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The Midwest > South Dakota > Education

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Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Math 4% [38th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Reading 6% [40th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 8 Math 6% [22nd of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 8 Reading 2% [38th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Math 86% [9th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Reading 70% [13th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 8 Math 80% [3rd of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 8 Reading 82% [3rd of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 4 Math 41% [12th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 4 Reading 33% [23rd of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Math 36% [7th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Reading 35% [14th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Math 242 [12th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Reading 222 [19th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Math 287 [3rd of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Reading 269 [6th of 51]
Bachelor's degree or higher, by percentage 25.5% [28th of 51]
Best Educated Index 2.29 [18th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Eighth Grade Students 10,082 [47th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Eighth Grade Students (per capita) 0.13 per 10 people [25th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Eleventh Grade Students 9,585 [45th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Eleventh Grade Students (per capita) 0.124 per 10 people [12th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Fifth Grade Students 9,430 [46th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Fifth Grade Students (per capita) 0.122 per 10 people [24th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > First Grade Students 8,869 [47th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > First Grade Students (per capita) 0.114 per 10 people [32nd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Fourth Grade Students 9,140 [46th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Fourth Grade Students (per capita) 0.118 per 10 people [28th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible 28,678 [41st of 46]
    Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible (per capita) 0.37 per 10 people [35th of 46]
Elementary & Secondary > Individualized Education Program 17,130 [46th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Individualized Education Program (per capita) 0.221 per 10 people [33rd of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Kindergarten Students 9,201 [46th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Kindergarten Students (per capita) 0.119 per 10 people [23rd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > LEP/ELL Students 4,477 [39th of 47]
    Elementary & Secondary > LEP/ELL Students (per capita) 0.577 per 100 people [31st of 47]
Elementary & Secondary > Ninth Grade Students 10,375 [47th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Ninth Grade Students (per capita) 0.134 per 10 people [35th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Prekindergarten Students 2,132 [42nd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Prekindergarten Students (per capita) 2.748 per 1,000 people [23rd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Pupil/Teacher Ratio 13.6 students per teacher [39th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Reduced-price Lunch Eligible 10,803 [38th of 46]
    Elementary & Secondary > Reduced-price Lunch Eligible (per capita) 0.139 per 10 people [15th of 46]
Elementary & Secondary > Second Grade Students 8,818 [46th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Second Grade Students (per capita) 0.114 per 10 people [29th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Seventh Grade Students 9,756 [46th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Seventh Grade Students (per capita) 0.126 per 10 people [34th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Sixth Grade Students 9,825 [46th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Sixth Grade Students (per capita) 0.127 per 10 people [24th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Tenth Grade Students 9,996 [46th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Tenth Grade Students (per capita) 0.129 per 10 people [18th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Third Grade Students 8,762 [47th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Third Grade Students (per capita) 0.113 per 10 people [37th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Number of Schools 741 [39th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Number of Schools (per capita) 0.955 per 1,000 people [1st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Staff 18,026 [43rd of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Staff (per capita) 0.232 per 10 people [8th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students 125,537 [46th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students (per capita) 0.162 per capita [20th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- American Indian/Alaskan 13,418 [13th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- American Indian/Alaskan (per capita) 17.293 per 1,000 people [5th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Asian/Pacific Islander 1,310 [48th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Asian/Pacific Islander (per capita) 0.169 per 100 people [43rd of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic 1,903 [46th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic (per capita) 0.245 per 100 people [43rd of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Hispanic 2,268 [46th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Hispanic (per capita) 0.292 per 100 people [43rd of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- White, non-Hispanic 106,638 [43rd of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- White, non-Hispanic (per capita) 1.374 per 10 people [10th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Teachers 9,245 [45th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Teachers (per capita) 0.119 per 10 people [10th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- female 60,663 [43rd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- female (per capita) 0.078 per capita [27th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- male 64,874 [43rd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- male (per capita) 0.084 per capita [21st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- unknown 0 [38th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- unknown (per capita) 0 per 1 million people [19th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Twelfth Grade Students 9,566 [45th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Twelfth