Rankings · South Dakota
Largest schools in South Dakota
Ranked by enrollment — academic rankings appear once test-score data is loaded.
| # | School | City | District | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roosevelt High School - 03 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 2543 |
| 2 | Lincoln High School - 02 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 2117 |
| 3 | Washington High School - 01 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 1975 |
| 4 | Central High School - 41 | Rapid City | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | 1897 |
| 5 | Stevens High School - 42 | Rapid City | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | 1737 |
| 6 | Central High School - 01 | Aberdeen | Aberdeen School District 06-1 | 1408 |
| 7 | Memorial Middle School - 04 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 1389 |
| 8 | Harrisburg High School - 01 | Harrisburg | Harrisburg School District 41-2 | 1329 |
| 9 | Brandon Valley High School - 01 | Brandon | Brandon Valley School District 49-2 | 1319 |
| 10 | Watertown High School - 01 | Watertown | Watertown School District 14-4 | 1237 |
| 11 | Edison Middle School - 06 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 1193 |
| 12 | Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 1106 |
| 13 | Brookings High School - 01 | Brookings | Brookings School District 05-1 | 1010 |
| 14 | Rf Pettigrew Elementary - 17 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 965 |
| 15 | Yankton High School - 01 | Yankton | Yankton School District 63-3 | 939 |
| 16 | Whittier Middle School - 08 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 938 |
| 17 | George Mcgovern Middle School -09 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 917 |
| 18 | Patriot Elementary -06 | Box Elder | Douglas School District 51-1 | 869 |
| 19 | Mitchell High School - 01 | Mitchell | Mitchell School District 17-2 | 858 |
| 20 | Discovery Elementary - 26 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 855 |
| 21 | Harrisburg North Middle School - 08 | Sioux Falls | Harrisburg School District 41-2 | 833 |
| 22 | T F Riggs High School - 01 | Pierre | Pierre School District 32-2 | 816 |
| 23 | George S. Mickelson Middle School - 02 | Brookings | Brookings School District 05-1 | 794 |
| 24 | Douglas High School - 03 | Box Elder | Douglas School District 51-1 | 776 |
| 25 | Sturgis Brown High School - 01 | Sturgis | Meade School District 46-1 | 764 |
| 26 | Huron High School - 01 | Huron | Huron School District 02-2 | 740 |
| 27 | Georgia Morse Middle School - 02 | Pierre | Pierre School District 32-2 | 711 |
| 28 | Sonia Sotomayor Elementary - 65 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 708 |
| 29 | Brandon Valley Intermediate - 07 | Brandon | Brandon Valley School District 49-2 | 705 |
| 30 | Wolf Creek School - 02 | Pine Ridge | Oglala Lakota County 65-1 | 705 |
| 31 | Brandon Valley Middle School - 02 | Brandon | Brandon Valley School District 49-2 | 704 |
| 32 | Spearfish High School - 01 | Spearfish | Spearfish School District 40-2 | 694 |
| 33 | John Harris Elementary - 23 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 692 |
| 34 | Pine Ridge School | Pine Ridge | — | 692 |
| 35 | Southwest Middle School - 38 | Rapid City | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | 690 |
| 36 | Rosa Parks Elementary - 15 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 686 |
| 37 | Harvey Dunn Elementary - 54 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 685 |
| 38 | Cheyenne-Eagle Butte School | Eagle Butte | — | 684 |
| 39 | Mitchell Middle School - 02 | Mitchell | Mitchell School District 17-2 | 669 |
| 40 | Hayward Elementary - 38 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 668 |
| 41 | Douglas Middle School - 01 | Box Elder | Douglas School District 51-1 | 662 |
| 42 | Robert Bennis Elementary - 05 | Brandon | Brandon Valley School District 49-2 | 662 |
| 43 | East Middle School - 30 | Rapid City | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | 651 |
| 44 | Yankton Middle School - 02 | Yankton | Yankton School District 63-3 | 640 |
| 45 | Little Wound School | Kyle | — | 633 |
| 46 | John F. Kennedy Elementary - 57 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 630 |
| 47 | Watertown Middle School - 02 | Watertown | Watertown School District 14-4 | 630 |
| 48 | Spearfish Middle School - 05 | Spearfish | Spearfish School District 40-2 | 623 |
| 49 | Brandon Elementary - 03 | Brandon | Brandon Valley School District 49-2 | 620 |
