The South Dakota Department of Education has posted Fall 2020 enrollment figures for our K-12 schools. Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, our 149 public school districts reported a meager 0.08% decline in K-12 enrollment, dropping 105 kids from 136,133 in Fall 2019 to 136,028 in Fall 2020. 66 school districts lost students; 80 schools gained; three (Vermillion, Smee, and Beresford) saw unchanged student counts.
| District No. | District Name | 2019 K-12 enrollment | 2020 K-12 enrollment | %chg | #chg |
| 26005 | South Central 26-5 | 42 | 31 | -26.19% | -11 |
| 16002 | Elk Mountain 16-2 | 11 | 9 | -18.18% | -2 |
| 15001 | McIntosh 15-1 | 166 | 141 | -15.06% | -25 |
| 1,001 | Plankinton 01-1 | 333 | 284 | -14.71% | -49 |
| 26002 | Burke 26-2 | 280 | 253 | -9.64% | -27 |
| 59003 | Colome Consolidated | 220 | 202 | -8.18% | -18 |
| 56002 | Doland 56-2 | 151 | 139 | -7.95% | -12 |
| 35002 | Kadoka Area 35-2 | 337 | 311 | -7.72% | -26 |
| 20001 | Eagle Butte 20-1 | 339 | 318 | -6.19% | -21 |
| 39005 | Oldham-Ramona 39-5 | 162 | 152 | -6.17% | -10 |
| 49004 | Garretson 49-4 | 492 | 462 | -6.10% | -30 |
| 51004 | Rapid City Area 51-4 | 13,462 | 12,690 | -5.73% | -772 |
| 48003 | Howard 48-3 | 358 | 339 | -5.31% | -19 |
| 3,001 | Bennett County 03-1 | 512 | 487 | -4.88% | -25 |
| 18005 | Webster Area | 523 | 499 | -4.59% | -24 |
| 29004 | Miller | 443 | 423 | -4.51% | -20 |
| 56006 | Hitchcock-Tulare | 229 | 219 | -4.37% | -10 |
| 20003 | Timber Lake 20-3 | 349 | 334 | -4.30% | -15 |
| 2,003 | Iroquois 02-3 | 212 | 203 | -4.25% | -9 |
| 16001 | Custer 16-1 | 928 | 890 | -4.09% | -38 |
| 1,003 | White Lake 01-3 | 124 | 119 | -4.03% | -5 |
| 54002 | Sisseton 54-2 | 954 | 916 | -3.98% | -38 |
| 54007 | Wilmot 54-7 | 226 | 217 | -3.98% | -9 |
| 23002 | Hot Springs 23-2 | 758 | 728 | -3.96% | -30 |
| 56004 | Redfield 56-4 | 583 | 560 | -3.95% | -23 |
| 63001 | Gayville-Volin 63-1 | 289 | 278 | -3.81% | -11 |
| 43002 | Montrose 43-2 | 244 | 235 | -3.69% | -9 |
| 34002 | Highmore-Harrold | 223 | 215 | -3.59% | -8 |
| 17003 | Mount Vernon 17-3 | 226 | 218 | -3.54% | -8 |
| 38003 | Lake Preston 38-3 | 173 | 167 | -3.47% | -6 |
| 62005 | Selby Area 62-5 | 173 | 167 | -3.47% | -6 |
| 40001 | Lead-Deadwood 40-1 | 775 | 749 | -3.35% | -26 |
| 44001 | Eureka 44-1 | 151 | 146 | -3.31% | -5 |
