Middle schools in South Dakota.
169 middle schools across 142 districts. Browse every school, filter by name, or jump to a district below.
Free profiles carry key facts; the full 122-field record is a member product.
What the numbers say across South Dakota.
Computed from this list's v2026.07 K12 Atlas records: school size, staffing ratios, grade spans, and sector mix. Facts, not scores.
students at the median middle school; the middle half of schools enroll between 47 and 208 students.
Reported enrollment · v2026.07
students per teacher at the median middle school reporting staffing.
Reported staffing · v2026.07
Most commonly reported grade spans in this list.
Reported grade spans · v2026.07
Public, public charter, and private records stay separate. Private schools without a comparable CCD level appear under the state's other-level directory.
Record mix · v2026.07
Concentration: the five most-represented districts account for 11.8% of this list (20 of 169 records); the five most-represented cities account for 14.8%.
South Dakota middle schools in 7 charts.
Drawn from the same v2026.07 records as the tables below. Free to reuse with a link to this page.
Districts with middle schools.
Every district with at least one middle-level record, sorted by record count. Cities counts the distinct reported cities among the district’s records here; Students sums reported enrollment for those same records. Linked districts open full school directories.
| Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | 7 | 1 | 5,366 |
| Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | 5 | 1 | 2,854 |
| Harrisburg School District 41-2 | 3 | 2 | 1,481 |
| Plankinton School District 01-1 | 3 | 1 | 58 |
| Aberdeen School District 06-1 | 2 | 1 | 961 |
| Brandon Valley School District 49-2 | 2 | 1 | 1,588 |
| Custer School District 16-1 | 2 | 2 | 149 |
| Eagle Butte School District 20-1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Lennox School District 41-4 | 2 | 1 | 354 |
| Meade School District 46-1 | 2 | 2 | 922 |
| Redfield School District 56-4 | 2 | 1 | 91 |
| Spearfish School District 40-2 | 2 | 1 | 547 |
| Watertown School District 14-4 | 2 | 1 | 1,107 |
| Agar-blunt-onida School District 58-3 | 1 | 1 | 66 |
| Alcester-hudson School District 61-1 | 1 | 1 | 53 |
| Andes Central School District 11-1 | 1 | 1 | 51 |
| Arlington School District 38-1 | 1 | 1 | 47 |
| Armour School District 21-1 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
| Avon School District 04-1 | 1 | 1 | 63 |
| Baltic School District 49-1 | 1 | 1 | 110 |
| Belle Fourche School District 09-1 | 1 | 1 | 414 |
| Bennett County School District 03-1 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
| Beresford School District 61-2 | 1 | 1 | 153 |
| Bison School District 52-1 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Black Hills Special Services Cooperative | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bon Homme School District 04-2 | 1 | 1 | 108 |
| Bridgewater-emery 30-3 | 1 | 1 | 85 |
| Britton-hecla School District 45-4 | 1 | 1 | 97 |
| Brookings School District 05-1 | 1 | 1 | 780 |
| Burke School District 26-2 | 1 | 1 | 62 |
| Canistota School District 43-1 | 1 | 1 | 68 |
| Canton School District 41-1 | 1 | 1 | 194 |
| Castlewood School District 28-1 | 1 | 1 | 76 |
| Centerville School District 60-1 | 1 | 1 | 61 |
| Chamberlain School District 07-1 | 1 | 1 | 208 |
| Chester Area School District 39-1 | 1 | 1 | 67 |
| Clark School District 12-2 | 1 | 1 | 72 |
| Colman-egan School District 50-5 | 1 | 1 | 36 |
| Colome Consolidated 59-3 | 1 | 1 | 32 |
| Corsica-stickney 21-3 | 1 | 1 | 52 |
| Dakota Valley School District 61-8 | 1 | 1 | 345 |
| De Smet School District 38-2 | 1 | 1 | 91 |
| Dell Rapids School District 49-3 | 1 | 1 | 295 |
| Deubrook Area School District 05-6 | 1 | 1 | 47 |
| Deuel School District 19-4 | 1 | 1 | 104 |
| Doland School District 56-2 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| Douglas School District 51-1 | 1 | 1 | 633 |
| Dupree School District 64-2 | 1 | 1 | 52 |
| East Dakota Educational Cooperative | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Edmunds Central School District 22-5 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| Elk Point-jefferson School District 61-7 | 1 | 1 | 151 |
| Elkton School District 05-3 | 1 | 1 | 65 |
| Estelline School District 28-2 | 1 | 1 | 60 |
| Ethan School District 17-1 | 1 | 1 | 39 |
| Eureka School District 44-1 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
| Faith School District 46-2 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Faulkton Area Schools 24-4 | 1 | 1 | 53 |
| Flandreau School District 50-3 | 1 | 1 | 193 |
| Florence School District 14-1 | 1 | 1 | 71 |
| Frederick Area School District 06-2 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| Freeman School District 33-1 | 1 | 1 | 49 |
| Garretson School District 49-4 | 1 | 1 | 105 |
| Gayville-volin School District 63-1 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
| Gettysburg School District 53-1 | 1 | 1 | 54 |
| Gregory School District 26-4 | 1 | 1 | 88 |
| Groton Area School District 06-6 | 1 | 1 | 132 |
| Haakon School District 27-1 | 1 | 1 | 71 |
