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

17 public middle schools in Polk County, Iowa appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public middle schools in science, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state science standard. North Polk Middle School leads the list at 91.4%, against a median of 51.0% across the ranked schools.

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Polk County, Iowa

Top % Proficient (Science)

91.4%

Median % Proficient (Science)

51.0%

BEST IN SCIENCE · POLK COUNTY, IOWA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Science)
1	North Polk Middle School	Alleman, IA	North Polk Comm School District	Middle	504	91.4%
2	Bondurant-Farrar Junior High	Bondurant, IA	Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District	Middle	398	76.4%
3	Bondurant - Farrar Intermediate School	Bondurant, IA	Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District	Middle	445	75.8%
4	Indian Hills Junior High School	Clive, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	Middle	661	74.0%
5	Urbandale Middle School	Urbandale, IA	Urbandale Comm School District	Middle	892	70.2%
6	Merrill Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	657	69.1%
7	Stilwell Junior High School	West Des Moines, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	Middle	645	64.2%
8	Woodside Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Saydel Comm School District	Middle	396	56.5%
9	Brody Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	641	51.0%
10	McCombs Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	670	50.0%
11	Meredith Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	662	49.8%
12	Hoyt Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	455	48.2%
13	Callanan Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	553	48.0%
14	Goodrell Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	511	45.7%
15	Weeks Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	688	42.4%
16	Hiatt Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	488	37.3%
17	Harding Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	603	35.2%

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