Iowa schools ranked by test score
Latest ISASP year (2024-25). 553 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 | Hopewell Elementary Bettendorf · Pleasant Valley Comm School District | Elementary | 95.9% | +22.2pp |
| 3 | East Elementary School Sheldon · Sheldon Comm School District | Elementary | 95.6% | +21.9pp |
| 4 | Wickham Elementary Coralville · Iowa City Comm School District | Elementary | 94.2% | +20.5pp |
| 5 | Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building Denver · Denver Comm School District | Elementary | 92.6% | +18.9pp |
| 6 | Van Meter Elementary School Van Meter · Van Meter Comm School District | Elementary | 92.4% | +18.7pp |
| 7 | Walnut Hills Elementary School Urbandale · Waukee Comm School District | Elementary | 92.4% | +18.7pp |
| 8 | Echo Hill Elementary Marion · Linn-Mar Comm School District | Elementary | 92.3% | +18.6pp |
| 9 | North Kossuth Elementary School Swea City · North Kossuth Comm School District | Elementary | 92.3% | +18.6pp |
| 10 | Bridgeview Elementary School LeClaire · Pleasant Valley Comm School District | Elementary | 92.1% | +18.4pp |
| 11 | Prairie View Elementary School Cedar Rapids · College Comm School District | Elementary | 91.9% | +18.2pp |
| 12 | Cody Elementary School LeClaire · Pleasant Valley Comm School District | Elementary | 91.8% | +18.1pp |
| 13 | Woodbine Elementary School Woodbine · Woodbine Comm School District | Elementary | 91.7% | +18.0pp |
| 14 | Treynor Elementary School Treynor · Treynor Comm School District | Elementary | 91.5% | +17.8pp |
| 15 | Remsen-Union Elementary School Remsen · Remsen-Union Comm School District | Elementary | 91.2% | +17.5pp |
| 16 | Runnells Elementary Runnells · Southeast Polk Comm School District | Elementary | 91.2% | +17.5pp |
| 17 | Mitchellville Elementary Mitchellville · Southeast Polk Comm School District | Elementary | 90.8% | +17.1pp |
| 18 | Bess Streeter Aldrich Elementary Cedar Falls · Cedar Falls Comm School District | Elementary | 90.5% | +16.8pp |
| 19 | Gilbert Intermediate School Gilbert · Gilbert Comm School District | Elementary | 90.4% | +16.7pp |
| 20 | Helen A Hansen Elementary School Cedar Falls · Cedar Falls Comm School District | Elementary | 90.4% | +16.7pp |
| 21 | Forest Grove Elementary Bettendorf · Pleasant Valley Comm School District | Elementary | 90.3% | +16.6pp |
| 22 | MOC-Floyd Valley Elementary School Orange City · MOC-Floyd Valley Comm School District | Elementary | 90.2% | +16.5pp |
| 23 | Prairie Trail Elementary Ankeny · Ankeny Comm School District | Elementary | 90.2% | +16.5pp |
| 24 | Lake Mills Elementary School Lake Mills · Lake Mills Comm School District | Elementary | 90.1% | +16.4pp |
| 25 | Ogden Elementary School Ogden · Ogden Comm School District | Elementary | 90.0% | +16.3pp |
| 26 | Pleasant View Elementary School Bettendorf · Pleasant Valley Comm School District | Elementary | 89.6% | +15.9pp |
| 27 | Dallas Center Elementary Dallas Center · Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District | Elementary | 89.3% | +15.6pp |
| 28 | George-Little Rock Elementary School Little Rock · George-Little Rock Comm School District | Elementary | 89.3% | +15.6pp |
| 29 | Hinton Elementary School Hinton · Hinton Comm School District | Elementary | 89.1% | +15.4pp |
| 30 | St Ansgar Elementary School St Ansgar · St Ansgar Comm School District | Elementary | 89.1% | +15.4pp |
| 31 | Sunnyside Elementary School Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District | Elementary | 89.1% | +15.4pp |
| 32 | Central Lyon Elementary School Rock Rapids · Central Lyon Comm School District | Elementary | 88.7% | +15.0pp |
| 33 | Danville Elementary School Danville · Danville Comm School District | Elementary | 88.5% | +14.8pp |
| 34 | Riverdale Heights Elem School Bettendorf · Pleasant Valley Comm School District | Elementary | 88.3% | +14.6pp |
| 35 | Underwood Elementary School Underwood · Underwood Comm School District | Elementary | 88.3% | +14.6pp |
| 36 | Central Elementary School Nevada · Nevada Comm School District | Elementary | 88.1% | +14.4pp |
| 37 | Dike Elementary School Dike · Dike-New Hartford Comm School District | Elementary | 88.0% | +14.3pp |
| 38 | Cowles Elementary School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 87.9% | +14.2pp |
| 39 | Paul Norton Elementary School Bettendorf · Bettendorf Comm School District | Elementary | 87.9% | +14.2pp |
| 40 | Delwood Elementary School Delmar · Delwood Comm School District | Elementary | 87.7% | +14.0pp |
| 41 | Webster Elementary School Urbandale · Urbandale Comm School District | Elementary | 87.6% | +13.9pp |
| 42 | Penn Elementary School North Liberty · Iowa City Comm School District | Elementary | 86.9% | +13.2pp |
| 43 | Roland-Story Elementary School Story City · Roland-Story Comm School District | Elementary | 86.8% | +13.1pp |
| 44 | Shuler Elementary School Clive · Waukee Comm School District | Elementary | 86.7% | +13.0pp |
| 45 | West Lyon Elementary School Inwood · West Lyon Comm School District | Elementary | 86.7% | +13.0pp |
| 46 | Whittier Elementary School Clinton · Clinton Comm School District | Elementary | 86.6% | +12.9pp |
| 47 | John Glenn Elementary School Donahue · North Scott Comm School District | Elementary | 86.5% | +12.8pp |
| 48 | Henry A Wallace Elementary School Johnston · Johnston Comm School District | Elementary | 86.3% | +12.6pp |
| 49 | Jesup Elementary School Jesup · Jesup Comm School District | Elementary | 86.3% | +12.6pp |
| 50 | South Hamilton Elem Jewell · South Hamilton Comm School District | Elementary | 86.3% | +12.6pp |
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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.