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The highest-performing public high schools in math in Iowa

314 public high schools in Iowa appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public high schools in math, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state math standard. St Ansgar High School leads the list at 94.2%, against a median of 71.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

314

Iowa

Top % Proficient (Math)

94.2%

Median % Proficient (Math)

71.5%

BEST IN MATH · IOWA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Math)
1	St Ansgar High School	St Ansgar, IA	St Ansgar Comm School District	High	166	94.2%
2	Treynor High School	Treynor, IA	Treynor Comm School District	High	254	91.7%
3	Denver Senior High School	Denver, IA	Denver Comm School District	High	278	90.6%
4	Decorah High School	Decorah, IA	Decorah Community School District	High	555	88.5%
5	Solon High School	Solon, IA	Solon Comm School District	High	471	88.5%
6	Van Meter High School	Van Meter, IA	Van Meter Comm School District	High	316	88.4%
7	Cascade Junior-Senior High School	Cascade, IA	Western Dubuque Comm School District	High	392	88.3%
8	ADM Senior High School	Adel, IA	Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District	High	666	87.6%
9	Pella High School	Pella, IA	Pella Comm School District	High	801	87.5%
10	Grundy Center High School	Grundy Center, IA	Grundy Center Comm School District	High	241	87.3%
11	Pleasant Valley High School	Bettendorf, IA	Pleasant Valley Comm School District	High	1,731	86.8%
12	Gilbert High School	Gilbert, IA	Gilbert Comm School District	High	509	86.7%
13	Kingsley-Pierson High School	Kingsley, IA	Kingsley-Pierson Comm School District	High	141	85.7%
14	South Winneshiek High School	Calmar, IA	South Winneshiek Comm School District	High	205	85.6%
15	Clayton Ridge High School	Guttenberg, IA	Clayton Ridge Comm School District	High	176	85.3%
16	Waverly-Shell Rock Senior High School	Waverly, IA	Waverly-Shell Rock Comm School District	High	737	85.2%
17	Bedford High School	Bedford, IA	Bedford Comm School District	High	245	85.0%
18	Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School	Lawton, IA	Lawton-Bronson Comm School District	High	339	85.0%
19	Lynnville-Sully High School	Sully, IA	Lynnville-Sully Comm School District	High	160	84.9%
20	South O'Brien Secondary School	Paullina, IA	South O'Brien Comm School District	High	241	84.8%
21	Western Dubuque High School	Epworth, IA	Western Dubuque Comm School District	High	927	84.8%
22	Mount Vernon High School	Mount Vernon, IA	Mount Vernon Comm School District	High	470	84.7%
23	Aplington-Parkersburg High School	Parkersburg, IA	Aplington-Parkersburg Comm School District	High	247	84.6%
24	Roland-Story High School	Story City, IA	Roland-Story Comm School District	High	317	84.1%
25	Janesville Junior-Senior High School	Janesville, IA	Janesville Consolidated School District	High	243	83.9%
26	Maquoketa Valley Senior High School	Delhi, IA	Maquoketa Valley Comm School District	High	206	83.8%
27	MOC-Floyd Valley High School	Orange City, IA	MOC-Floyd Valley Comm School District	High	486	83.7%
28	West Hancock High School	Britt, IA	West Hancock Comm School District	High	161	83.6%
29	Mount Ayr High School	Mount Ayr, IA	Mount Ayr Comm School District	High	304	83.2%
30	Northview Middle School	Ankeny, IA	Ankeny Comm School District	High	1,021	83.0%
31	Williamsburg Jr-Sr High School	Williamsburg, IA	Williamsburg Comm School District	High	604	83.0%
32	West Lyon High School	Inwood, IA	West Lyon Comm School District	High	284	82.9%
33	Jesup High School	Jesup, IA	Jesup Comm School District	High	269	82.7%
34	Central Lyon Secondary School	Rock Rapids, IA	Central Lyon Comm School District	High	358	82.6%
35	North Polk High School	Alleman, IA	North Polk Comm School District	High	644	82.5%
36	Westside Junior-Senior High School	Westside, IA	Ar-We-Va Comm School District	High	108	82.3%
37	Ankeny Centennial High School	Ankeny, IA	Ankeny Comm School District	High	1,470	82.1%
38	BCLUW High School	Conrad, IA	BCLUW Comm School District	High	172	82.1%
39	Hudson High School	Hudson, IA	Hudson Comm School District	High	371	82.0%
40	North Mahaska Jr-Sr High School	New Sharon, IA	North Mahaska Comm School District	High	275	81.8%
41	Waukon High School	Waukon, IA	Allamakee Comm School District	High	392	81.7%
42	Johnston Middle School	Johnston, IA	Johnston Comm School District	High	1,161	81.3%
43	Logan-Magnolia Jr-Sr High School	Logan, IA	Logan-Magnolia Comm School District	High	294	81.2%
44	Audubon Middle-High School	Audubon, IA	Audubon Comm School District	High	291	81.0%
45	Ballard High School	Huxley, IA	Ballard Comm School District	High	586	81.0%
46	Rock Valley High School	Rock Valley, IA	Rock Valley Comm School District	High	242	81.0%
47	Spencer High School	Spencer, IA	Spencer Comm School District	High	688	80.9%
48	Northwest High School	Waukee, IA	Waukee Comm School District	High	1,574	80.7%
49	Earlham Senior High School	Earlham, IA	Earlham Comm School District	High	189	80.5%
50	Gladbrook-Reinbeck Jr. High & High School	Reinbeck, IA	Gladbrook-Reinbeck Comm School District	High	207	80.4%

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