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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 451 | Mark Twain Elementary Iowa City · Iowa City Comm School District | Elementary | 59.4% | -14.3pp |
| 452 | Hoover Elementary School Mason City · Mason City Comm School District | Elementary | 59.0% | -14.7pp |
| 453 | Carter Lake Elementary School Carter Lake · Council Bluffs Comm School District | Elementary | 58.9% | -14.8pp |
| 454 | Marshall Elementary School Dubuque · Dubuque Comm School District | Elementary | 58.8% | -14.9pp |
| 455 | East Mills Elementary School Malvern · East Mills Comm School District | Elementary | 58.4% | -15.3pp |
| 456 | Robert Lucas Elementary School Iowa City · Iowa City Comm School District | Elementary | 58.1% | -15.6pp |
| 457 | Unity Elementary School Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District | Elementary | 58.0% | -15.7pp |
| 458 | Lincoln Elementary School Waterloo · Waterloo Comm School District | Elementary | 57.7% | -16.0pp |
| 459 | Moore Elementary School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 57.7% | -16.0pp |
| 460 | Northeast Hamilton Elementary School Blairsburg · Webster City Comm School District | Elementary | 57.6% | -16.1pp |
| 461 | South Central Calhoun Elementary School Rockwell City · South Central Calhoun Comm School District | Elementary | 57.6% | -16.1pp |
| 462 | Table Mound Elementary School Dubuque · Dubuque Comm School District | Elementary | 57.5% | -16.2pp |
| 463 | Cherokee Elementary School Cherokee · Cherokee Comm School District | Elementary | 57.4% | -16.3pp |
| 464 | Black Hawk Elementary School Burlington · Burlington Comm School District | Elementary | 56.9% | -16.8pp |
| 465 | Wilson Elementary School Davenport · Davenport Comm School District | Elementary | 56.8% | -16.9pp |
| 466 | Eagle Grove Elementary Eagle Grove · Eagle Grove Comm School District | Elementary | 56.5% | -17.2pp |
| 467 | Hunt Elementary School Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District | Elementary | 56.3% | -17.4pp |
| 468 | Lincoln Elementary School Charles City · Charles City Comm School District | Elementary | 56.2% | -17.5pp |
| 469 | McKinley Elementary School Muscatine · Muscatine Comm School District | Elementary | 56.2% | -17.5pp |
| 470 | Fillmore Elementary School Davenport · Davenport Comm School District | Elementary | 55.3% | -18.4pp |
| 471 | Jackson Elementary School Davenport · Davenport Comm School District | Elementary | 55.3% | -18.4pp |
| 472 | Clarke Community Elementary School Osceola · Clarke Comm School District | Elementary | 54.9% | -18.8pp |
| 473 | Cora B Darling Elementary Postville · Postville Comm School District | Elementary | 54.9% | -18.8pp |
| 474 | Garfield Elementary School Davenport · Davenport Comm School District | Elementary | 54.9% | -18.8pp |
| 475 | Willard Elementary School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 54.7% | -19.0pp |
| 476 | Jackson Elementary School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 54.6% | -19.1pp |
| 477 | Blakesburg Elementary Blakesburg · Eddyville-Blakesburg- Fremont CSD | Elementary | 54.5% | -19.2pp |
| 478 | Grant Wood Elementary School Iowa City · Iowa City Comm School District | Elementary | 54.4% | -19.3pp |
| 479 | Iowa Connections Academy Elementary Anita · CAM Comm School District | Elementary | 54.0% | -19.7pp |
| 480 | Alexander Elementary Iowa City · Iowa City Comm School District | Elementary | 53.8% | -19.9pp |
| 481 | Harris-Lake Park Elementary School Lake Park · Harris-Lake Park Comm School District | Elementary | 53.8% | -19.9pp |
| 482 | Jefferson Elementary School Clinton · Clinton Comm School District | Elementary | 53.8% | -19.9pp |
| 483 | Moulton Elementary School Moulton · Moulton-Udell Comm School District | Elementary | 53.8% | -19.9pp |
| 484 | Inman Elementary School Red Oak · Red Oak Comm School District | Elementary | 53.5% | -20.2pp |
| 485 | Jefferson Elementary School Muscatine · Muscatine Comm School District | Elementary | 53.3% | -20.4pp |
| 486 | Madison Elementary School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 53.1% | -20.6pp |
| 487 | Roosevelt Elementary School Council Bluffs · Council Bluffs Comm School District | Elementary | 53.1% | -20.6pp |
| 488 | Wilson Elementary School Ottumwa · Ottumwa Comm School District | Elementary | 53.0% | -20.7pp |
| 489 | South Union Elementary School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 52.9% | -20.8pp |
| 490 | Camanche Elementary Camanche · Camanche Comm School District | Elementary | 52.8% | -20.9pp |
| 491 | Truman Elementary School Davenport · Davenport Comm School District | Elementary | 52.8% | -20.9pp |
| 492 | Lamoni Elementary School Lamoni · Lamoni Comm School District | Elementary | 52.7% | -21.0pp |
| 493 | Liberty Elementary School Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District | Elementary | 52.3% | -21.4pp |
| 494 | Hoover Elementary School Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District | Elementary | 52.2% | -21.5pp |
| 495 | Lowell Elementary School Waterloo · Waterloo Comm School District | Elementary | 52.1% | -21.6pp |
| 496 | Crestview School of Inquiry Clive · West Des Moines Comm School District | Elementary | 51.9% | -21.8pp |
| 497 | Irving Elementary School Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District | Elementary | 51.8% | -21.9pp |
| 498 | Essex Elementary School Essex · Essex Comm School District | Elementary | 51.5% | -22.2pp |
| 499 | West Liberty Elementary School West Liberty · West Liberty Comm School District | Elementary | 51.4% | -22.3pp |
| 500 | Morris Elementary School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 51.2% | -22.5pp |
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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.