| 39002 | Madison Central 39-2 | 1,165 | 1,127 | -3.26% | -38 |
| 10001 | Herreid 10-1 | 123 | 119 | -3.25% | -4 |
| 41001 | Canton 41-1 | 891 | 863 | -3.14% | -28 |
| 4,002 | Bon Homme 04-2 | 511 | 495 | -3.13% | -16 |
| 31001 | Harding County 31-1 | 200 | 194 | -3.00% | -6 |
| 51001 | Douglas 51-1 | 2,836 | 2,758 | -2.75% | -78 |
| 51005 | Wall 51-5 | 283 | 276 | -2.47% | -7 |
| 44002 | Leola 44-2 | 217 | 212 | -2.30% | -5 |
| 5,001 | Brookings 05-1 | 3,410 | 3,344 | -1.94% | -66 |
| 23001 | Edgemont 23-1 | 162 | 159 | -1.85% | -3 |
| 39001 | Chester Area 39-1 | 559 | 549 | -1.79% | -10 |
| 33003 | Parkston 33-3 | 544 | 535 | -1.65% | -9 |
| 40002 | Spearfish 40-2 | 2,394 | 2,359 | -1.46% | -35 |
| 49003 | Dell Rapids 49-3 | 989 | 975 | -1.42% | -14 |
| 2,006 | Wolsey-Wessington 02-6 | 357 | 352 | -1.40% | -5 |
| 30001 | Hanson 30-1 | 396 | 391 | -1.26% | -5 |
| 4,003 | Scotland 04-3 | 256 | 253 | -1.17% | -3 |
| 49005 | Sioux Falls 49-5 | 24,237 | 23,953 | -1.17% | -284 |
| 9,002 | Newell 09-2 | 257 | 254 | -1.17% | -3 |
| 2,002 | Huron 02-2 | 2,807 | 2,776 | -1.10% | -31 |
| 17001 | Ethan 17-1 | 272 | 269 | -1.10% | -3 |
| 25004 | Milbank 25-4 | 997 | 987 | -1.00% | -10 |
| 50003 | Flandreau 50-3 | 701 | 694 | -1.00% | -7 |
| 27001 | Haakon 27-1 | 316 | 313 | -0.95% | -3 |
| 54004 | Rosholt 54-4 | 243 | 241 | -0.82% | -2 |
| 22006 | Ipswich Public 22-6 | 414 | 411 | -0.72% | -3 |
| 41004 | Lennox 41-4 | 1,140 | 1,132 | -0.70% | -8 |
| 45005 | Langford Area | 213 | 212 | -0.47% | -1 |
| 53001 | Gettysburg 53-1 | 226 | 225 | -0.44% | -1 |
| 61008 | Dakota Valley 61-8 | 1,382 | 1,376 | -0.43% | -6 |
| 58003 | Agar-Blunt-Onida 58-3 | 266 | 265 | -0.38% | -1 |
| 9,001 | Belle Fourche 09-1 | 1,379 | 1,375 | -0.29% | -4 |
| 32002 | Pierre 32-2 | 2,775 | 2,767 | -0.29% | -8 |
| 13001 | Vermillion 13-1 | 1,254 | 1,254 | 0.00% | 0 |
| 15003 | Smee 15-3 | 195 | 195 | 0.00% | 0 |
| 61002 | Beresford 61-2 | 703 | 703 | 0.00% | 0 |
| 6,001 | Aberdeen 06-1 | 4,471 | 4,474 | 0.07% | 3 |
| 49007 | West Central 49-7 | 1,370 | 1,372 | 0.15% | 2 |
| 47001 | White River 47-1 | 381 | 382 | 0.26% | 1 |
| 61001 | Alcester-Hudson 61-1 | 343 | 344 | 0.29% | 1 |
| 13003 | Irene-Wakonda 13-3 | 289 | 290 | 0.35% | 1 |
| 14004 | Watertown 14-4 | 3,840 | 3,855 | 0.39% | 15 |
