| Rank | Private College Enrollment Percentage ▼ | School District / Population |
| 1. | 100.0% | Herreid School District 10-1 / 540 |
| 2. | 94.7% | Edmunds Central School District 22-5 / 1,150 |
| 3. | 84.0% | Waubay School District 18-3 / 1,293 |
| 4. | 69.2% | Yankton School District 63-3 / 19,611 |
| 5. | 65.8% | Canistota School District 43-1 / 1,045 |
| 6. | 64.0% | Ethan School District 17-1 / 891 |
| 7. | 58.7% | Mitchell School District 17-2 / 18,036 |
| 8. | 58.6% | Custer School District 16-1 / 7,774 |
| 9. | 57.1% | Hitchcock-Tulare School District 56-6 / 1,283 |
| 10. | 55.2% | Marion School District 60-3 / 1,455 |
| 11. | 50.0% | Webster School District 18-4 / 2,744 |
| 11. | 50.0% | Menno School District 33-2 / 1,557 |
| 13. | 48.9% | Hot Springs School District 23-2 / 5,683 |
| 14. | 47.8% | Platte-Geddes School District 11-5 / 3,029 |
| 15. | 46.4% | Freeman School District 33-1 / 2,564 |
| 16. | 44.4% | Gregory School District 26-4 / 2,123 |
| 17. | 44.1% | Deuel School District 19-4 / 3,139 |
| 18. | 43.6% | Garretson School District 49-4 / 2,723 |
| 19. | 43.6% | Sioux Falls School District 49-5 / 140,350 |
| 20. | 41.9% | Winner School District 59-2 / 4,467 |
| 21. | 41.7% | Iroquois School District 02-3 / 1,162 |
| 21. | 41.7% | Avon School District 04-1 / 1,399 |
| 23. | 40.1% | Huron School District 02-2 / 14,661 |
| 24. | 40.0% | Flandreau School District 50-3 / 3,568 |
| 25. | 39.6% | Centerville School District 60-1 / 1,716 |
| 26. | 38.2% | Hoven School District 53-2 / 1,099 |
| 27. | 37.5% | Edgemont School District 23-1 / 1,182 |
| 27. | 37.5% | Henry School District 14-2 / 544 |
| 29. | 36.7% | Howard School District 48-3 / 2,350 |
| 30. | 36.0% | Langford School District 45-2 / 1,325 |
| 31. | 35.3% | Gayville-Volin School District 63-1 / 1,164 |
| 32. | 35.1% | Wagner School District 11-4 / 3,891 |
| 33. | 35.0% | Gettysburg School District 53-1 / 1,412 |
| 34. | 34.2% | West Central School District 49-7 / 6,109 |
| 35. | 33.3% | Newell School District 09-2 / 2,537 |
| 36. | 31.8% | Burke School District 26-2 / 1,329 |
| 37. | 30.6% | Parker School District 60-4 / 2,062 |
| 38. | 28.6% | Corsica School District 21-2 / 1,240 |
| 39. | 27.8% | Dupree School District 64-2 / 1,980 |
| 39. | 27.8% | Viborg School District 60-5 / 1,453 |
| 41. | 27.7% | Alcester-Hudson School District 61-1 / 2,242 |
| 42. | 26.3% | McCook Central School District 43-7 / 2,279 |
| 42. | 26.3% | Leola School District 44-2 / 1,062 |
| 42. | 26.3% | Wolsey-Wessington School District 02-6 / 1,225 |
| 45. | 25.0% | Mount Vernon School District 17-3 / 996 |
| 45. | 25.0% | Lennox School District 41-4 / 5,734 |
| 47. | 24.8% | Chamberlain School District 07-1 / 6,192 |
| 48. | 24.4% | Harrisburg School District 41-2 / 14,083 |
| 49. | 24.1% | Waverly School District 14-5 / 1,108 |
| 50. | 23.7% | Ipswich School District 22-6 / 2,265 |
| 51. | 23.2% | New Underwood School District 51-3 / 1,453 |
| 52. | 22.6% | Dakota Valley School District 61-8 / 5,854 |
| 53. | 21.7% | White River School District 47-1 / 1,644 |
| 54. | 21.4% | Scotland School District 04-3 / 1,742 |
| 54. | 21.4% | De Smet School District 38-2 / 1,730 |
| 54. | 21.4% | Bison School District 52-1 / 970 |
| 57. | 21.1% | Hanson School District 30-1 / 1,733 |
| 58. | 20.9% | Tea Area School District 41-5 / 4,985 |
| 59. | 20.7% | Watertown School District 14-4 / 24,445 |
| 60. | 20.0% | Harding County School District 31-1 / 1,250 |
| 60. | 20.0% | Grant-Deuel School District 25-3 / 1,059 |
| 60. | 20.0% | Frederick Area School District 06-2 / 958 |
