760 schools in South Dakota
65 counties · 222 cities · Public K-12
Public K-12 schools in South Dakota total 760 across 65 counties. Sioux Falls School District 49-5 is the largest district by enrollment, at roughly 25,060 students.
Test scores
Reading, SY 2024-25. State average: 50.4% met or exceeded.Top 5 schools
- 97.9%
- 87.3%
- 85.7%
- 82.5%
- 81.3%
Lowest 5 schools
- 7.1%
- 7.1%
- 7.4%
- 9.4%
- 11.0%
| Name | City | County | Level | Enrollment | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyman Elementary - 04 | Kennebec | Lyman County | Elementary | 171 | · |
| Lennox Jr. High - 08 | Lennox | Lincoln County | Middle | 169 | · |
| Groton Area High School - 01 | Groton | Brown County | High | 168 | · |
| Mountain View Elementary - 08 | Spearfish | Lawrence County | Elementary | 168 | · |
| Alcester-Hudson Elementary - 04 | Alcester | Union County | Elementary | 166 | · |
| Britton-Hecla Elementary - 02 | Britton | Marshall County | Elementary | 166 | · |
| Tiospaye Topa School | LaPlant | Dewey County | Combined | 166 | · |
| Challenge Center - 51 | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha County | Elementary | 165 | · |
| Webster Area High School - 01 | Webster | Day County | High | 164 | · |
| Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 | Wakonda | Clay County | Elementary | 161 | · |
| Winner Middle School - 02 | Winner | Tripp County | Middle | 159 | · |
| Enemy Swim Day School | Waubay | Day County | Elementary | 158 | · |
| Hill City High School - 01 | Hill City | Pennington County | High | 158 | · |
| Howard Elementary - 02 | Howard | Miner County | Elementary | 158 | · |
| Pierre Indian Learning Center | Pierre | Hughes County | Elementary | 156 | · |
| Sioux Valley Middle School - 04 | Volga | Brookings County | Middle | 156 | · |
| Ethan Elementary - 02 | Ethan | Davison County | Elementary | 155 | · |
| McLaughlin High School - 01 | McLaughlin | Corson County | High | 155 | · |
| Pahin Sinte Owayawa | Porcupine | Oglala Lakota County | Elementary | 155 | · |
| Renberg Elementary - 42 | Renner | Minnehaha County | Elementary | 155 | · |
| Chester Elementary -02 | Chester | Lake County | Elementary | 154 | · |
| Tri-Valley Elementary in Colton - 02 | Colton | Minnehaha County | Elementary | 154 | · |
| Beresford Middle School - 03 | Beresford | Union County | Middle | 153 | · |
| Redfield High School - 01 | Redfield | Spink County | High | 153 | · |
| Takini School | Howes | Ziebach County | Combined | 153 | · |
| Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02 | Viborg | Turner County | Elementary | 153 | · |
| Willow Lake Elementary - 02 | Willow Lake | Clark County | Elementary | 153 | · |
| Arlington Elementary - 02 | Arlington | Kingsbury County | Elementary | 152 | · |
| Baltic High School - 01 | Baltic | Minnehaha County | High | 151 | · |
| Elk Point-Jefferson Middle School - 03 | Elk Point | Union County | Middle | 151 | · |
| Hanson Elementary - 06 | Alexandria | Hanson County | Elementary | 151 | · |
| Corsica-Stickney Elementary - 02 | Stickney | Aurora County | Elementary | 150 | · |
| All City Elementary - 50 | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha County | Elementary | 149 | · |
| Crow Creek Sioux Tribal Elementary School | Stephan | Hyde County | Elementary | 149 | · |
| Estelline Elementary - 02 | Estelline | Hamlin County | Elementary | 149 | · |
| Flandreau Indian Boarding School | Flandreau | Moody County | High | 149 | · |
| Freeman Davis Elementary - 03 | Mobridge | Walworth County | Elementary | 149 | · |
| Roosevelt Elementary - 08 | Watertown | Codington County | Elementary | 148 | · |
| Wounded Knee District School | Manderson | Oglala Lakota County | Elementary | 146 | · |
| Warner Elementary - 02 | Warner | Brown County | Elementary | 145 | · |
| Wessington Springs Elementary - 02 | Wessington Springs | Jerauld County | Elementary | 145 | · |
| Wolsey Wessington Elementary - 02 | Wolsey | Beadle County | Elementary | 145 | · |
| Bridgewater-Emery Elementary - 02 | Bridgewater | McCook County | Elementary | 143 | · |