| 5,005 | Sioux Valley 05-5 | 666 | 669 | 0.45% | 3 |
| 43007 | McCook Central 43-7 | 388 | 390 | 0.52% | 2 |
| 39004 | Rutland 39-4 | 175 | 176 | 0.57% | 1 |
| 60003 | Marion 60-3 | 173 | 174 | 0.58% | 1 |
| 61007 | Elk Point-Jefferson 61-7 | 692 | 696 | 0.58% | 4 |
| 6,005 | Warner 06-5 | 312 | 314 | 0.64% | 2 |
| 17002 | Mitchell 17-2 | 2,775 | 2,794 | 0.68% | 19 |
| 7,001 | Chamberlain 07-1 | 868 | 874 | 0.69% | 6 |
| 52001 | Bison 52-1 | 140 | 141 | 0.71% | 1 |
| 28003 | Hamlin 28-3 | 834 | 840 | 0.72% | 6 |
| 5,003 | Elkton 05-3 | 396 | 399 | 0.76% | 3 |
| 38001 | Arlington 38-1 | 256 | 258 | 0.78% | 2 |
| 11005 | Platte-Geddes 11-5 | 500 | 504 | 0.80% | 4 |
| 14005 | Waverly 14-5 | 250 | 252 | 0.80% | 2 |
| 42001 | Lyman 42-1 | 350 | 353 | 0.86% | 3 |
| 59002 | Winner 59-2 | 703 | 710 | 1.00% | 7 |
| 53002 | Hoven 53-2 | 99 | 100 | 1.01% | 1 |
| 21003 | Corsica-Stickney 21-3 | 254 | 257 | 1.18% | 3 |
| 46001 | Meade 46-1 | 2,948 | 2,985 | 1.26% | 37 |
| 43001 | Canistota 43-1 | 214 | 217 | 1.40% | 3 |
| 25001 | Big Stone City 25-1 | 69 | 70 | 1.45% | 1 |
| 63003 | Yankton 63-3 | 2,763 | 2,804 | 1.48% | 41 |
| 11004 | Wagner Community 11-4 | 804 | 816 | 1.49% | 12 |
| 57001 | Stanley County 57-1 | 404 | 411 | 1.73% | 7 |
| 66001 | Todd County 66-1 | 2,134 | 2,171 | 1.73% | 37 |
| 60006 | Viborg-Hurley 60-6 | 342 | 348 | 1.75% | 6 |
| 50005 | Colman-Egan 50-5 | 273 | 279 | 2.20% | 6 |
| 21001 | Armour 21-1 | 176 | 180 | 2.27% | 4 |
| 49006 | Tri-Valley 49-6 | 956 | 980 | 2.51% | 24 |
| 6,002 | Frederick Area 06-2 | 158 | 162 | 2.53% | 4 |
| 38002 | De Smet 38-2 | 276 | 283 | 2.54% | 7 |
| 15002 | McLaughlin 15-2 | 429 | 440 | 2.56% | 11 |
| 55005 | Sanborn Central 55-5 | 179 | 184 | 2.79% | 5 |
| 60001 | Centerville 60-1 | 274 | 282 | 2.92% | 8 |
| 54006 | Summit 54-6 | 171 | 176 | 2.92% | 5 |
| 26004 | Gregory 26-4 | 373 | 384 | 2.95% | 11 |
| 62006 | Mobridge-Pollock 62-6 | 603 | 621 | 2.99% | 18 |
| 28002 | Estelline 28-2 | 263 | 271 | 3.04% | 8 |
| 60004 | Parker 60-4 | 459 | 473 | 3.05% | 14 |
| 45004 | Britton-Hecla 45-4 | 418 | 431 | 3.11% | 13 |
| 19004 | Deuel 19-4 | 502 | 519 | 3.39% | 17 |
| 4,001 | Avon 04-1 | 223 | 231 | 3.59% | 8 |
| 33001 | Freeman 33-1 | 324 | 336 | 3.70% | 12 |
| 12003 | Willow Lake 12-3 | 269 | 279 | 3.72% | 10 |
