South Dakota schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | Science | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Whittier Middle School - 08 Sioux Falls · Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | Middle | 25.6% | -18.7pp |
| 152 | Rosa Parks Elementary - 15 Sioux Falls · Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | Elementary | 25.3% | -19.0pp |
| 153 | North Middle School - 35 Rapid City · Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Middle | 24.6% | -19.7pp |
| 154 | Mike Miller Elementary - 07 Aberdeen · Aberdeen School District 06-1 | Elementary | 23.8% | -20.5pp |
| 155 | Dupree Elementary - 02 Dupree · Dupree School District 64-2 | Elementary | 23.3% | -21.0pp |
| 156 | South Park Elementary - 16 Rapid City · Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Elementary | 23.3% | -21.0pp |
| 157 | Laura Wilder Elementary - 31 Sioux Falls · Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | Elementary | 22.6% | -21.7pp |
| 158 | Terry Redlin Elementary - 11 Sioux Falls · Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | Elementary | 22.0% | -22.3pp |
| 159 | Anne Sullivan Elementary - 20 Sioux Falls · Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | Elementary | 21.9% | -22.4pp |
| 160 | May Overby Elementary - 09 Aberdeen · Aberdeen School District 06-1 | Elementary | 21.3% | -23.0pp |
| 161 | McCook Central Elementary - 02 Salem · McCook Central School District 43-7 | Elementary | 20.0% | -24.3pp |
| 162 | Hawthorne Elementary - 56 Sioux Falls · Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | Elementary | 19.5% | -24.8pp |
| 163 | Laura B. Anderson Elementary - 10 Sioux Falls · Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | Elementary | 19.4% | -24.9pp |
| 164 | Garfield Elementary - 19 Sioux Falls · Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | Elementary | 17.2% | -27.1pp |
| 165 | O M Tiffany Elementary - 11 Aberdeen · Aberdeen School District 06-1 | Elementary | 17.0% | -27.3pp |
| 166 | Knollwood Heights Elementary - 08 Rapid City · Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Elementary | 16.7% | -27.6pp |
| 167 | Robbinsdale Elementary - 14 Rapid City · Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Elementary | 15.6% | -28.7pp |
| 168 | Elkton Jr. High - 03 Elkton · Elkton School District 05-3 | Middle | 15.2% | -29.1pp |
| 169 | Rosebud Elementary - 04 Rosebud · Todd County School District 66-1 | Elementary | 14.0% | -30.3pp |
| 170 | Bennett County Middle School - 06 Martin · Bennett County School District 03-1 | Middle | 12.1% | -32.2pp |
| 171 | Horace Mann Elementary - 07 Rapid City · Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | Elementary | 11.4% | -32.9pp |
| 172 | Hayward Elementary - 38 Sioux Falls · Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | Elementary | 11.3% | -33.0pp |
| 173 | Batesland School - 01 Batesland · Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1 | Elementary | 10.8% | -33.5pp |
| 174 | Todd County Elementary - 16 Mission · Todd County School District 66-1 | Elementary | 9.5% | -34.8pp |
| 175 | Todd County Middle School - 10 Mission · Todd County School District 66-1 | Middle | 7.5% | -36.8pp |
About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the SD Smarter Balanced % Proficient threshold on the latest available SD Smarter Balanced Science test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in South Dakota, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.