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Iowa: the highest-performing school districts

169 districts

Iowa public school districts ranked by enrollment-weighted state-assessment proficiency across the district. Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to qualify.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudents% Proficient
1Denver Comm School DistrictIA41,00793.2%
2Gilbert Comm School DistrictIA41,68292.3%
3Treynor Comm School DistrictIA381790.9%
4Van Meter Comm School DistrictIA31,14689.7%
5Pleasant Valley Comm School DistrictIA85,69689.0%
6St Ansgar Comm School DistrictIA364387.7%
7Roland-Story Comm School DistrictIA31,09486.7%
8Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School DistrictIA52,27886.6%
9MOC-Floyd Valley Comm School DistrictIA31,49586.1%
10Grundy Center Comm School DistrictIA374385.9%
11Sheldon Comm School DistrictIA41,17985.9%
12Decorah Community School DistrictIA51,52285.3%
13Pella Comm School DistrictIA62,46285.1%
14Lynnville-Sully Comm School DistrictIA350584.9%
15Maquoketa Valley Comm School DistrictIA570284.8%
16Underwood Comm School DistrictIA385584.8%
17Hinton Comm School DistrictIA386084.4%
18West Hancock Comm School DistrictIA362983.9%
19North Polk Comm School DistrictIA52,30983.8%
20Mount Vernon Comm School DistrictIA31,43883.6%
21West Lyon Comm School DistrictIA397383.5%
22Lake Mills Comm School DistrictIA364283.4%
23Solon Comm School DistrictIA41,47783.1%
24Allamakee Comm School DistrictIA41,13782.9%
25Waverly-Shell Rock Comm School DistrictIA92,72282.6%
26Aplington-Parkersburg Comm School DistrictIA482182.2%
27Cedar Falls Comm School DistrictIA105,85381.6%
28Humboldt Comm School DistrictIA41,42681.4%
29Jesup Comm School DistrictIA61,02481.4%
30Ogden Comm School DistrictIA371381.3%
31Akron Westfield Comm School DistrictIA357681.2%
32Ankeny Comm School DistrictIA1812,74681.2%
33Mediapolis Comm School DistrictIA396681.2%
34Western Dubuque Comm School DistrictIA83,64381.2%
35Earlham Comm School DistrictIA365980.8%
36Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School DistrictIA73,74380.7%
37Glenwood Comm School DistrictIA42,00180.6%
38Sergeant Bluff-Luton Comm School DistrictIA41,68480.4%
39Waukee Comm School DistrictIA1913,91780.2%
40Woodward-Granger Comm School DistrictIA51,23080.2%
41Interstate 35 Comm School DistrictIA31,07180.1%
42AHSTW Comm School DistrictIA375579.9%
43Alburnett Comm School DistrictIA385779.9%
44Ballard Comm School DistrictIA41,87279.9%
45Johnston Comm School DistrictIA87,33979.9%
46Nevada Comm School DistrictIA31,57279.9%
47Southeast Warren Comm School DistrictIA353379.6%
48South Winneshiek Comm School DistrictIA352979.4%
49Spirit Lake Comm School DistrictIA31,31979.4%
50West Marshall Comm School DistrictIA391779.4%

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