| 11001 | Andes Central 11-1 | 313 | 325 | 3.83% | 12 |
| 52004 | Lemmon 52-4 | 249 | 259 | 4.02% | 10 |
| 55004 | Woonsocket 55-4 | 242 | 252 | 4.13% | 10 |
| 28001 | Castlewood 28-1 | 297 | 310 | 4.38% | 13 |
| 56007 | Northwestern Area 56-7 | 296 | 309 | 4.39% | 13 |
| 33002 | Menno 33-2 | 271 | 283 | 4.43% | 12 |
| 64002 | Dupree 64-2 | 379 | 396 | 4.49% | 17 |
| 41005 | Tea Area 41-5 | 1,950 | 2,045 | 4.87% | 95 |
| 49001 | Baltic 49-1 | 494 | 519 | 5.06% | 25 |
| 14002 | Henry 14-2 | 158 | 166 | 5.06% | 8 |
| 46002 | Faith 46-2 | 175 | 184 | 5.14% | 9 |
| 6,006 | Groton Area | 581 | 611 | 5.16% | 30 |
| 22001 | Bowdle 22-1 | 112 | 118 | 5.36% | 6 |
| 37003 | Jones County 37-3 | 168 | 177 | 5.36% | 9 |
| 51002 | Hill City 51-2 | 462 | 487 | 5.41% | 25 |
| 7,002 | Kimball 07-2 | 314 | 331 | 5.41% | 17 |
| 41002 | Harrisburg 41-2 | 5,121 | 5,405 | 5.55% | 284 |
| 30003 | Bridgewater-Emery 30-3 | 315 | 333 | 5.71% | 18 |
| 23003 | Oelrichs 23-3 | 121 | 128 | 5.79% | 7 |
| 49002 | Brandon Valley 49-2 | 4,386 | 4,643 | 5.86% | 257 |
| 14001 | Florence 14-1 | 272 | 288 | 5.88% | 16 |
| 22005 | Edmunds Central 22-5 | 131 | 139 | 6.11% | 8 |
| 24004 | Faulkton Area | 335 | 356 | 6.27% | 21 |
| 5,006 | Deubrook Area 05-6 | 363 | 386 | 6.34% | 23 |
| 12002 | Clark 12-2 | 408 | 436 | 6.86% | 28 |
| 18003 | Waubay 18-3 | 172 | 184 | 6.98% | 12 |
| 51003 | New Underwood 51-3 | 248 | 268 | 8.06% | 20 |
| 33005 | Tripp-Delmont 33-5 | 124 | 142 | 14.52% | 18 |
| 36002 | Wessington Springs 36-2 | 320 | 376 | 17.50% | 56 |
| 65001 | Oglala Lakota 65-1 | 1,309 | 1,757 | 34.22% | 448 |
| State Totals | 136,133 | 136,028 | -0.08% | -105 |
The 82 private schools listed as active by the Department of Education showed a larger decline of enrollment, ***dropping 6.26%, 969 fewer K-12 students, from 15,468 reported last fall to 15,276 reported this fall. (The chart below shows schools in operation this fall; it leaves off two private schools listed on the Fall 2019 report but not listed on the Fall 2020 report.)
***Correction 21:56 CST: A sharp-eyed reader noticed that I fouled my original swing at the private school data, comparing 2019’s K–12 enrollment with 2020’s pre-K–12 enrollment. I have updated the table below and the brief summary above to reflect the proper K-12 to K-12 comparison.
