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

21 public middle schools in Polk County, Iowa appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public middle schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. North Polk Middle School leads the list at 90.5%, against a median of 75.8% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Polk County, Iowa

Top % Proficient (Reading)

90.5%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

75.8%

BEST IN READING · POLK COUNTY, IOWA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	North Polk Middle School	Alleman, IA	North Polk Comm School District	Middle	504	90.5%
2	Parkview Middle School	Ankeny, IA	Ankeny Comm School District	Middle	865	88.0%
3	Bondurant-Farrar Junior High	Bondurant, IA	Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District	Middle	398	85.7%
4	Prairie Ridge Middle School	Ankeny, IA	Ankeny Comm School District	Middle	1,004	84.9%
5	Indian Hills Junior High School	Clive, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	Middle	661	83.8%
6	Summit Middle School	Johnston, IA	Johnston Comm School District	Middle	1,118	83.3%
7	Southeast Polk Middle School	Altoona, IA	Southeast Polk Comm School District	Middle	1,112	79.0%
8	Stilwell Junior High School	West Des Moines, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	Middle	645	77.2%
9	Urbandale Middle School	Urbandale, IA	Urbandale Comm School District	Middle	892	76.1%
10	Bondurant - Farrar Intermediate School	Bondurant, IA	Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District	Middle	445	76.0%
11	Merrill Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	657	75.8%
12	Woodside Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Saydel Comm School District	Middle	396	72.7%
13	Meredith Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	662	59.3%
14	McCombs Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	670	55.5%
15	Brody Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	641	54.9%
16	Callanan Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	553	51.3%
17	Weeks Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	688	50.7%
18	Hiatt Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	488	45.2%
19	Goodrell Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	511	44.3%
20	Hoyt Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	455	43.9%
21	Harding Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	603	42.1%

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