| Mobridge Upper Elementary - 04 | Mobridge | Walworth County | Elementary | 143 | · |
| Garretson High School - 01 | Garretson | Minnehaha County | High | 142 | · |
| Stanley County High School - 01 | Fort Pierre | Stanley County | High | 142 | · |
| Canistota Elementary - 02 | Canistota | McCook County | Elementary | 141 | · |
| Miller High School - 01 | Miller | Hand County | High | 141 | · |
| Parker High School - 01 | Parker | Turner County | High | 141 | · |
| Castlewood Elementary - 02 | Castlewood | Hamlin County | Elementary | 140 | · |
| Elkton High School - 01 | Elkton | Brookings County | High | 140 | · |
| Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02 | Lead | Lawrence County | Middle | 139 | · |
| Lemmon Elementary - 02 | Lemmon | Perkins County | Elementary | 139 | · |
| Wessington Springs High School Cyber School - 92 | Wessington Springs | Jerauld County | High | 138 | · |
| Whitewood Elementary - 04 | Whitewood | Lawrence County | Elementary | 138 | · |
| Bon Homme High School - 01 | Tyndall | Bon Homme County | High | 136 | · |
| Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 | Gayville | Yankton County | Elementary | 136 | · |
| Northwestern Elementary - 04 | Mellette | Spink County | Elementary | 135 | · |
| Highmore Elementary - 02 | Highmore | Hyde County | Elementary | 133 | · |
| Groton Area Middle School - 04 | Groton | Brown County | Middle | 132 | · |
| Plankinton Elementary - 02 | Plankinton | Aurora County | Elementary | 132 | · |
| Platte - Geddes High School - 01 | Platte | Charles Mix County | High | 132 | · |
| Summit Elementary - 02 | Summit | Roberts County | Elementary | 132 | · |
| Philip Elementary - 02 | Philip | Haakon County | Elementary | 131 | · |
| Waverly-South Shore Elementary - 02 | Waverly | Codington County | Elementary | 128 | · |
| Britton-Hecla High School - 01 | Britton | Marshall County | High | 127 | · |
| Bennett County High School - 01 | Martin | Bennett County | High | 125 | · |
| Clark High School - 01 | Clark | Clark County | High | 124 | · |
| Newell Elementary - 02 | Newell | Butte County | Elementary | 124 | · |
| Viborg-Hurley High School - 01 | Viborg | Turner County | High | 124 | · |
| Hanson High School - 01 | Alexandria | Hanson County | High | 122 | · |
| Armour Elementary - 02 | Armour | Douglas County | Elementary | 119 | · |
| Worthing Elementary - 05 | Worthing | Lincoln County | Elementary | 119 | · |
| Kadoka Elementary - 02 | Kadoka | Jackson County | Elementary | 118 | · |
| McCook Central High School - 01 | Salem | McCook County | High | 118 | · |
| Gregory High School - 01 | Gregory | Gregory County | High | 117 | · |
| Timber Lake High School - 01 | Timber Lake | Dewey County | High | 117 | · |
| Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05 | Hitchcock | Beadle County | Elementary | 116 | · |
| Oldham-Ramona-Rutland Elementary | Rutland | Lake County | Elementary | 116 | · |
| Hill City Middle School - 04 | Hill City | Pennington County | Middle | 115 | · |
| Iroquois Elementary - 04 | Iroquois | Kingsbury County | Elementary | 114 | · |
| Scotland Elementary - 02 | Scotland | Bon Homme County | Elementary | 114 | · |
| Viborg-Hurley Middle School - 03 | Hurley | Turner County | Middle | 114 | · |
| New Underwood Elementary - 02 | New Underwood | Pennington County | Elementary | 113 | · |
| Castlewood High School - 01 | Castlewood | Hamlin County | High | 112 | · |
| Parkston High School - 01 | Parkston | Hutchinson County | High | 112 | · |
| White River High School - 01 | White River | Mellette County | High | 112 | · |
| Wilmot Elementary - 02 | Wilmot | Roberts County | Elementary | 112 | · |
| Dupree High School - 01 | Dupree | Ziebach County | High | 111 | · |
| Langford Area Elementary - 02 | Langford | Marshall County | Elementary | 111 | · |
| Baltic Middle School - 03 | Baltic | Minnehaha County | Middle | 110 | · |
| Freeman High School - 01 | Freeman | Hutchinson County | High | 110 | · |
| Mobridge Middle School - 02 | Mobridge | Walworth County | Middle | 110 | · |
| Mount Vernon Elementary - 02 | Mount Vernon | Davison County | Elementary | 110 | · |
