South Dakota Public Schools

South Dakota is the #41 largest school system in the United States, serving 132,467 students across 728 public schools. There are 22 Blue Ribbon Schools, and 11 special education schools. The student ethnicity breakdown in the state is show below:

Student by Ethnicity

(SD) School Average
% American Indian		 16%
% Asian		 1%
% Hispanic		 3%
% Black		 2%
% White		 76%
Unknown		 2%

South Dakota Public Schools by County

County
# High
# Middle
# Elementary
1. Aurora County 4 4 3
2. Beadle County 4 4 10
3. Bennett County 1 1 2
4. Bon Homme County 4 3 6
5. Brookings County 7 5 7
6. Brown County 9 7 12
7. Brule County 3 2 3
8. Butte County 3 2 3
9. Campbell County 1 1 1
10. Charles Mix County 4 5 8
11. Clark County 2 2 8
12. Clay County 2 2 3
13. Codington County 5 4 10
14. Corson County 3 2 4
15. Custer County 2 2 4
16. Davison County 4 3 7
17. Day County 2 2 3
18. Deuel County 1 1 2
19. Dewey County 6 7 7
20. Douglas County 2 2 2
21. Edmunds County 3 3 6
22. Fall River County 4 2 4
23. Faulk County 1 1 5
24. Grant County 3 3 3
25. Gregory County 3 3 3
26. Haakon County 1 1 3
27. Hamlin County 4 4 5
28. Hand County 1 1 2
29. Hanson County 3 1 5
30. Harding County 1 1 3
31. Hughes County 1 1 6
32. Hutchinson County 6 4 12
33. Hyde County 2 2 2
34. Jackson County 2 1 5
35. Jerauld County 2 1 2
36. Jones County 1 1 1
37. Kingsbury County 4 4 6
38. Lake County 6 4 7
39. Lawrence County 5 3 11
40. Lincoln County 4 4 8
41. Lyman County 2 2 3
42. Marshall County 2 2 5
43. Mccook County 3 4 6
44. Mcpherson County 2 2 5
45. Meade County 4 4 7
46. Mellette County 1 1 5
47. Miner County 1 1 1
48. Minnehaha County 24 22 48
49. Moody County 3 2 3
50. Pennington County 12 11 23
51. Perkins County 2 2 2
52. Potter County 2 2 2
53. Roberts County 5 4 7
54. Sanborn County 2 1 3
55. Shannon County 3 4 10
56. Spink County 5 5 8
57. Stanley County 1 1 2
58. Sully County 1 1 1
59. Todd County 3 4 7
60. Tripp County 2 2 3
61. Turner County 5 5 6
62. Union County 5 5 4
63. Walworth County 2 2 4
64. Yankton County 2 2 5
65. Ziebach County 1 1 1

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