| District No. | District Name | Fall 2019 Private K-12 Enrollment | Fall 2020 Private K-12 Enrollment | %chg | #chg |
| 5303 | Advance ATC | 3 | 1 | -66.67% | -2 |
| 17305 | LifeQuest | 20 | 10 | -50.00% | -10 |
| 39304 | Madison Christian | 14 | 8 | -42.86% | -6 |
| 50301 | Flandreau Indian | 279 | 163 | -41.58% | -116 |
| 15302 | Rock Creek Grant School | 41 | 26 | -36.59% | -15 |
| 40201 | Black Hills Sp Serv Co-op | 53 | 35 | -33.96% | -18 |
| 6340 | Montessori of Aberdeen | 6 | 4 | -33.33% | -2 |
| 66303 | White Eagle Christian Aca | 12 | 8 | -33.33% | -4 |
| 7301 | St Joseph Indian | 175 | 119 | -32.00% | -56 |
| 11301 | Marty Indian | 263 | 194 | -26.24% | -69 |
| 32301 | Pierre Indian Center | 173 | 128 | -26.01% | -45 |
| 51321 | Calvary Baptist Christian | 146 | 109 | -25.34% | -37 |
| 66301 | St Francis Indian | 601 | 469 | -21.96% | -132 |
| 20303 | Tiospaye Topa | 159 | 125 | -21.38% | -34 |
| 34301 | Crow Creek Tribal | 448 | 366 | -18.30% | -82 |
| 49320 | Childrens Home Society | 124 | 102 | -17.74% | -22 |
| 49203 | East Dakota Ed Co-op | 79 | 65 | -17.72% | -14 |
| 63304 | SD Human Services Center | 17 | 14 | -17.65% | -3 |
| 3301 | American Horse | 258 | 215 | -16.67% | -43 |
| 29302 | Sunshine Bible Academy | 70 | 59 | -15.71% | -11 |
| 17302 | John Paul II Elementary | 129 | 109 | -15.50% | -20 |
| 6313 | Trinity Lutheran | 61 | 52 | -14.75% | -9 |
| 65311 | Pine Ridge | 832 | 710 | -14.66% | -122 |
| 14301 | Watertown Christian | 58 | 50 | -13.79% | -8 |
| 6331 | Behavior Care Specialists | 23 | 20 | -13.04% | -3 |
| 65303 | Porcupine Contract | 162 | 141 | -12.96% | -21 |
| 6318 | Hutterville Colony | 25 | 22 | -12.00% | -3 |
| 14309 | Great Plains Lutheran | 130 | 115 | -11.54% | -15 |
| 51308 | Rapid City Catholic System | 721 | 646 | -10.40% | -75 |
| 18301 | Enemy Swim Day | 162 | 146 | -9.88% | -16 |
| 49317 | Lifescape | 137 | 124 | -9.49% | -13 |
| 6302 | SD School for the Blind and Vi | 22 | 20 | -9.09% | -2 |
| 28201 | NE Ed Services Co-op | 13 | 12 | -7.69% | -1 |
| 6301 | ABERDEEN CATHOLIC SYSTEM | 437 | 405 | -7.32% | -32 |
| 14303 | St Martins Lutheran | 110 | 102 | -7.27% | -8 |
| 33304 | Freeman Academy | 80 | 75 | -6.25% | -5 |
| 66304 | Sapa Un Catholic Academy | 53 | 50 | -5.66% | -3 |
| 43301 | St Marys – Salem | 36 | 34 | -5.56% | -2 |
| 49334 | Southeastern | 19 | 18 | -5.26% | -1 |
| 13301 | St Agnes | 98 | 93 | -5.10% | -5 |
| 2304 | James Valley Christian | 200 | 190 | -5.00% | -10 |
| 65307 | Isna Wica Owayawa Loneman Scho | 260 | 250 | -3.85% | -10 |
| 32303 | St Joseph | 191 | 185 | -3.14% | -6 |
| 64302 | Takini | 169 | 164 | -2.96% | -5 |
| 65306 | Little Wound | 835 | 811 | -2.87% | -24 |
| 20302 | Cheyenne River – BIE | 769 | 747 | -2.86% | -22 |
| 49303 | Bishop O’Gorman Catholic Schoo | 2232 | 2179 | -2.37% | -53 |
| 15303 | Little Eagle | 91 | 89 | -2.20% | -2 |