| 50 | Spearfish Middle School - 05 | Spearfish | Spearfish School District 40-2 | 616 |
| 51 | Huron Middle School - 02 | Huron | Huron School District 02-2 | 615 |
| 52 | West Middle School - 37 | Rapid City | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | 599 |
| 53 | Anne Sullivan Elementary - 20 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 593 |
| 54 | South Middle School - 36 | Rapid City | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | 593 |
| 55 | Watertown Intermediate School - 13 | Watertown | Watertown School District 14-4 | 583 |
| 56 | Liberty Elementary - 02 | Harrisburg | Harrisburg School District 41-2 | 576 |
| 57 | Fred Assam Elementary - 06 | Sioux Falls | Brandon Valley School District 49-2 | 575 |
| 58 | Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 561 |
| 59 | Valley View Elementary - 13 | Rapid City | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | 555 |
| 60 | Garfield Elementary - 19 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 547 |
| 61 | Simmons Middle School - 03 | Aberdeen | Aberdeen School District 06-1 | 547 |
| 62 | Cleveland Elementary - 14 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 537 |
| 63 | Sturgis Elementary - 03 | Sturgis | Meade School District 46-1 | 534 |
| 64 | Todd County High School - 01 | Mission | Todd County School District 66-1 | 533 |
| 65 | Creekside Elementary - 07 | Spearfish | Spearfish School District 40-2 | 531 |
| 66 | North Middle School - 35 | Rapid City | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | 531 |
| 67 | Tri-Valley Elementary - 02 | Colton | Tri-Valley School District 49-6 | 529 |
| 68 | Holgate Middle School - 02 | Aberdeen | Aberdeen School District 06-1 | 528 |
| 69 | Explorer Elementary - 04 | Sioux Falls | Harrisburg School District 41-2 | 523 |
| 70 | Todd County Elementary - 16 | Mission | Todd County School District 66-1 | 523 |
| 71 | Rapid Valley Elementary - 12 | Rapid City | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | 517 |
| 72 | Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05 | Piedmont | Meade School District 46-1 | 514 |
| 73 | Tea Area High School - 03 | Tea | Tea Area School District 41-5 | 510 |
| 74 | Camelot Intermediate - 06 | Brookings | Brookings School District 05-1 | 509 |
| 75 | St. Francis Indian School | St. Francis | — | 507 |
| 76 | Endeavor Elementary - 07 | Sioux Falls | Harrisburg School District 41-2 | 505 |
| 77 | Madison Elementary - 07 | Madison | Madison Central School District 39-2 | 504 |
| 78 | Tea Area Middle School - 02 | Tea | Tea Area School District 41-5 | 500 |
| 79 | Terry Redlin Elementary - 11 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 498 |
| 80 | Tiospa Zina Tribal School | Agency Village | — | 497 |
| 81 | Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01 | Tea | Tea Area School District 41-5 | 475 |
| 82 | Susan B. Anthony Elementary - 66 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 471 |
| 83 | Meadowbrook Elementary - 10 | Rapid City | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | 469 |
| 84 | Corral Drive Elementary - 21 | Rapid City | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | 468 |
| 85 | Stagebarn Middle School - 10 | Summerset | Meade School District 46-1 | 467 |
| 86 | Washington 4-5 Center - 20 | Huron | Huron School District 02-2 | 464 |
| 87 | Harrisburg South Middle School - 03 | Harrisburg | Harrisburg School District 41-2 | 460 |
| 88 | Horizon Elementary - 09 | Sioux Falls | Harrisburg School District 41-2 | 460 |
| 89 | Madison 2-3 Center - 19 | Huron | Huron School District 02-2 | 451 |
| 90 | Vandenberg Elementary - 02 | Box Elder | Douglas School District 51-1 | 448 |
| 91 | Buchanan K-1 Center - 18 | Huron | Huron School District 02-2 | 446 |
| 92 | L. B. Williams Elementary - 03 | Mitchell | Mitchell School District 17-2 | 446 |
| 93 | Rockyford School - 03 | Porcupine | Oglala Lakota County 65-1 | 445 |
| 94 | General Beadle Elementary - 01 | Rapid City | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | 442 |
| 95 | Hamlin Elementary - 09 | Hayti | Hamlin School District 28-3 | 440 |
| 96 | Robert Frost Elementary - 18 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 440 |
| 97 | Lowell Elementary - 28 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 435 |
| 98 | Dakota Prairie Elementary - 07 | Brookings | Brookings School District 05-1 | 432 |
| 99 | Freedom Elementary - 06 | Harrisburg | Harrisburg School District 41-2 | 432 |
| 100 | Todd County Middle School - 10 | Mission | Todd County School District 66-1 | 429 |
