McLaughlin
Oglala Lakota Improved as Reservation-Community Districts Still Led South Dakota's Absence List
Oglala Lakota County lowered its chronic-absence rate by 11.3 percentage points from 2022 to 2025. The improvement moved the district from 68.3% to 57.0%, even though its rate remained among South Dak...
14,000 Native Students, 17 Years of Standing Still
South Dakota enrolled 14,477 Native American students in 2008. In 2025, the number was 14,283. That is 194 fewer students over 17 years, a decline of 1.3%.