| 49323 | Good Shepherd Lutheran | 56 | 55 | -1.79% | -1 |
| 21303 | Dakota Christian | 84 | 83 | -1.19% | -1 |
| 51309 | St Pauls Lutheran | 102 | 101 | -0.98% | -1 |
| 17310 | Mitchell Christian | 121 | 120 | -0.83% | -1 |
| 7302 | Dakota Milestones | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | 0 |
| 39301 | St Thomas | 36 | 36 | 0.00% | 0 |
| 39302 | Valiant Living, Inc. | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | 0 |
| 49325 | Dakotabilities | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | 0 |
| 42301 | Lower Brule | 285 | 286 | 0.35% | 1 |
| 35301 | Crazy Horse School | 281 | 282 | 0.36% | 1 |
| 65301 | Red Cloud Indian | 514 | 521 | 1.36% | 7 |
| 14304 | Immaculate Conception | 163 | 166 | 1.84% | 3 |
| 49304 | St Marys – Dell Rapids | 207 | 211 | 1.93% | 4 |
| 49322 | Sioux Falls Christian | 1158 | 1200 | 3.63% | 42 |
| 63301 | Sacred Heart | 224 | 233 | 4.02% | 9 |
| 25301 | St Lawrence | 82 | 87 | 6.10% | 5 |
| 6320 | Aberdeen Christian | 187 | 199 | 6.42% | 12 |
| 65302 | Wounded Knee | 141 | 151 | 7.09% | 10 |
| 51331 | Children’s House Montessori | 24 | 26 | 8.33% | 2 |
| 5302 | Volga Christian | 35 | 39 | 11.43% | 4 |
| 51320 | Rapid City Christian | 235 | 263 | 11.91% | 28 |
| 49330 | Sioux Falls Lutheran Assoc. | 164 | 191 | 16.46% | 27 |
| 49340 | Choices Alternative Center | 6 | 7 | 16.67% | 1 |
| 2302 | Holy Trinity | 71 | 83 | 16.90% | 12 |
| 51304 | Zion Lutheran RC | 125 | 150 | 20.00% | 25 |
| 49329 | McCrossan Boys Ranch | 37 | 45 | 21.62% | 8 |
| 32306 | For His Glory | 15 | 21 | 40.00% | 6 |
| 63306 | Ability Building Services Inc. | 2 | 3 | 50.00% | 1 |
| 28301 | Poinsett Colony Elementary | 4 | 7 | 75.00% | 3 |
| 5304 | St. Thomas More Catholic School | 33 | 59 | 78.79% | 26 |
| 49331 | Bethel Lutheran | 14 | 27 | 92.86% | 13 |
| 49339 | Westside Christian School | 20 | 42 | 110.00% | 22 |
| 23301 | Bethesda Lutheran | 5 | 15 | 200.00% | 10 |
| 49335 | Baan Dek Montessori | 2 | 8 | 300.00% | 6 |
The DOE lists a total of 6,698 students enrolled in home school this fall. I’m working on finding numbers from previous school years to compare. Rapid City has the most home schoolers, 1,078, followed by Sioux Falls at 873, Meade/Sturgis at 345, and Douglas at 251.
| District No. | District Name | Home school students |
| 51004 | Rapid City Area 51-4 | 1,078 |
| 49005 | Sioux Falls 49-5 | 873 |
| 46001 | Meade 46-1 | 345 |
| 51001 | Douglas 51-1 | 251 |
| 5001 | Brookings 05-1 | 206 |
| 40002 | Spearfish 40-2 | 194 |
| 6001 | Aberdeen 06-1 | 192 |
| 41002 | Harrisburg 41-2 | 182 |
| 49002 | Brandon Valley 49-2 | 180 |
| 16001 | Custer 16-1 | 138 |
| 2002 | Huron 02-2 | 101 |
| 63003 | Yankton 63-3 | 99 |
| 32002 | Pierre 32-2 | 95 |
| 9001 | Belle Fourche 09-1 | 91 |
| 14004 | Watertown 14-4 | 87 |
| 25004 | Milbank 25-4 | 66 |
| 23002 | Hot Springs 23-2 | 63 |
| 40001 | Lead-Deadwood 40-1 | 61 |
