South Dakota · NCES CCD 2024-25

Largest Schools in South Dakota

The 50 largest public schools in South Dakota, ranked by total student enrollment from NCES CCD 2024-25.

Compiled from official source data by .
1,998
Largest school
945
Avg across top 50
50
Schools listed

The ranking in one line

Central High School - 41 in Rapid City is South Dakota's largest public school with 1,998 students enrolled.

1,998
students at Central High School - 41
17.7:1
student-teacher ratio at the largest school
945
average across the top 50
# School Enrollment
1 Central High School - 41 Rapid City 1,998
2 Lincoln High School - 02 Sioux Falls 1,954
3 Jefferson High School - 67 Sioux Falls 1,888
4 Washington High School - 01 Sioux Falls 1,819
5 Harrisburg High School - 01 Harrisburg 1,806
6 Roosevelt High School - 03 Sioux Falls 1,785
7 Stevens High School - 42 Rapid City 1,771
8 Central High School - 01 Aberdeen 1,384
9 Brandon Valley High School - 01 Brandon 1,381
10 Watertown High School - 01 Watertown 1,222
11 Memorial Middle School - 04 Sioux Falls 1,133
12 Patriot Elementary -06 Box Elder 982
13 Brookings High School - 01 Brookings 979
14 Edison Middle School - 06 Sioux Falls 937
15 Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 Sioux Falls 925
16 Yankton High School - 01 Yankton 923
17 Ben Reifel Middle School - 68 Sioux Falls 885
18 Mitchell High School - 01 Mitchell 879
19 Discovery Elementary - 26 Sioux Falls 873
20 T F Riggs High School - 01 Pierre 855
21 Huron High School - 01 Huron 852
22 Rf Pettigrew Elementary - 17 Sioux Falls 846
23 Sturgis Brown High School - 01 Sturgis 845
24 Brandon Valley Intermediate - 07 Brandon 829
25 Spearfish High School - 01 Spearfish 787
26 George S. Mickelson Middle School - 02 Brookings 780
27 George Mcgovern Middle School -09 Sioux Falls 780
28 Brandon Valley Middle School - 02 Brandon 759
29 Douglas High School - 03 Box Elder 739
30 Brandon Elementary - 03 Brandon 728
31 Hayward Elementary - 38 Sioux Falls 728
32 Tea Area High School - 03 Tea 717
33 Huron Middle School - 02 Huron 716
34 Sonia Sotomayor Elementary - 65 Sioux Falls 690
35 Harvey Dunn Elementary - 54 Sioux Falls 681
36 Whittier Middle School - 08 Sioux Falls 675
37 Georgia Morse Middle School - 02 Pierre 672
38 John Harris Elementary - 23 Sioux Falls 666
39 John F. Kennedy Elementary - 57 Sioux Falls 661
40 Douglas Middle School - 01 Box Elder 633
41 Anne Sullivan Elementary - 20 Sioux Falls 632
42 South Middle School - 36 Rapid City 618
43 Rosa Parks Elementary - 15 Sioux Falls 618
44 Southwest Middle School - 38 Rapid City 614
45 East Middle School - 30 Rapid City 613
46 Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 Sioux Falls 608
47 Yankton Middle School - 02 Yankton 608
48 Valley View Elementary - 13 Rapid City 605
49 West Middle School - 37 Rapid City 591
50 Tea Area Middle School - 02 Tea 583

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Methodology

Enrollment data comes from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 school year. Schools are ranked by total student enrollment. Student-teacher ratios are calculated from full-time equivalent (FTE) teacher counts reported by each school.

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