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The lowest-performing public middle schools by test proficiency in Iowa

This ranking covers the lowest-performing public middle schools by test proficiency in Iowa, drawn from 224 qualifying public middle schools. Frank L Smart Middle School leads the list at 30.9%, against a median of 76.0% 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

Best % Proficient

30.9%

Median % Proficient

76.0%

LOWEST PROFICIENCY · IOWA

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	Frank L Smart Middle School	Davenport, IA	Davenport Comm School District	Middle	68.8%	430	30.9%
2	Hiatt Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	93.4%	488	36.2%
3	Harding Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	88.6%	603	39.9%
4	Goodrell Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	84.7%	511	42.4%
5	Hoyt Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	82.6%	455	42.8%
6	Weeks Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	87.4%	688	42.8%
7	Williams Middle School	Davenport, IA	Davenport Comm School District	Middle	56.8%	577	44.0%
8	Wilson Middle School	Cedar Rapids, IA	Cedar Rapids Comm School District	Middle	78.0%	422	44.2%
9	Storm Lake Middle School	Storm Lake, IA	Storm Lake Comm School District	Middle	72.8%	651	44.6%
10	Aldo Leopold Intermediate School	Burlington, IA	Burlington Comm School District	Middle	58.3%	412	47.5%
11	Central Middle School	Waterloo, IA	Waterloo Comm School District	Middle	85.1%	469	47.5%
12	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	Dubuque, IA	Dubuque Comm School District	Middle	67.4%	402	48.3%
13	George Washington Carver Academy	Waterloo, IA	Waterloo Comm School District	Middle	90.5%	455	49.8%
14	Callanan Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	79.9%	553	50.0%
15	Liberty Intermediate School	Ottumwa, IA	Ottumwa Comm School District	Middle	48.5%	633	50.2%
16	Brody Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	71.3%	641	51.3%
17	Meredith Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	79.8%	662	51.6%
18	Edward Stone Middle School	Burlington, IA	Burlington Comm School District	Middle	56.6%	452	52.6%
19	Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy	Cedar Rapids, IA	Cedar Rapids Comm School District	Middle	71.1%	484	53.1%
20	West Liberty Middle School	West Liberty, IA	West Liberty Comm School District	Middle	52.0%	367	53.6%
21	Lenihan Intermediate School	Marshalltown, IA	Marshalltown Comm School District	Middle	78.3%	655	53.6%
22	Oelwein Middle School	Oelwein, IA	Oelwein Comm School District	Middle	52.6%	350	53.9%
23	McCombs Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	83.3%	670	54.0%
24	Robert Blue School	Eagle Grove, IA	Eagle Grove Comm School District	Middle	65.3%	268	54.5%
25	Wood Middle School	Davenport, IA	Davenport Comm School District	Middle	52.8%	629	54.8%
26	B R Miller Middle School	Marshalltown, IA	Marshalltown Comm School District	Middle	73.0%	736	54.8%
27	Woodrow Wilson Middle School	Council Bluffs, IA	Council Bluffs Comm School District	Middle	58.9%	855	58.1%
28	McKinley STEAM Academy	Cedar Rapids, IA	Cedar Rapids Comm School District	Middle	60.6%	426	58.1%
29	Maquoketa Middle School	Maquoketa, IA	Maquoketa Comm School District	Middle	55.9%	315	58.1%
30	Bunger Middle School	Evansdale, IA	Waterloo Comm School District	Middle	74.5%	440	58.3%
31	Fort Madison Middle School	Fort Madison, IA	Fort Madison Comm School District	Middle	59.3%	686	58.8%
32	Franklin Middle School	Cedar Rapids, IA	Cedar Rapids Comm School District	Middle	58.6%	469	60.1%
33	Sudlow Middle School	Davenport, IA	Davenport Comm School District	Middle	48.8%	734	60.7%
34	Berg Middle School	Newton, IA	Newton Comm School District	Middle	53.4%	790	61.0%
35	South Tama County Middle School	Toledo, IA	South Tama County	Middle	62.7%	413	61.1%
36	Fort Dodge Middle School	Fort Dodge, IA	Fort Dodge Comm School District	Middle	55.3%	765	61.1%
37	North Middle School	Sioux City, IA	Sioux City Comm School District	Middle	97.2%	1,136	61.6%
38	West Middle School	Sioux City, IA	Sioux City Comm School District	Middle	78.8%	826	62.7%
39	Woodside Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Saydel Comm School District	Middle	56.6%	396	62.9%
40	Clarke Community Middle School	Osceola, IA	Clarke Comm School District	Middle	57.4%	289	63.1%
41	Clinton Middle School	Clinton, IA	Clinton Comm School District	Middle	55.3%	745	64.2%
42	Davis County Middle School	Bloomfield, IA	Davis County Comm School District	Middle	47.2%	337	64.6%
43	Washington Middle School	Washington, IA	Washington Comm School District	Middle	42.9%	347	65.1%
44	George Washington Middle School	Dubuque, IA	Dubuque Comm School District	Middle	53.4%	584	65.4%
45	Howar Middle School	Centerville, IA	Centerville Comm School District	Middle	56.0%	298	65.5%
46	Lincoln Intermediate	Mason City, IA	Mason City Comm School District	Middle	53.2%	485	65.6%
47	John Adams Middle School	Mason City, IA	Mason City Comm School District	Middle	49.0%	463	65.7%
48	Panorama Middle School	Panora, IA	Panorama Comm School District	Middle	34.9%	146	66.2%
49	Walcott Middle School	Walcott, IA	Davenport Comm School District	Middle	37.6%	322	66.3%
50	Gerald W Kirn Middle School	Council Bluffs, IA	Council Bluffs Comm School District	Middle	48.5%	913	66.3%

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