| Philip High School - 01 | Philip | Haakon County | High | 109 | · |
| Bon Homme Middle School - 02 | Tyndall | Bon Homme County | Middle | 108 | · |
| Centerville Elementary - 02 | Centerville | Turner County | Elementary | 108 | · |
| Montrose Elementary - 02 | Montrose | McCook County | Elementary | 108 | · |
| Webster Area Middle School - 02 | Webster | Day County | Middle | 108 | · |
| Chester High School - 01 | Chester | Lake County | High | 107 | · |
| Wall Elementary - 02 | Wall | Pennington County | Elementary | 107 | · |
| Chester Area Cyber School - 92 | Chester | Lake County | High | 106 | · |
| Elementary Immersion Center - 43 | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha County | Elementary | 106 | · |
| Stanley County Middle School - 02 | Fort Pierre | Stanley County | Middle | 106 | · |
| Burke Elementary - 02 | Burke | Gregory County | Elementary | 105 | · |
| Deubrook High School - 01 | White | Brookings County | High | 105 | · |
| Garretson Middle School - 03 | Garretson | Minnehaha County | Middle | 105 | · |
| Clear Lake Middle School - 04 | Clear Lake | Deuel County | Middle | 104 | · |
| Ipswich High School - 01 | Ipswich | Edmunds County | High | 103 | · |
| Early Learning Center - 04 | Wagner | Charles Mix County | Elementary | 102 | · |
| Florence High School - 01 | Florence | Codington County | High | 102 | · |
| Kimball Elementary - 02 | Kimball | Brule County | Elementary | 102 | · |
| Sanborn Central Elementary - 06 | Forestburg | Sanborn County | Elementary | 102 | · |
| Buffalo Elementary - 02 | Buffalo | Harding County | Elementary | 101 | · |
| Custer Jr. High - 05 | Custer | Custer County | Middle | 101 | · |
| Bennett County Middle School - 06 | Martin | Bennett County | Middle | 100 | · |
| Bridgewater-Emery High School - 01 | Emery | Hanson County | High | 100 | · |
| Colman-Egan High School - 01 | Colman | Moody County | High | 100 | · |
| Marion Elementary - 02 | Marion | Turner County | Elementary | 100 | · |
| Wall High School - 01 | Wall | Pennington County | High | 100 | · |
| Alcester-Hudson High School - 01 | Alcester | Union County | High | 99 | · |
| Canistota High School - 01 | Canistota | McCook County | High | 99 | · |
| Frederick Area Elementary - 02 | Frederick | Brown County | Elementary | 98 | · |
| Jefferson Building - 64 | Rapid City | Pennington County | Combined | 98 | · |
| Parkston Middle School - 05 | Parkston | Hutchinson County | Middle | 98 | · |
| Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03 | Britton | Marshall County | Middle | 97 | · |
| Lemmon High School - 01 | Lemmon | Perkins County | High | 97 | · |
| Rosholt Elementary - 02 | Rosholt | Roberts County | Elementary | 97 | · |
| Howard High School - 01 | Howard | Miner County | High | 96 | · |
| Lake Preston Elementary - 02 | Lake Preston | Kingsbury County | Elementary | 96 | · |
| Wolsey Wessington High School - 01 | Wolsey | Beadle County | High | 96 | · |
| De Smet High School - 01 | De Smet | Kingsbury County | High | 95 | · |
| Gayville-Volin High School - 01 | Gayville | Yankton County | High | 95 | · |
| Wakpala Elementary - 02 | Wakpala | Corson County | Elementary | 95 | · |
| Burke High School - 01 | Burke | Gregory County | High | 94 | · |
| Centerville High School - 01 | Centerville | Turner County | High | 94 | · |
| Eureka Elementary - 02 | Eureka | McPherson County | Elementary | 94 | · |
| Platte - Geddes Jr. High - 03 | Platte | Charles Mix County | Middle | 94 | · |
| Wessington Springs High School - 01 | Wessington Springs | Jerauld County | High | 94 | · |
| Edgemont Elementary - 03 | Edgemont | Fall River County | Elementary | 93 | · |
| Ethan High School - 01 | Ethan | Davison County | High | 93 | · |
| Henry Elementary - 02 | Henry | Codington County | Elementary | 93 | · |
| Selby Elementary - 02 | Selby | Walworth County | Elementary | 93 | · |
| White River Middle School - 04 | White River | Mellette County | Middle | 93 | · |
| Kimball Middle School - 04 | Kimball | Brule County | Middle | 92 | · |