Grade Students (per capita) 0.123 per 10 people [10th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures $851,429,075.00 [49th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.29 per $10 of GDP [41st of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures (per capita) $1,097.30 per capita [39th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal $151,235,357.00 [45th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.51 per $100 of GDP [7th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal (per capita) $194.91 per capita [5th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal $498,922,190.00 [48th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.17 per $10 of GDP [43rd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal (per capita) $643.00 per capita [41st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues $11,474,829.00 [16th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues (per $ GDP) $3,900.48 per $10 million of GDP [9th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues (per capita) $1,478.84 per 100 people [9th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal $476,195,845.00 [43rd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $1.62 per $100 of GDP [22nd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal (per capita) $613.71 per capita [22nd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal $45,406,830.00 [46th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $1.54 per $1,000 of GDP [20th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal (per capita) $58.52 per capita [20th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues $325,090,630.00 [49th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues (per $ GDP) $0.11 per $10 of GDP [49th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues (per capita) $418.97 per capita [49th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal $307,100,055.00 [49th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.10 per $10 of GDP [37th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal (per capita) $395.78 per capita [36th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education $976,689,921.00 [49th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education (per $ GDP) $0.33 per $10 of GDP [41st of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education (per capita) $1,258.73 per capita [37th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources $963,996,661.00 [49th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources (per $ GDP) $0.33 per $10 of GDP [43rd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources (per capita) $1,242.37 per capita [38th of 51]
High school diploma or higher, by percentage 87.5% [23rd of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree 23.2 % [41st of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree 5.9 % [51st of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed High School (Including Equivalency) 89.4 % [8th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > American Indian / Alaska Native 391 [20th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > American Indian / Alaska Native (per capita) 5.039 per 10,000 people [6th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Asian / Pacific Islander 103 [48th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Asian / Pacific Islander (per capita) 0.133 per 1,000 people [40th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors 4,752 [48th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors (per capita) 0.612 per 100 people [9th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Black, Non-Hispanic 84 [46th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Black, Non-Hispanic (per capita) 1.083 per 10,000 people [46th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Doctors 91 [45th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Doctors (per capita) 1.173 per 10,000 people [35th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Hispanic 78 [50th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Hispanic (per capita) 0.101 per 1,000 people [47th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters 1,116 [46th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters (per capita) 0.144 per 100 people [34th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Nonresident Alien 166 [49th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Nonresident Alien (per capita) 0.214 per 1,000 people [49th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Race / Ethnicity Unknown 693 [38th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Race / Ethnicity Unknown (per capita) 8.931 per 10,000 people [14th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Total 9,578 [45th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Total (per capita) 1.234 per 100 people [16th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > White 8,063 [43rd of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > White (per capita) 1.039 per 100 people [11th of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Four Year 20 [40th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Four Year (per capita) 2.578 per 100,000 people [3rd of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, For Profit 4 [38th of 49]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, For Profit (per capita) 5.155 per 1 million people [7th of 49]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, Not For Profit 8 [41st of 50]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, Not For Profit (per capita) 10.31 per 1 million people [6th of 50]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Public 14 [40th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Public (per capita) 1.804 per 100,000 people [3rd of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Total Degree Granting Title IV Eligible 26 [40th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Total Degree Granting Title IV Eligible (per capita) 0.335 per 10,000 people [2nd of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Two Year 6 [45th of 50]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Two Year (per capita) 0.773 per 100,000 people [13th of 50]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > American Indian / Alaska Native 3,857 [12th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > American Indian / Alaska Native (per capita) 4.971 per 1,000 people [4th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Asian / Pacific Islander 382 [50th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Asian / Pacific Islander (per capita) 0.492 per 1,000 people [50th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Black, Non-Hispanic 637 [48th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Black, Non-Hispanic (per capita) 0.821 per 1,000 people [46th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Female 27,749 [46th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Female (per capita) 0.358 per 10 people [17th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > First-Professional 626 [45th of 