| Hamlin School District 28-3 | 1 | 1 | 198 |
| Hanson School District 30-1 | 1 | 1 | 71 |
| Harding County School District 31-1 | 1 | 1 | 60 |
| Henry School District 14-2 | 1 | 1 | 45 |
| Herreid School District 10-1 | 1 | 1 | 35 |
| Highmore-harrold 34-2 | 1 | 1 | 34 |
| Hill City School District 51-2 | 1 | 1 | 115 |
| Hitchcock Tulare School District 56-6 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| Hot Springs School District 23-2 | 1 | 1 | 189 |
| Hoven School District 53-2 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Howard School District 48-3 | 1 | 1 | 75 |
| Huron School District 02-2 | 1 | 1 | 716 |
| Ipswich Public School District 22-6 | 1 | 1 | 85 |
| Irene - Wakonda School District 13-3 | 1 | 1 | 46 |
| Iroquois School District 02-3 | 1 | 1 | 48 |
| Jones County School District 37-3 | 1 | 1 | 57 |
| Kadoka Area School District 35-2 | 1 | 1 | 51 |
| Kimball School District 07-2 | 1 | 1 | 92 |
| Lake Preston School District 38-3 | 1 | 1 | 33 |
| Langford Area 45-5 | 1 | 1 | 44 |
| Lead-deadwood School District 40-1 | 1 | 1 | 139 |
| Lemmon School District 52-4 | 1 | 1 | 53 |
| Leola School District 44-2 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| Lyman School District 42-1 | 1 | 1 | 84 |
| Madison Central School District 39-2 | 1 | 1 | 270 |
| Marion School District 60-3 | 1 | 1 | 46 |
| Mccook Central School District 43-7 | 1 | 1 | 84 |
| Mcintosh School District 15-1 | 1 | 1 | 44 |
| Mclaughlin School District 15-2 | 1 | 1 | 85 |
| Menno School District 33-2 | 1 | 1 | 37 |
| Milbank School District 25-4 | 1 | 1 | 222 |
| Miller 29-4 | 1 | 1 | 74 |
| Mitchell School District 17-2 | 1 | 1 | 578 |
| Mobridge-pollock 62-6 | 1 | 1 | 110 |
| Montrose School District 43-2 | 1 | 1 | 53 |
| Mount Vernon School District 17-3 | 1 | 1 | 58 |
| New Underwood School District 51-3 | 1 | 1 | 75 |
| Newell School District 09-2 | 1 | 1 | 48 |
| Northwestern Area School District 56-7 | 1 | 1 | 56 |
| Oelrichs School District 23-3 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| Oldham-ramona-rutland 39-6 | 1 | 1 | 41 |
| Parker School District 60-4 | 1 | 1 | 74 |
| Parkston School District 33-3 | 1 | 1 | 98 |
| Pierre School District 32-2 | 1 | 1 | 672 |
| Platte - Geddes School District 11-5 | 1 | 1 | 94 |
| Rosholt School District 54-4 | 1 | 1 | 42 |
| Sanborn Central School District 55-5 | 1 | 1 | 35 |
| Scotland School District 04-3 | 1 | 1 | 84 |
| Selby Area School District 62-5 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| Sioux Valley School District 05-5 | 1 | 1 | 156 |
| Sisseton School District 54-2 | 1 | 1 | 281 |
| Smee School District 15-3 | 1 | 1 | 41 |
| Stanley County School District 57-1 | 1 | 1 | 106 |
| Tea Area School District 41-5 | 1 | 1 | 583 |
| Timber Lake School District 20-3 | 1 | 1 | 70 |
| Todd County School District 66-1 | 1 | 1 | 353 |
| Tri-valley School District 49-6 | 1 | 1 | 296 |
| Tripp-delmont School District 33-5 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Vermillion School District 13-1 | 1 | 1 | 343 |
| Viborg-hurley School District 60-6 | 1 | 1 | 114 |
| Wagner Community School District 11-4 | 1 | 1 | 283 |
| Wall School District 51-5 | 1 | 1 | 66 |
| Warner School District 06-5 | 1 | 1 | 83 |
| Waubay School District 18-3 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| Waverly School District 14-5 | 1 | 1 | 69 |
| Webster Area 18-5 | 1 | 1 | 108 |
| Wessington Springs School District 36-2 | 1 | 1 | 41 |
| West Central School District 49-7 | 1 | 1 | 297 |
| White Lake School District 01-3 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| White River School District 47-1 | 1 | 1 | 93 |
| Willow Lake School District 12-3 | 1 | 1 | 54 |
| Wilmot School District 54-7 | 1 | 1 | 58 |
| Winner School District 59-2 | 1 | 1 | 159 |
| Wolsey Wessington School District 02-6 | 1 | 1 | 75 |
| Yankton School District 63-3 | 1 | 1 | 608 |
District groups are record counts from v2026.07 K12 Atlas profiles, not evaluations.
Questions about South Dakota middle schools.
How many middle schools are in South Dakota?
K12 Atlas profiles 169 middle schools in South Dakota in release v2026.07, across 142 districts.
Are middle schools and junior high schools the same?
They overlap, but districts use different names and grade configurations. K12 Atlas keeps the reported school level and grade span visible.
How many students attend South Dakota middle schools?
31,847 students were enrolled across 169 middle schools in the 2024 directory release.
How many districts and cities have middle schools in South Dakota?
The directory lists 142 districts and 142 cities with middle-level school records.
What grades do South Dakota middle schools cover?
The most commonly reported grade spans are 06–08 (115), 07–08 (27), 05–08 (16). Each row in the tables above lists its own reported span.
How do I browse all middle schools in South Dakota?
Type in the find box above the districts table to filter by district name. School profiles for this state are not published yet; free key facts appear on every profile as coverage grows.
Can I download the full list of South Dakota middle schools?
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