Best public high schools in South Dakota

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A class of high schoolers as viewed from the rear.
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- Location: Harrisburg School District, SD
- Enrollment: 1,478 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B
#30. Harrisburg High School
A student filling out a scantron form for a multiple choice test.
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- Location: Baltic School District, SD
- Enrollment: 171 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B
#29. Baltic High School
A student talking to a teacher in the hallway.
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- Location: Britton-Hecla School District, SD
- Enrollment: 108 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B
#28. Britton-Hecla High School
A student standing next to their backpack as seen from the knee down.
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- Location: Madison Central School District, SD
- Enrollment: 352 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B
#27. Madison High School
Students walking down a hallway with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: Wolsey Wessington School District, SD
- Enrollment: 112 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B
#26. Wolsey Wessington High School
A high school student doing a chemical experiment.
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- Location: Chamberlain School District, SD
- Enrollment: 260 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B
#25. Chamberlain High School
A high school student sitting at a desk writing on a piece of paper.
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- Location: Spearfish School District, SD
- Enrollment: 751 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B
#24. Spearfish High School
A student raising their hand in class.
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- Location: Clark School District, SD
- Enrollment: 105 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B
#23. Clark High School
An empty school hallway lined with red lockers.
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- Location: Gregory School District, SD
- Enrollment: 112 (10:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#22. Gregory High School
A student solving a math equation on a whiteboard.
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- Location: Parker School District, SD
- Enrollment: 154 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#21. Parker High School
A row of empty desks with notebooks and pencils on them.
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- Location: Brookings School District, SD
- Enrollment: 999 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#20. Brookings High School
A hallway lined with green lockers.
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- Location: Hill City School District, SD
- Enrollment: 170 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#19. Hill City High School
A side view of a person using a laptop in the school library.
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- Location: Howard School District, SD
- Enrollment: 106 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#18. Howard High School
An empty classroom as viewed from the back.
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- Location: Lyman School District, SD
- Enrollment: 94 (9:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#17. Lyman High School
A pencil case full of pens, pencils, and highlighters spilling on a table.
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- Location: Haakon School District, SD
- Enrollment: 95 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#16. Philip High School
A group of students walking down the hall with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: Hamlin School District, SD
- Enrollment: 225 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#15. Hamlin High School
An overhead view of high school pupils in group study sitting around circular tables.
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- Location: Pierre School District, SD
- Enrollment: 854 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#14. T.F. Riggs High School
Students using microscopes in science class.
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- Location: Rapid City Area School District, SD
- Enrollment: 1,726 (20:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#13. Stevens High School
High school students studying and reading together in their school library.
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- Location: Freeman School District, SD
- Enrollment: 82 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#12. Freeman High School
Students raising their hands for class participation.
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- Location: Dakota Valley School District, SD
- Enrollment: 433 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#11. Dakota Valley High School
A stack of textbooks with pens on top of them next to an open notebook.
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- Location: Sioux Falls School District, SD
- Enrollment: 1,803 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#10. Roosevelt High School
Two students sharing a book.
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- Location: Wagner Community School District, SD
- Enrollment: 196 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#9. Wagner High School
A high school student doing classwork on their laptop.
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- Location: Sioux Falls School District, SD
- Enrollment: 1,873 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#8. Washington High School
A teacher writing an equation on a blackboard using chalk.
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- Location: Sioux Valley School District, SD
- Enrollment: 197 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#7. Sioux Valley High School
Students' backpacks sitting on a hallway floor.
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- Location: Parkston School District, SD
- Enrollment: 142 (10:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#6. Parkston High School
Bookshelves at a high school's library.
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- Location: Sioux Falls School District, SD
- Enrollment: 1,898 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#5. Lincoln High School
A stack of spiral noteboooks in front of a wooden background.
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- Location: Mobridge-Pollock School District, SD
- Enrollment: 202 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#4. Mobridge High School
Two rows of red lockers.
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- Location: Platte-Geddes School District, SD
- Enrollment: 125 (10:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#3. Platte-Geddes High School
Empty desks in a high school classroom.
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- Location: Brandon Valley School District, SD
- Enrollment: 1,306 (21:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#2. Brandon Valley High School
A closeup of a student taking notes in class.
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- Location: Mitchell School District, SD
- Enrollment: 916 (19:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-

This story features data reporting and writing by Emma Rubin and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 50 states.

#1. Mitchell High School
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