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The highest-performing public middle schools in math in Iowa

Across Iowa, 224 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state math standard. St Ansgar Middle School leads the list at 93.7%, against a median of 75.5% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

224

Iowa

Top % Proficient (Math)

93.7%

Median % Proficient (Math)

75.5%

BEST IN MATH · IOWA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Math)
1	St Ansgar Middle School	St Ansgar, IA	St Ansgar Comm School District	Middle	132	93.7%
2	Denver Middle School	Denver, IA	Denver Comm School District	Middle	238	93.3%
3	Mediapolis Middle School	Mediapolis, IA	Mediapolis Comm School District	Middle	222	93.1%
4	Waukon Middle School	Waukon, IA	Allamakee Comm School District	Middle	260	92.1%
5	Gilbert Middle School	Gilbert, IA	Gilbert Comm School District	Middle	408	92.1%
6	Treynor Middle School	Treynor, IA	Treynor Comm School District	Middle	197	91.8%
7	Maquoketa Valley Middle School	Delhi, IA	Maquoketa Valley Comm School District	Middle	145	91.7%
8	Van Meter Middle School	Van Meter, IA	Van Meter Comm School District	Middle	252	91.6%
9	Pleasant Valley Junior High School	LeClaire, IA	Pleasant Valley Comm School District	Middle	940	90.9%
10	Alburnett Middle School	Alburnett, IA	Alburnett Comm School District	Middle	169	90.4%
11	Mount Vernon Middle School	Mount Vernon, IA	Mount Vernon Comm School District	Middle	425	90.4%
12	Pella Middle School	Pella, IA	Pella Comm School District	Middle	375	89.9%
13	Akron Westfield Middle School	Akron, IA	Akron Westfield Comm School District	Middle	130	89.8%
14	Glenwood Middle School	Glenwood, IA	Glenwood Comm School District	Middle	453	89.8%
15	DeSoto Intermediate School	DeSoto, IA	Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District	Middle	337	89.2%
16	Ballard Middle School	Huxley, IA	Ballard Comm School District	Middle	418	87.9%
17	Underwood Middle School	Underwood, IA	Underwood Comm School District	Middle	184	87.5%
18	Roland-Story Middle School	Roland, IA	Roland-Story Comm School District	Middle	331	87.3%
19	Grundy Center Middle School	Grundy Center, IA	Grundy Center Comm School District	Middle	219	87.0%
20	MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School	Alton, IA	MOC-Floyd Valley Comm School District	Middle	337	87.0%
21	IKM-Manning Middle School	Manning, IA	IKM-Manning Comm School District	Middle	297	86.6%
22	North Polk Middle School	Alleman, IA	North Polk Comm School District	Middle	504	86.5%
23	DC-G Oak View	Grimes, IA	Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District	Middle	537	86.4%
24	ADM Middle School	Adel, IA	Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District	Middle	352	86.3%
25	Nevada Middle School	Nevada, IA	Nevada Comm School District	Middle	442	86.3%
26	Sheldon Middle School	Sheldon, IA	Sheldon Comm School District	Middle	312	86.1%
27	AHSTW Intermediate School	Avoca, IA	AHSTW Comm School District	Middle	270	86.0%
28	Hazel Point Intermediate School	Marion, IA	Linn-Mar Comm School District	Middle	563	86.0%
29	Waukee Middle School	Waukee, IA	Waukee Comm School District	Middle	867	85.9%
30	Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School	Waverly, IA	Waverly-Shell Rock Comm School District	Middle	681	85.9%
31	Harlan Community Middle School	Harlan, IA	Harlan Comm School District	Middle	335	85.8%
32	Solon Middle School	Solon, IA	Solon Comm School District	Middle	320	85.8%
33	Aplington-Parkersburg Middle School	Aplington, IA	Aplington-Parkersburg Comm School District	Middle	198	85.6%
34	Montezuma Junior High School	Montezuma, IA	Montezuma Comm School District	Middle	106	85.6%
35	Holmes Junior High School	Cedar Falls, IA	Cedar Falls Comm School District	Middle	628	85.5%
36	West Lyon Junior High School	Inwood, IA	West Lyon Comm School District	Middle	128	85.4%
37	Center Point-Urbana Middle School	Center Point, IA	Center Point-Urbana Comm School District	Middle	290	85.1%
38	Norwalk Middle School	Norwalk, IA	Norwalk Comm School District	Middle	824	84.8%
39	Vinton-Shellsburg Middle School	Vinton, IA	Vinton-Shellsburg Comm School District	Middle	331	84.8%
40	Winterset Middle School	Winterset, IA	Winterset Comm School District	Middle	351	84.8%
41	Winterset Junior High School	Winterset, IA	Winterset Comm School District	Middle	256	84.5%
42	Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School	Dallas Center, IA	Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District	Middle	586	84.4%
43	MFL MarMac Middle School	Mcgregor, IA	MFL MarMac Comm School District	Middle	168	84.1%
44	Spencer Middle School	Spencer, IA	Spencer Comm School District	Middle	514	84.1%
45	South Winneshiek Middle School	Ossian, IA	South Winneshiek Comm School District	Middle	126	83.9%
46	West Delaware Middle School	Manchester, IA	West Delaware County Comm School District	Middle	378	83.8%
47	Parkview Middle School	Ankeny, IA	Ankeny Comm School District	Middle	865	83.7%
48	Decorah Middle School	Decorah, IA	Decorah Community School District	Middle	432	83.7%
49	Trailridge School	Waukee, IA	Waukee Comm School District	Middle	754	83.7%
50	Drexler Middle School	Farley, IA	Western Dubuque Comm School District	Middle	639	83.6%

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