50]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > First-Professional (per capita) 0.807 per 1,000 people [34th of 50]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Graduate 4,880 [46th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Graduate (per capita) 0.629 per 100 people [28th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Hispanic 489 [50th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Hispanic (per capita) 0.63 per 1,000 people [47th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Male 20,959 [47th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Male (per capita) 0.27 per 10 people [16th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Nonresident Alien 1,150 [47th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Nonresident Alien (per capita) 0.148 per 100 people [32nd of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Race / Ethnicity Unknown 2,419 [45th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Race / Ethnicity Unknown (per capita) 3.118 per 1,000 people [29th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Undergraduate 43,202 [46th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Undergraduate (per capita) 0.557 per 10 people [12th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > White 39,774 [45th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > White (per capita) 0.513 per 10 people [10th of 51]
Public Libraries > ALA-MLS Librarians(FTE) 36 [49th of 51]
    Public Libraries > ALA-MLS Librarians(FTE) (per capita) 0.464 per 10,000 people [45th of 51]
Public Libraries > Audio Materials per 1,000 Population 128.1 [27th of 51]
Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures $509,694.00 [50th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures (per $ GDP) $17.33 per $1 million of GDP [47th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures (per capita) $6.57 per 10 people [47th of 51]
Public Libraries > Children's Program Attendance 173,537 [45th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Children's Program Attendance (per capita) 0.224 per capita [15th of 51]
Public Libraries > Circulation of Children's Materials 1,558,850 [47th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Circulation of Children's Materials (per capita) 2.009 per capita [29th of 51]
Public Libraries > Current Print Serial Subscriptions per 1,000 Population 8.9 [15th of 51]
Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures $188,692.00 [41st of 50]
    Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.64 per $100,000 of GDP [24th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures (per capita) $2.43 per 10 people [25th of 50]
Public Libraries > Federal Revenue $6,511.00 [48th of 49]
    Public Libraries > Federal Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.22 per $1 million of GDP [48th of 49]
    Public Libraries > Federal Revenue (per capita) $0.84 per 100 people [48th of 49]
Public Libraries > Library Visits per Capita 5.6 [10th of 51]
Public Libraries > Local Revenue $15,152,891.00 [46th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Local Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.52 per $1,000 of GDP [34th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Local Revenue (per capita) $19.53 per capita [31st of 50]
Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles 8 [29th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles (per capita) 10.31 per 1 million people [4th of 50]
Public Libraries > Number of Branch Libraries 19 [44th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Branch Libraries (per capita) 0.245 per 10,000 people [26th of 51]
Public Libraries > Number of Central Libraries 125 [23rd of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Central Libraries (per capita) 16.11 per 100,000 people [5th of 51]
Public Libraries > Number of Public Internet Terminals 663 [44th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Public Internet Terminals (per capita) 0.854 per 1,000 people [4th of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures $2,543,760.00 [50th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.09 per $1,000 of GDP [45th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures (per capita) $3.28 per capita [43rd of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Revenue $843,910.00 [51st of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.29 per $10,000 of GDP [46th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Revenue (per capita) $1.09 per capita [43rd of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Staff(FTE) 192.5 [47th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Staff(FTE) (per capita) 0.248 per 1,000 people [32nd of 51]
Public Libraries > Public Service Hours 184,616 [43rd of 51]
    Public Libraries > Public Service Hours (per capita) 0.238 per capita [7th of 51]
Public Libraries > Reference Transactions per Capita 0.8 [31st of 51]
Public Libraries > State Revenue $800.00 [50th of 50]
    Public Libraries > State Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.27 per $10 million of GDP [50th of 50]
    Public Libraries > State Revenue (per capita) $0.10 per 100 people [50th of 50]
Public Libraries > Total Circulation per Capita 8.6 [14th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures $2,342,173.00 [46th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.80 per $10,000 of GDP [37th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures (per capita) $3.02 per capita [34th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Librarians(FTE) 117.8 [48th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Librarians(FTE) (per capita) 0.152 per 1,000 people [30th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures $15,206,471.00 [49th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.52 per $1,000 of GDP [40th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures (per capita) $19.60 per capita [36th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Revenue $16,004,112.00 [49th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.54 per $1,000 of GDP [39th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Revenue (per capita) $20.63 per capita [37th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures $10,323,887.00 [48th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.35 per $1,000 of GDP [38th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures (per capita) $13.31 per capita [35th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Staff(FTE) 310.3 [48th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff(FTE) (per capita) 0.4 per 1,000 people [33rd of 51]
Public Libraries > Users of Electronic Resources 1,071,250 [40th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Users of Electronic Resources (per capita) 1.381 per capita [7th of 50]
Public Libraries > Video Materials per 1,000 Population 156.6 [11th of 51]

SOURCES: National Center for Educational Statistics; National Center for Educational Statistics ; US Census Bureau, 2004.; Morgan Quitno Press, 2005; American Community Survey 2004

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