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District directory · South Dakota · 2026–27

School districts in South Dakota by county

South Dakota has 147 regular public school districts across 65 counties, enrolling 140,428 students in 2024–25. South Dakota children must turn 5 by September 1 to start kindergarten, in every district — see the South Dakota kindergarten cutoff.

The largest is Sioux Falls School District 49-5 in Minnehaha County (25,051 students). Minnehaha County has the most districts, 7. In 23 of the 65 counties, only one district has its office. Every district is listed by name in the table below.

South Dakota counties and their districts

School districts in South Dakota by county, 2026–27
CountyDistrictsEnrollment (2024–25)School districts
Aurora County2411Plankinton School District 01-1, White Lake School District 01-3
Beadle County23,384Huron School District 02-2, Wolsey Wessington School District 02-6
Bennett County1442Bennett County School District 03-1
Bon Homme County31,071Bon Homme School District 04-2, Scotland School District 04-3, Avon School District 04-1
Brookings County45,146Brookings School District 05-1, Sioux Valley School District 05-5, Deubrook Area School District 05-6, Elkton School District 05-3
Brown County45,311Aberdeen School District 06-1, Groton Area School District 06-6, Warner School District 06-5, Frederick Area School District 06-2
Brule County21,205Chamberlain School District 07-1, Kimball School District 07-2
Butte County21,469Belle Fourche School District 09-1, Newell School District 09-2
Campbell County1147Herreid School District 10-1
Charles Mix County31,764Wagner Community School District 11-4, Platte - Geddes School District 11-5, Andes Central School District 11-1
Clark County2841Clark School District 12-2, Willow Lake School District 12-3
Clay County11,381Vermillion School District 13-1
Codington County44,433Watertown School District 14-4, Florence School District 14-1, Waverly School District 14-5, Henry School District 14-2
Corson County3746McLaughlin School District 15-2, Wakpala School District 15-3, McIntosh School District 15-1
Custer County2903Custer School District 16-1, Elk Mountain School District 16-2
Davison County33,161Mitchell School District 17-2, Ethan School District 17-1, Mount Vernon School District 17-3
Day County2723Webster Area School District 18-5, Waubay School District 18-3
Deuel County1550Deuel School District 19-4
Dewey County1372Timber Lake School District 20-3
Douglas County2500Corsica-Stickney 21-3, Armour School District 21-1
Edmunds County3696Ipswich Public School District 22-6, Edmunds Central School District 22-5, Bowdle School District 22-1
Fall River County3953Hot Springs School District 23-2, Oelrichs School District 23-3, Edgemont School District 23-1
Faulk County1404Faulkton Area Schools 24-4
Grant County1973Milbank School District 25-4
Gregory County3755Gregory School District 26-4, Burke School District 26-2, South Central School District 26-5
Haakon County1326Haakon School District 27-1
Hamlin County31,533Hamlin School District 28-3, Castlewood School District 28-1, Estelline School District 28-2
Hand County1483Miller School District 29-4
Hanson County1384Hanson School District 30-1
Harding County1227Harding County School District 31-1
Hughes County12,749Pierre School District 32-2
Hutchinson County41,409Parkston School District 33-3, Freeman School District 33-1, Menno School District 33-2, Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5
Hyde County1229Highmore-Harrold School District 34-2
Jackson County1283Kadoka Area School District 35-2
Jerauld County1461Wessington Springs School District 36-2
Jones County1180Jones County School District 37-3
Kingsbury County41,044De Smet School District 38-2, Arlington School District 38-1, Iroquois School District 02-3, Lake Preston School District 38-3
Lake County32,039Madison Central School District 39-2, Chester Area School District 39-1, Oldham-Ramona-Rutland School District 39-6
Lawrence County23,032Spearfish School District 40-2, Lead-Deadwood School District 40-1
Lincoln County410,811Harrisburg School District 41-2, Tea Area School District 41-5, Lennox School District 41-4, Canton School District 41-1
Lyman County1335Lyman School District 42-1
Marshall County2726Britton-Hecla School District 45-4, Langford Area School District 45-5
McCook County41,357McCook Central School District 43-7, Bridgewater-Emery 30-3, Canistota School District 43-1, Montrose School District 43-2
McPherson County2368Leola School District 44-2, Eureka School District 44-1
Meade County23,228Meade School District 46-1, Faith School District 46-2
Mellette County1420White River School District 47-1
Miner County1356Howard School District 48-3
Minnehaha County734,562Sioux Falls School District 49-5, Brandon Valley School District 49-2, West Central School District 49-7, Dell Rapids School District 49-3, Tri-Valley School District 49-6, Baltic School District 49-1, Garretson School District 49-4
Moody County21,044Flandreau School District 50-3, Colman-Egan School District 50-5
Oglala Lakota County11,696Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1
Pennington County516,189Rapid City Area School District 51-4, Douglas School District 51-1, Hill City School District 51-2, New Underwood School District 51-3, Wall School District 51-5
Perkins County2424Lemmon School District 52-4, Bison School District 52-1
Potter County2326Gettysburg School District 53-1, Hoven School District 53-2
Roberts County41,616Sisseton School District 54-2, Rosholt School District 54-4, Wilmot School District 54-7, Summit School District 54-6
Sanborn County2484Woonsocket School District 55-4, Sanborn Central School District 55-5
Spink County41,287Redfield School District 56-4, Northwestern Area School District 56-7, Hitchcock Tulare School District 56-6, Doland School District 56-2
Stanley County1432Stanley County School District 57-1
Sully County1216Agar-Blunt-Onida School District 58-3
Todd County11,980Todd County School District 66-1
Tripp County2962Winner School District 59-2, Colome School District 59-3
Turner County51,620Parker School District 60-4, Viborg-Hurley School District 60-6, Irene - Wakonda School District 13-3, Centerville School District 60-1, Marion School District 60-3
Union County43,037Dakota Valley School District 61-8, Elk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7, Beresford School District 61-2, Alcester-Hudson School District 61-1
Walworth County2784Mobridge-Pollock School District 62-6, Selby Area School District 62-5
Yankton County23,302Yankton School District 63-3, Gayville-Volin School District 63-1
Ziebach County2746Eagle Butte School District 20-1, Dupree School District 64-2

Which district am I in?

Each district draws its own attendance boundaries, and a district can cross county lines, so the county your home is in narrows it down but does not settle it. The district office or its website can confirm which school serves your address. Kindergarten registration is also handled by the district, not the state.

Sources

District list, grades, school counts and websites: NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) LEA Universe Directory, SY 2025-26 (preliminary, v0a), published July 1, 2026. Regular public districts only (NCES LEA types 1 and 2); charter-only, state-run and regional service agencies are not listed.
Enrollment: NCES CCD LEA Membership, SY 2024-25 (v1a), published December 29, 2025 — the newest year NCES has released.
Counties: NCES EDGE Public LEA Geocodes, SY 2024-25 (district office location) and NCES EDGE Geographic Relationship Files 2025 (grf25_lea_county) (counties each district boundary covers).
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