| 41004 | Lennox 41-4 | 61 |
| 49003 | Dell Rapids 49-3 | 55 |
| 21003 | Corsica-Stickney 21-3 | 54 |
| 13001 | Vermillion 13-1 | 53 |
| 9002 | Newell 09-2 | 52 |
| 45004 | Britton-Hecla 45-4 | 51 |
| 17002 | Mitchell 17-2 | 48 |
| 28003 | Hamlin 28-3 | 48 |
| 41005 | Tea Area 41-5 | 48 |
| 52001 | Bison 52-1 | 47 |
| 11005 | Platte-Geddes 11-5 | 46 |
| 41001 | Canton 41-1 | 46 |
| 49007 | West Central 49-7 | 46 |
| 61002 | Beresford 61-2 | 43 |
| 6006 | Groton Area | 42 |
| 5003 | Elkton 05-3 | 38 |
| 39002 | Madison Central 39-2 | 38 |
| 49006 | Tri-Valley 49-6 | 38 |
| 51002 | Hill City 51-2 | 38 |
| 61001 | Alcester-Hudson 61-1 | 37 |
| 62006 | Mobridge-Pollock 62-6 | 37 |
| 60006 | Viborg-Hurley 60-6 | 34 |
| 65001 | Oglala Lakota 65-1 | 34 |
| 30001 | Hanson 30-1 | 33 |
| 59002 | Winner 59-2 | 33 |
| 30003 | Bridgewater-Emery 30-3 | 32 |
| 54002 | Sisseton 54-2 | 31 |
| 61008 | Dakota Valley 61-8 | 31 |
| 2003 | Iroquois 02-3 | 29 |
| 4002 | Bon Homme 04-2 | 29 |
| 20001 | Eagle Butte 20-1 | 28 |
| 47001 | White River 47-1 | 28 |
| 7001 | Chamberlain 07-1 | 27 |
| 24004 | Faulkton Area | 27 |
| 50003 | Flandreau 50-3 | 26 |
| 5005 | Sioux Valley 05-5 | 25 |
| 49004 | Garretson 49-4 | 25 |
| 51003 | New Underwood 51-3 | 24 |
| 60004 | Parker 60-4 | 24 |
| 46002 | Faith 46-2 | 23 |
| 33003 | Parkston 33-3 | 22 |
| 33005 | Tripp-Delmont 33-5 | 22 |
| 43007 | McCook Central 43-7 | 22 |
| 49001 | Baltic 49-1 | 22 |
| 52004 | Lemmon 52-4 | 22 |
| 58003 | Agar-Blunt-Onida 58-3 | 22 |
| 48003 | Howard 48-3 | 21 |
| 66001 | Todd County 66-1 | 21 |
| 21001 | Armour 21-1 | 20 |
| 26004 | Gregory 26-4 | 20 |
| 11001 | Andes Central 11-1 | 19 |
| 18005 | Webster Area | 19 |
| 19004 | Deuel 19-4 | 19 |
| 12002 | Clark 12-2 | 18 |
| 31001 | Harding County 31-1 | 18 |
| 54007 | Wilmot 54-7 | 18 |
| 33001 | Freeman 33-1 | 17 |
| 5006 | Deubrook Area 05-6 | 16 |
| 28001 | Castlewood 28-1 | 16 |
| 39001 | Chester Area 39-1 | 16 |
| 61007 | Elk Point-Jefferson 61-7 | 16 |
| 35002 | Kadoka Area 35-2 | 15 |
| 43001 | Canistota 43-1 | 15 |
| 44001 | Eureka 44-1 | 15 |
| 53001 | Gettysburg 53-1 | 15 |
| 53002 | Hoven 53-2 | 15 |
| 33002 | Menno 33-2 | 14 |
| 60001 | Centerville 60-1 | 14 |
| 26002 | Burke 26-2 | 13 |
| 37003 | Jones County 37-3 | 13 |
| 50005 | Colman-Egan 50-5 | 13 |
| 2006 | Wolsey-Wessington 02-6 | 12 |
| 14005 | Waverly 14-5 | 12 |
| 26005 | South Central 26-5 | 12 |
| 42001 | Lyman 42-1 | 12 |
| 60003 | Marion 60-3 | 12 |
| 64002 | Dupree 64-2 | 12 |
| 7002 | Kimball 07-2 | 11 |
| 34002 | Highmore-Harrold | 11 |
| 4003 | Scotland 04-3 | 10 |
| 16002 | Elk Mountain 16-2 | 10 |
| 20003 | Timber Lake 20-3 | 10 |
| 28002 | Estelline 28-2 | 10 |
| 4001 | Avon 04-1 | 9 |
| 11004 | Wagner Community 11-4 | 9 |
| 15002 | McLaughlin 15-2 | 9 |
| 27001 | Haakon 27-1 | 9 |
| 38002 | De Smet 38-2 | 9 |
| 6005 | Warner 06-5 | 8 |