| 101 | Laura Wilder Elementary - 31 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 424 |
| 102 | Belle Fourche High School - 01 | Belle Fourche | Belle Fourche School District 09-1 | 423 |
| 103 | Jefferson Elementary - 06 | Pierre | Pierre School District 32-2 | 423 |
| 104 | Buchanan Elementary - 03 | Pierre | Pierre School District 32-2 | 419 |
| 105 | Milbank Elementary - 03 | Milbank | Milbank School District 25-4 | 416 |
| 106 | Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 | Mitchell | Mitchell School District 17-2 | 411 |
| 107 | South Park Elementary - 03 | Belle Fourche | Belle Fourche School District 09-1 | 407 |
| 108 | Sturgis Williams Middle School - 02 | Sturgis | Meade School District 46-1 | 406 |
| 109 | West Central High School - 01 | Hartford | West Central School District 49-7 | 406 |
| 110 | Simmons Elementary - 10 | Aberdeen | Aberdeen School District 06-1 | 402 |
| 111 | Dakota Valley Elementary - 02 | North Sioux City | Dakota Valley School District 61-8 | 400 |
| 112 | Dell Rapids Elementary - 02 | Dell Rapids | Dell Rapids School District 49-3 | 398 |
| 113 | Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 398 |
| 114 | Belle Fourche Middle School - 07 | Belle Fourche | Belle Fourche School District 09-1 | 397 |
| 115 | Kennedy Elementary - 08 | Pierre | Pierre School District 32-2 | 397 |
| 116 | Dakota Valley High School - 01 | North Sioux City | Dakota Valley School District 61-8 | 396 |
| 117 | Chamberlain Elementary - 03 | Chamberlain | Chamberlain School District 07-1 | 391 |
| 118 | Beadle Elementary - 03 | Yankton | Yankton School District 63-3 | 386 |
| 119 | Black Hawk Elementary - 03 | Black Hawk | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | 385 |
| 120 | Lawrence Elementary - 02 | Canton | Canton School District 41-1 | 385 |
| 121 | Robbinsdale Elementary - 14 | Rapid City | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | 382 |
| 122 | Westside Elementary - 03 | Sisseton | Sisseton School District 54-2 | 381 |
| 123 | Lennox Elementary - 02 | Lennox | Lennox School District 41-4 | 376 |
| 124 | Vermillion High School - 01 | Vermillion | Vermillion School District 13-1 | 376 |
| 125 | Tea Area Venture Elementary - 06 | Tea | Tea Area School District 41-5 | 373 |
| 126 | Canyon Lake Elementary - 04 | Rapid City | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | 372 |
| 127 | Lincoln Elementary - 04 | Yankton | Yankton School District 63-3 | 371 |
| 128 | Lincoln Elementary - 05 | Watertown | Watertown School District 14-4 | 371 |
| 129 | C C Lee Elementary - 05 | Aberdeen | Aberdeen School District 06-1 | 367 |
| 130 | Jefferson Elementary - 09 | Watertown | Watertown School District 14-4 | 367 |
| 131 | Pinedale Elementary - 11 | Rapid City | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | 366 |
| 132 | Hawthorne Elementary - 56 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 365 |
| 133 | Wagner Elementary - 02 | Wagner | Wagner Community School District 11-4 | 363 |
| 134 | Dakota Valley Middle School - 03 | North Sioux City | Dakota Valley School District 61-8 | 361 |
| 135 | Grandview Elementary - 06 | Rapid City | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | 359 |
| 136 | Laura B. Anderson Elementary - 10 | Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 356 |
| 137 | Winner Elementary - 04 | Winner | Winner School District 59-2 | 355 |
| 138 | May Overby Elementary - 09 | Aberdeen | Aberdeen School District 06-1 | 348 |
| 139 | Jolley Elementary - 04 | Vermillion | Vermillion School District 13-1 | 345 |
| 140 | Madison High School - 01 | Madison | Madison Central School District 39-2 | 343 |
| 141 | Lennox High School - 01 | Lennox | Lennox School District 41-4 | 342 |
| 142 | Rapid City High School - 45 | Rapid City | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | 342 |
| 143 | Webster Elementary - 06 | Yankton | Yankton School District 63-3 | 342 |
| 144 | West Central Humboldt Elementary - 02 | Humboldt | West Central School District 49-7 | 339 |
| 145 | Hot Springs Elementary - 02 | Hot Springs | Hot Springs School District 23-2 | 337 |
| 146 | Medary Elementary - 05 | Brookings | Brookings School District 05-1 | 333 |
| 147 | Woodrow Wilson Elementary - 17 | Rapid City | Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | 333 |
| 148 | Journey Elementary - 05 | Sioux Falls | Harrisburg School District 41-2 | 328 |
| 149 | Milbank High School - 01 | Milbank | Milbank School District 25-4 | 327 |
| 150 | Longfellow Elementary - 05 | Mitchell | Mitchell School District 17-2 | 324 |