6%(4)	34.4%(246)	23.2%(166)
5	Sisseton Middle School - 02	Sisseton, SD	281	67.8%	22.4%(63)	0.0%(0)	8.2%(23)	1.4%(4)
6	North Middle School - 35	Rapid City, SD	418	67.7%	20.8%(87)	0.2%(1)	15.3%(64)	1.4%(6)
7	Edison Middle School - 06	Sioux Falls, SD	937	60.9%	58.3%(546)	11.0%(103)	18.0%(169)	1.5%(14)
8	Chamberlain Jr. High - 02	Chamberlain, SD	208	60.8%	48.6%(101)	1.0%(2)	3.4%(7)	0.0%(0)
9	Ben Reifel Middle School - 68	Sioux Falls, SD	885	59.7%	60.0%(531)	14.2%(126)	12.2%(108)	2.3%(20)
10	Simmons Middle School - 03	Aberdeen, SD	464	58.2%	62.1%(288)	2.8%(13)	11.0%(51)	5.4%(25)
11	East Middle School - 30	Rapid City, SD	613	56.5%	62.6%(384)	1.1%(7)	11.3%(69)	1.1%(7)
12	Wagner Middle School - 03	Wagner, SD	283	54.3%	27.6%(78)	0.0%(0)	1.1%(3)	0.0%(0)
13	Douglas Middle School - 01	Box Elder, SD	633	54.3%	64.8%(410)	1.7%(11)	12.2%(77)	0.8%(5)
14	Georgia Morse Middle School - 02	Pierre, SD	672	49.2%	68.8%(462)	0.3%(2)	4.6%(31)	1.0%(7)
15	West Middle School - 37	Rapid City, SD	591	46.6%	71.2%(421)	1.0%(6)	9.3%(55)	0.2%(1)
16	Patrick Henry Middle School - 07	Sioux Falls, SD	925	46.5%	71.9%(665)	7.9%(73)	7.7%(71)	2.0%(19)
17	Yankton Middle School - 02	Yankton, SD	608	45.8%	71.7%(436)	1.1%(7)	14.5%(88)	1.1%(7)
18	Memorial Middle School - 04	Sioux Falls, SD	1,133	45.2%	72.7%(824)	5.7%(65)	9.3%(105)	1.2%(14)
19	Dakota Valley Middle School - 03	North Sioux City, SD	345	42.7%	74.5%(257)	2.0%(7)	10.1%(35)	3.5%(12)
20	Holgate Middle School - 02	Aberdeen, SD	497	41.4%	75.7%(376)	1.2%(6)	6.0%(30)	3.4%(17)
21	Southwest Middle School - 38	Rapid City, SD	614	39.6%	76.7%(471)	0.7%(4)	6.3%(39)	2.6%(16)
22	Harrisburg North Middle School - 08	Sioux Falls, SD	534	38.0%	78.1%(417)	4.7%(25)	5.8%(31)	3.4%(18)
23	Mitchell Middle School - 02	Mitchell, SD	578	37.7%	77.7%(449)	0.2%(1)	11.3%(65)	0.2%(1)
24	George S. Mickelson Middle School - 02	Brookings, SD	780	37.5%	78.3%(611)	4.4%(34)	8.1%(63)	2.6%(20)
25	Vermillion Middle School - 02	Vermillion, SD	343	36.9%	78.7%(270)	2.3%(8)	5.3%(18)	2.0%(7)
26	Brandon Valley Intermediate - 07	Brandon, SD	829	36.4%	79.0%(655)	5.8%(48)	7.2%(60)	1.4%(12)
27	Harrisburg East Middle School - 11	Sioux Falls, SD	428	36.2%	79.2%(339)	6.3%(27)	6.3%(27)	3.3%(14)
28	Watertown Intermediate School - 13	Watertown, SD	532	35.3%	79.5%(423)	0.2%(1)	8.7%(46)	0.8%(4)
29	Tri-Valley Intermediate School - 03	Colton, SD	296	34.7%	80.1%(237)	6.8%(20)	6.8%(20)	0.0%(0)
30	Tea Area Middle School - 02	Tea, SD	583	34.3%	80.5%(469)	5.0%(29)	6.3%(37)	0.9%(5)
31	Milbank Middle School - 02	Milbank, SD	222	33.1%	80.6%(179)	0.5%(1)	13.1%(29)	0.5%(1)
32	Watertown Middle School - 02	Watertown, SD	575	31.3%	82.3%(473)	0.3%(2)	7.1%(41)	0.3%(2)
33	Madison Middle School - 02	Madison, SD	270	30.5%	82.6%(223)	1.1%(3)	10.4%(28)	1.1%(3)
34	Brandon Valley Middle School - 02	Brandon, SD	759	30.2%	83.1%(631)	4.9%(37)	4.6%(35)	1.7%(13)
35	Belle Fourche Middle School - 07	Belle Fourche, SD	414	28.8%	83.8%(347)	0.0%(0)	7.0%(29)	0.0%(0)
36	Stagebarn Middle School - 10	Summerset, SD	432	28.7%	84.0%(363)	0.5%(2)	5.6%(24)	0.9%(4)
37	Sturgis Williams Middle School - 02	Sturgis, SD	490	26.6%	85.3%(418)	0.4%(2)	5.5%(27)	0.8%(4)
38	Harrisburg South Middle School - 03	Harrisburg, SD	519	25.2%	86.1%(447)	1.5%(8)	5.4%(28)	0.8%(4)
39	Spearfish Middle School - 05	Spearfish, SD	545	23.3%	87.3%(476)	0.6%(3)	4.8%(26)	1.3%(7)
40	West Central Middle School - 04	Hartford, SD	297	17.7%	90.6%(269)	1.0%(3)	2.7%(8)	0.0%(0)
41	Dell Rapids Middle School - 03	Dell Rapids, SD	295	14.2%	92.5%(273)	0.7%(2)	2.0%(6)	0.0%(0)
42	Todd County Middle School - 10	Mission, SD	353	10.9%	0.3%(1)	0.0%(0)	2.0%(7)	1.7%(6)

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