| 22005 | Edmunds Central 22-5 | 8 |
| 54006 | Summit 54-6 | 8 |
| 55005 | Sanborn Central 55-5 | 8 |
| 63001 | Gayville-Volin 63-1 | 8 |
| 15001 | McIntosh 15-1 | 7 |
| 17001 | Ethan 17-1 | 7 |
| 36002 | Wessington Springs 36-2 | 7 |
| 44002 | Leola 44-2 | 7 |
| 6002 | Frederick Area 06-2 | 6 |
| 14001 | Florence 14-1 | 6 |
| 22006 | Ipswich Public 22-6 | 6 |
| 29004 | Miller | 6 |
| 39004 | Rutland 39-4 | 6 |
| 56006 | Hitchcock-Tulare | 6 |
| 59003 | Colome Consolidated | 6 |
| 23001 | Edgemont 23-1 | 5 |
| 38001 | Arlington 38-1 | 5 |
| 56004 | Redfield 56-4 | 5 |
| 23003 | Oelrichs 23-3 | 4 |
| 43002 | Montrose 43-2 | 4 |
| 45005 | Langford Area | 4 |
| 13003 | Irene-Wakonda 13-3 | 3 |
| 22001 | Bowdle 22-1 | 3 |
| 38003 | Lake Preston 38-3 | 3 |
| 56007 | Northwestern Area 56-7 | 3 |
| 3001 | Bennett County 03-1 | 2 |
| 54004 | Rosholt 54-4 | 2 |
| 55004 | Woonsocket 55-4 | 2 |
| 1003 | White Lake 01-3 | 1 |
| 12003 | Willow Lake 12-3 | 1 |
| 14002 | Henry 14-2 | 1 |
| 39005 | Oldham-Ramona 39-5 | 1 |
| 51005 | Wall 51-5 | 1 |
| 1001 | Plankinton 01-1 | 0 |
| 10001 | Herreid 10-1 | 0 |
| 15003 | Smee 15-3 | 0 |
| 17003 | Mount Vernon 17-3 | 0 |
| 18003 | Waubay 18-3 | 0 |
| 25001 | Big Stone City 25-1 | 0 |
| 56002 | Doland 56-2 | 0 |
| 57001 | Stanley County 57-1 | 0 |
| 62005 | Selby Area 62-5 | 0 |
| State Totals | 6,698 |
Cory, Your table for non-public schools has an error in the comparison headers – check your dates. For future thinking and comparisons, it would be useful to look at the non-publics by type of school since the non-pubs include private schools, programs serving a variety of specialized students placed by public schools along with the BIE, tribal, and tribal contract schools. Without looking at school types, the non-public data table is nothing but noise. Also, homeschool data includes a number of non-accredited schools where parents file public school exemptions but the students are attending an actual school. To get data from previous years, file a data request.
Cory,
What story are you trying to tell with the data? There are errors in your headers for the non-public data. Are you comparing 2020 to 2019? In looking at the non-public data it is important to note that there are different school types such as post-secondary transition programs for students up to 21, speciality schools for students with specific needs that serve public schools, parochial schools, BIE/tribal/contract schools and cooperatives. Without some sorting or organizing, the data are nothing but noise not conveying any meaning. Homeschool data for previous years can be requested using the data request process. It is important to note that homeschool data included students attending non-accredited schools where the parent file the appropriate forms but the students attend an organized school.
The RCAS drop is sobering.