South Dakota K–6 academic standards
- Standards
- 2,928
- Subjects
- 11
- Source documents
- 8
- Sources last checked
- August 3, 2026
Core academics
English language arts
634 standardsSouth Dakota English Language Arts Standards · adopted 2025
Mathematics
246 standardsSouth Dakota State Standards for Mathematics · adopted 2018
Science
135 standardsSouth Dakota Science Standards, Adopted 2024 · adopted 2024
Social studies
745 standardsSouth Dakota Social Studies Standards Adopted April 17, 2023 · adopted 2023
The arts
Visual art
92 standardsSouth Dakota Fine Arts Standards · adopted 2022
Music
55 standardsSouth Dakota Fine Arts Standards · adopted 2022
Dance
148 standardsSouth Dakota Fine Arts Standards · adopted 2022
Theatre
169 standardsSouth Dakota Fine Arts Standards · adopted 2022
Media arts
None publishedThe 2022 SD Fine Arts adoption drops Media Arts.
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Specials
Health
100 standardsSouth Dakota Health Education Standards · adopted 2018
Physical education
347 standardsSouth Dakota Physical Education Standards · adopted 2014
Technology
257 standardsSouth Dakota K-12 Educational Technology Standards · adopted 2021
Social-emotional learning
None publishedSD has no adopted K-6 SEL content standards.
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Sources
South Dakota Department of Education (SD DOE)
Standard text here is reproduced from those documents. We do not rewrite, renumber or reword a standard. Where a source is ambiguous or has been revised since we read it, the state’s document is the authority.