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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Linn County, Iowa

Across Linn County, Iowa, 17 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Mount Vernon Middle School leads the list at 92.4%, against a median of 76.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Linn County, Iowa

Top % Proficient (Reading)

92.4%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

76.6%

BEST IN READING · LINN COUNTY, IOWA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	Mount Vernon Middle School	Mount Vernon, IA	Mount Vernon Comm School District	Middle	425	92.4%	▲ 2
2	Alburnett Middle School	Alburnett, IA	Alburnett Comm School District	Middle	169	90.9%	▼ 1
3	North-Linn Middle School	Troy Mills, IA	North Linn Comm School District	Middle	111	90.7%	▼ 1
4	Oak Ridge Middle School	Marion, IA	Linn-Mar Comm School District	Middle	534	89.1%	▲ 2
5	Center Point-Urbana Middle School	Center Point, IA	Center Point-Urbana Comm School District	Middle	290	88.3%	▼ 1
6	Hazel Point Intermediate School	Marion, IA	Linn-Mar Comm School District	Middle	563	86.5%	▼ 1
7	Excelsior Middle School	Marion, IA	Linn-Mar Comm School District	Middle	594	86.0%	no change
8	Taft Middle School	Cedar Rapids, IA	Cedar Rapids Comm School District	Middle	593	78.5%	▲ 4
9	Vernon Middle School	Marion, IA	Marion Independent School District	Middle	587	76.6%	▼ 1
10	Harding Middle School	Cedar Rapids, IA	Cedar Rapids Comm School District	Middle	710	76.2%	▼ 1
11	Boulder Peak Intermediate School	Marion, IA	Linn-Mar Comm School District	Middle	613	75.3%	▼ 1
12	Prairie Point	Cedar Rapids, IA	College Comm School District	Middle	868	74.7%	▼ 1
13	Prairie Creek	Cedar Rapids, IA	College Comm School District	Middle	846	73.7%	no change
14	Franklin Middle School	Cedar Rapids, IA	Cedar Rapids Comm School District	Middle	469	69.2%	▲ 2
15	McKinley STEAM Academy	Cedar Rapids, IA	Cedar Rapids Comm School District	Middle	426	64.5%	▼ 1
16	Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy	Cedar Rapids, IA	Cedar Rapids Comm School District	Middle	484	60.0%	▼ 1
17	Wilson Middle School	Cedar Rapids, IA	Cedar Rapids Comm School District	Middle	422	47.1%	no change

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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