Iowa schools ranked by test score
Latest ISASP year (2024-25). 1,117 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 73.7%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virgil Grissom Elementary School Princeton · North Scott Comm School District | Elementary | 97.5% | +23.8pp |
| 2 | Treynor High School Treynor · Treynor Comm School District | High | 96.9% | +23.2pp |
| 3 | Hopewell Elementary Bettendorf · Pleasant Valley Comm School District | Elementary | 95.9% | +22.2pp |
| 4 | Denver Middle School Denver · Denver Comm School District | Middle | 95.8% | +22.1pp |
| 5 | Gilbert Middle School Gilbert · Gilbert Comm School District | Middle | 95.8% | +22.1pp |
| 6 | East Elementary School Sheldon · Sheldon Comm School District | Elementary | 95.6% | +21.9pp |
| 7 | Denver Senior High School Denver · Denver Comm School District | High | 95.1% | +21.4pp |
| 8 | ADM Senior High School Adel · Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District | High | 95.0% | +21.3pp |
| 9 | Van Meter High School Van Meter · Van Meter Comm School District | High | 94.8% | +21.1pp |
| 10 | Wickham Elementary Coralville · Iowa City Comm School District | Elementary | 94.2% | +20.5pp |
| 11 | Gilbert High School Gilbert · Gilbert Comm School District | High | 94.0% | +20.3pp |
| 12 | Pleasant Valley Junior High School LeClaire · Pleasant Valley Comm School District | Middle | 93.6% | +19.9pp |
| 13 | Van Meter Middle School Van Meter · Van Meter Comm School District | Middle | 93.6% | +19.9pp |
| 14 | ADM Middle School Adel · Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District | Middle | 93.3% | +19.6pp |
| 15 | Bedford High School Bedford · Bedford Comm School District | High | 93.2% | +19.5pp |
| 16 | Mediapolis Middle School Mediapolis · Mediapolis Comm School District | Middle | 93.1% | +19.4pp |
| 17 | Northview Middle School Ankeny · Ankeny Comm School District | High | 92.9% | +19.2pp |
| 18 | Underwood High School Underwood · Underwood Comm School District | High | 92.8% | +19.1pp |
| 19 | Grundy Center High School Grundy Center · Grundy Center Comm School District | High | 92.7% | +19.0pp |
| 20 | Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building Denver · Denver Comm School District | Elementary | 92.6% | +18.9pp |
| 21 | Osage High School Osage · Osage Comm School District | High | 92.6% | +18.9pp |
| 22 | Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School Lawton · Lawton-Bronson Comm School District | High | 92.5% | +18.8pp |
| 23 | Mount Vernon Middle School Mount Vernon · Mount Vernon Comm School District | Middle | 92.4% | +18.7pp |
| 24 | North Union High School Armstrong · North Union Comm School District | High | 92.4% | +18.7pp |
| 25 | Van Meter Elementary School Van Meter · Van Meter Comm School District | Elementary | 92.4% | +18.7pp |
| 26 | Walnut Hills Elementary School Urbandale · Waukee Comm School District | Elementary | 92.4% | +18.7pp |
| 27 | Westside Junior-Senior High School Westside · Ar-We-Va Comm School District | High | 92.4% | +18.7pp |
| 28 | Echo Hill Elementary Marion · Linn-Mar Comm School District | Elementary | 92.3% | +18.6pp |
| 29 | North Kossuth Elementary School Swea City · North Kossuth Comm School District | Elementary | 92.3% | +18.6pp |
| 30 | Treynor Middle School Treynor · Treynor Comm School District | Middle | 92.3% | +18.6pp |
| 31 | Bridgeview Elementary School LeClaire · Pleasant Valley Comm School District | Elementary | 92.1% | +18.4pp |
| 32 | Prairie View Elementary School Cedar Rapids · College Comm School District | Elementary | 91.9% | +18.2pp |
| 33 | Cody Elementary School LeClaire · Pleasant Valley Comm School District | Elementary | 91.8% | +18.1pp |
| 34 | Woodbine Elementary School Woodbine · Woodbine Comm School District | Elementary | 91.7% | +18.0pp |
| 35 | Solon Middle School Solon · Solon Comm School District | Middle | 91.5% | +17.8pp |
| 36 | Treynor Elementary School Treynor · Treynor Comm School District | Elementary | 91.5% | +17.8pp |
| 37 | Akron Westfield Middle School Akron · Akron Westfield Comm School District | Middle | 91.3% | +17.6pp |
| 38 | Remsen-Union Elementary School Remsen · Remsen-Union Comm School District | Elementary | 91.2% | +17.5pp |
| 39 | Runnells Elementary Runnells · Southeast Polk Comm School District | Elementary | 91.2% | +17.5pp |
| 40 | Holmes Junior High School Cedar Falls · Cedar Falls Comm School District | Middle | 91.0% | +17.3pp |
| 41 | Alburnett Middle School Alburnett · Alburnett Comm School District | Middle | 90.9% | +17.2pp |
| 42 | Mitchellville Elementary Mitchellville · Southeast Polk Comm School District | Elementary | 90.8% | +17.1pp |
| 43 | North-Linn Middle School Troy Mills · North Linn Comm School District | Middle | 90.7% | +17.0pp |
| 44 | Bess Streeter Aldrich Elementary Cedar Falls · Cedar Falls Comm School District | Elementary | 90.5% | +16.8pp |
| 45 | North Polk Middle School Alleman · North Polk Comm School District | Middle | 90.5% | +16.8pp |
| 46 | Gilbert Intermediate School Gilbert · Gilbert Comm School District | Elementary | 90.4% | +16.7pp |
| 47 | Helen A Hansen Elementary School Cedar Falls · Cedar Falls Comm School District | Elementary | 90.4% | +16.7pp |
| 48 | Aplington-Parkersburg High School Parkersburg · Aplington-Parkersburg Comm School District | High | 90.3% | +16.6pp |
| 49 | Forest Grove Elementary Bettendorf · Pleasant Valley Comm School District | Elementary | 90.3% | +16.6pp |
| 50 | Pella High School Pella · Pella Comm School District | High | 90.3% | +16.6pp |
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About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the ISASP % Proficient threshold on the latest available ISASP English Language Arts test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Iowa, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.