| New Underwood High School - 01 | New Underwood | Pennington County | High | 92 | · |
| De Smet Middle School - 03 | De Smet | Kingsbury County | Middle | 91 | · |
| Menno Elementary - 02 | Menno | Hutchinson County | Elementary | 91 | · |
| Northwestern High School - 01 | Mellette | Spink County | High | 91 | · |
| Redfield Middle School - 02 | Redfield | Spink County | Middle | 91 | · |
| Woonsocket High School - 01 | Woonsocket | Sanborn County | High | 91 | · |
| North Park Elementary - 08 | Belle Fourche | Butte County | Elementary | 89 | · |
| Gettysburg Elementary - 02 | Gettysburg | Potter County | Elementary | 88 | · |
| Gregory Junior High - 04 | Gregory | Gregory County | Middle | 88 | · |
| Tripp Elementary - 03 | Tripp | Hutchinson County | Elementary | 88 | · |
| Waubay Elementary - 02 | Waubay | Day County | Elementary | 88 | · |
| Mount Vernon High School- 01 | Mount Vernon | Davison County | High | 87 | · |
| Irene - Wakonda High School - 01 | Irene | Turner County | High | 86 | · |
| Plankinton High School - 01 | Plankinton | Aurora County | High | 86 | · |
| Waverly-South Shore High School - 01 | Waverly | Codington County | High | 86 | · |
| Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04 | Emery | Hanson County | Middle | 85 | · |
| Eagle Butte Primary - 02 | Eagle Butte | Dewey County | Elementary | 85 | · |
| Ipswich Middle School - 04 | Ipswich | Edmunds County | Middle | 85 | · |
| McLaughlin Middle School - 03 | McLaughlin | Corson County | Middle | 85 | · |
| Warner High School - 01 | Warner | Brown County | High | 85 | · |
| High Plains - 06 | Chester | Lake County | High | 84 | · |
| Kimball High School - 01 | Kimball | Brule County | High | 84 | · |
| Lyman Middle School - 02 | Presho | Lyman County | Middle | 84 | · |
| McCook Central Middle School - 03 | Salem | McCook County | Middle | 84 | · |
| Scotland Middle School - 05 | Scotland | Bon Homme County | Middle | 84 | · |
| Estelline High School - 01 | Estelline | Hamlin County | High | 83 | · |
| Oglala Lakota County Virtual High School - 92 | Pine Ridge | Oglala Lakota County | High | 83 | · |
| Warner Middle School - 03 | Warner | Brown County | Middle | 83 | · |
| iSucceed - 92 | Mellette | Spink County | High | 82 | · |
| Lyman High School - 01 | Presho | Lyman County | High | 80 | · |
| Onida Elementary - 04 | Onida | Sully County | Elementary | 79 | · |
| Avon High School - 01 | Avon | Bon Homme County | High | 77 | · |
| Bobcat Plains Academy High School - 92 | Brookings | Brookings County | High | 77 | · |
| Community Campus - 41 | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha County | High | 77 | · |
| Faith High School - 01 | Faith | Meade County | High | 77 | · |
| Herreid Elementary - 02 | Herreid | Campbell County | Elementary | 77 | · |
| Oldham-Ramona-Rutland High School | Rutland | Lake County | High | 77 | · |
| Arlington High School - 01 | Arlington | Kingsbury County | High | 76 | · |
| Castlewood Middle School - 03 | Castlewood | Hamlin County | Middle | 76 | · |
| Howard Jr. High - 05 | Howard | Miner County | Middle | 75 | · |
| New Underwood Middle School - 04 | New Underwood | Pennington County | Middle | 75 | · |
| Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 | Wolsey | Beadle County | Middle | 75 | · |
| Avon Elementary - 02 | Avon | Bon Homme County | Elementary | 74 | · |
| Jones County Elementary - 02 | Murdo | Jones County | Elementary | 74 | · |
| Menno High School - 01 | Menno | Hutchinson County | High | 74 | · |
| Miller Jr. High - 04 | Miller | Hand County | Middle | 74 | · |
| Parker Jr. High - 03 | Parker | Turner County | Middle | 74 | · |
| Rosholt High School - 01 | Rosholt | Roberts County | High | 74 | · |
| Faulkton High School - 01 | Faulkton | Faulk County | High | 73 | · |
| Rapid City Online High School - 92 | Rapid City | Pennington County | High | 73 | · |
| Clark Middle School - 03 | Clark | Clark County | Middle | 72 | · |
| Corsica-Stickney High School - 01 | Corsica | Douglas County | High | 72 | · |
| Gettysburg High School - 01 | Gettysburg | Potter County | High | 72 | · |