| 60. | 20.0% | Hurley School District 60-2 / 800 |
| 64. | 19.4% | Arlington School District 38-1 / 1,851 |
| 65. | 18.8% | Elk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7 / 3,886 |
| 66. | 18.6% | Brandon Valley School District 49-2 / 15,229 |
| 67. | 17.2% | Northwestern Area School District 56-7 / 1,855 |
| 68. | 16.7% | Faulkton School District 24-4 / 2,178 |
| 68. | 16.7% | Oelrichs School District 23-3 / 466 |
| 70. | 16.4% | Meade School District 46-1 / 18,163 |
| 71. | 16.2% | Lemmon School District 52-4 / 2,020 |
| 72. | 15.9% | Dell Rapids School District 49-3 / 5,050 |
| 73. | 15.9% | McLaughlin School District 15-2 / 2,541 |
| 74. | 15.8% | Castlewood School District 28-1 / 1,215 |
| 75. | 15.5% | Beresford School District 61-2 / 3,392 |
| 76. | 15.4% | McIntosh School District 15-1 / 941 |
| 76. | 15.4% | Florence School District 14-1 / 1,040 |
| 78. | 15.0% | Andes Central School District 11-1 / 1,855 |
| 79. | 14.3% | Willow Lake School District 12-3 / 958 |
| 79. | 14.3% | Baltic School District 49-1 / 1,884 |
| 79. | 14.3% | Montrose School District 43-2 / 1,202 |
| 82. | 13.8% | Aberdeen School District 06-1 / 30,413 |
| 83. | 13.7% | Todd County School District 66-1 / 9,575 |
| 84. | 13.2% | Rapid City School District 51-4 / 88,085 |
| 85. | 13.0% | Armour School District 21-1 / 1,002 |
| 86. | 12.8% | Plankinton School District 01-1 / 1,276 |
| 87. | 11.8% | Timber Lake School District 20-3 / 1,881 |
| 88. | 11.7% | Milbank School District 25-4 / 5,391 |
| 89. | 11.4% | Wall School District 51-5 / 1,788 |
| 90. | 11.1% | Lake Preston School District 38-3 / 1,165 |
| 91. | 10.0% | Hamlin School District 28-3 / 3,274 |
| 92. | 9.5% | Sioux Valley School District 05-5 / 3,183 |
| 93. | 9.1% | Wilmot School District 54-7 / 1,951 |
| 94. | 8.6% | Tri-Valley School District 49-6 / 4,690 |
| 95. | 8.6% | Douglas School District 51-1 / 11,883 |
| 96. | 8.5% | Pierre School District 32-2 / 15,635 |
| 97. | 8.3% | Bon Homme School District 04-2 / 4,770 |
| 98. | 8.2% | Eagle Butte School District 20-1 / 4,231 |
| 99. | 8.1% | Miller Area School District 29-4 / 2,958 |
| 100. | 8.0% | Lead-Deadwood School District 40-1 / 7,071 |
| 101. | 8.0% | Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5 / 1,801 |
| 102. | 7.2% | Sisseton School District 54-2 / 7,692 |
| 103. | 6.7% | Colman-Egan School District 50-5 / 2,106 |
| 104. | 6.2% | Mobridge-Pollock School District 62-6 / 4,046 |
| 105. | 5.9% | Kadoka School District 35-2 / 3,257 |
| 106. | 5.5% | Belle Fourche School District 09-1 / 7,490 |
| 107. | 4.9% | Clark School District 12-2 / 2,706 |
| 108. | 4.8% | Groton Area School District 06-6 / 3,876 |
| 109. | 4.7% | Spearfish School District 40-2 / 14,780 |
| 110. | 4.4% | Canton School District 41-1 / 5,377 |
| 111. | 4.4% | Bennett County School District 03-1 / 3,441 |
| 112. | 3.8% | Lyman School District 42-1 / 3,056 |
| 113. | 2.7% | Parkston School District 33-3 / 2,989 |
| 114. | 2.2% | Britton-Hecla School District 45-4 / 3,142 |
| 115. | 1.9% | Madison Central School District 39-2 / 8,557 |
| 116. | 1.5% | Brookings School District 05-1 / 25,169 |
| 117. | 1.3% | Vermillion School District 13-1 / 12,172 |
Please note that we only rank locations with 'Private College Enrollment Percentage' data. The rank above might not be a complete list. Locations without 'Private College Enrollment Percentage' data are not listed.
*ACS stands for U.S. Census American Community Survey. According to the U.S. Census, if the date is a range, you can interpret the data as an average of the period of time.