| Florence Middle School - 03 | Florence | Codington County | Middle | 71 | · |
| Hanson Middle School - 02 | Alexandria | Hanson County | Middle | 71 | · |
| Kadoka Area High School - 01 | Kadoka | Jackson County | High | 71 | · |
| Philip Jr. High - 03 | Philip | Haakon County | Middle | 71 | · |
| Sully Buttes High School - 07 | Onida | Sully County | High | 71 | · |
| Timber Lake Middle School - 03 | Timber Lake | Dewey County | Middle | 70 | · |
| Faith Elementary - 02 | Faith | Meade County | Elementary | 69 | · |
| Hoven Elementary - 02 | Hoven | Potter County | Elementary | 69 | · |
| Waverly-South Shore Middle School - 03 | Waverly | Codington County | Middle | 69 | · |
| Willow Lake High School - 01 | Willow Lake | Clark County | High | 69 | · |
| Canistota Middle School - 03 | Canistota | McCook County | Middle | 68 | · |
| Chester Middle School - 03 | Chester | Lake County | Middle | 67 | · |
| Valley Springs Elementary - 04 | Valley Springs | Minnehaha County | Elementary | 67 | · |
| Harding County High School - 01 | Buffalo | Harding County | High | 66 | · |
| Sully Buttes Middle School - 06 | Onida | Sully County | Middle | 66 | · |
| Wall Middle School - 06 | Wall | Pennington County | Middle | 66 | · |
| Andes Central High School - 01 | Lake Andes | Charles Mix County | High | 65 | · |
| Bison Elementary - 02 | Bison | Perkins County | Elementary | 65 | · |
| Colome Elementary - 02 | Colome | Tripp County | Elementary | 65 | · |
| Elkton Jr. High - 03 | Elkton | Brookings County | Middle | 65 | · |
| The Learning Lab Early Childhood - 74 | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha County | Elementary | 65 | · |
| Waubay High School - 01 | Waubay | Day County | High | 65 | · |
| Scotland High School - 01 | Scotland | Bon Homme County | High | 64 | · |
| Wilmot High School - 01 | Wilmot | Roberts County | High | 64 | · |
| Avon Middle School - 05 | Avon | Bon Homme County | Middle | 63 | · |
| Doland Elementary - 03 | Doland | Spink County | Elementary | 63 | · |
| Montrose High School - 01 | Montrose | McCook County | High | 63 | · |
| Burke Middle School - 04 | Burke | Gregory County | Middle | 62 | · |
| Highmore High School - 01 | Highmore | Hyde County | High | 62 | · |
| Little Eagle School | Little Eagle | Corson County | Elementary | 62 | · |
| Marion High School - 01 | Marion | Turner County | High | 62 | · |
| White Lake Elementary - 02 | White Lake | Aurora County | Elementary | 62 | · |
| Centerville Middle School - 03 | Centerville | Turner County | Middle | 61 | · |
| Edmunds Central Elementary - 05 | Roscoe | Edmunds County | Elementary | 61 | · |
| Big Stone City Elementary - 01 | Big Stone City | Grant County | Elementary | 60 | · |
| Estelline Middle School - 03 | Estelline | Hamlin County | Middle | 60 | · |
| Harding County Middle School - 03 | Buffalo | Harding County | Middle | 60 | · |
| Frederick High School - 01 | Frederick | Brown County | High | 59 | · |
| Langford Area High School - 01 | Langford | Marshall County | High | 59 | · |
| Hitchcock-Tulare High School - 01 | Tulare | Spink County | High | 58 | · |
| Mount Vernon Middle School - 03 | Mount Vernon | Davison County | Middle | 58 | · |
| Newell High School - 01 | Newell | Butte County | High | 58 | · |
| Wilmot Middle School - 03 | Wilmot | Roberts County | Middle | 58 | · |
| Armour High School - 01 | Armour | Douglas County | High | 57 | · |
| Jones County Middle School - 04 | Murdo | Jones County | Middle | 57 | · |
| Leola Elementary - 02 | Leola | McPherson County | Elementary | 57 | · |
| Spring Creek Elementary - 07 | St Francis | Todd County | Elementary | 57 | · |
| Springfield Elementary - 03 | Springfield | Bon Homme County | Elementary | 57 | · |
| Northwestern Middle School - 02 | Mellette | Spink County | Middle | 56 | · |
| Bridges At Horace Mann - 52 | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha County | Elementary | 55 | · |
| Oelrichs Elementary - 02 | Oelrichs | Fall River County | Elementary | 55 | · |
| Selby High School - 01 | Selby | Walworth County | High | 55 | · |