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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | Alburnett Elementary School Alburnett · Alburnett Comm School District | Elementary | 74.6% | +0.9pp |
| 252 | McGregor Intermediate School Mcgregor · MFL MarMac Comm School District | Elementary | 74.6% | +0.9pp |
| 253 | Moravia Elementary School Moravia · Moravia Comm School District | Elementary | 74.6% | +0.9pp |
| 254 | Kluckhohn Elementary School Le Mars · Le Mars Comm School District | Elementary | 74.5% | +0.8pp |
| 255 | RRMR Elementary School Rockford · Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rk Comm School District | Elementary | 74.5% | +0.8pp |
| 256 | Wilkins Elementary School Marion · Linn-Mar Comm School District | Elementary | 74.4% | +0.7pp |
| 257 | BCLUW Elementary School Conrad · BCLUW Comm School District | Elementary | 74.2% | +0.5pp |
| 258 | Radiant Elementary School Urbandale · Waukee Comm School District | Elementary | 74.2% | +0.5pp |
| 259 | Cedar Heights Elementary School Cedar Falls · Cedar Falls Comm School District | Elementary | 74.1% | +0.4pp |
| 260 | John Kennedy Elementary School Dubuque · Dubuque Comm School District | Elementary | 74.1% | +0.4pp |
| 261 | Mid-Prairie West Elementary School Wellman · Mid-Prairie Comm School District | Elementary | 73.9% | +0.2pp |
| 262 | South O'Brien Elem School - Primghar Center Primghar · South O'Brien Comm School District | Elementary | 73.9% | +0.2pp |
| 263 | South Winneshiek Elementary School Ossian · South Winneshiek Comm School District | Elementary | 73.8% | +0.1pp |
| 264 | Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Newton · Newton Comm School District | Elementary | 73.8% | +0.1pp |
| 265 | North Cedar Elementary School Cedar Falls · Cedar Falls Comm School District | Elementary | 73.7% | +0.0pp |
| 266 | Pierce Elementary School Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District | Elementary | 73.6% | -0.1pp |
| 267 | West Bend-Mallard Elementary School West Bend · West Bend-Mallard Comm School District | Elementary | 73.6% | -0.1pp |
| 268 | Sunset Heights Elementary School Webster City · Webster City Comm School District | Elementary | 73.5% | -0.2pp |
| 269 | Ballard East Elementary Cambridge · Ballard Comm School District | Elementary | 73.4% | -0.3pp |
| 270 | Gladbrook-Reinbeck Elementary School Reinbeck · Gladbrook-Reinbeck Comm School District | Elementary | 73.4% | -0.3pp |
| 271 | Leeds Elementary School Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District | Elementary | 73.3% | -0.4pp |
| 272 | Riverside Elementary School Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District | Elementary | 73.3% | -0.4pp |
| 273 | Eisenhower Elementary School Ottumwa · Ottumwa Comm School District | Elementary | 73.2% | -0.5pp |
| 274 | Pekin Elementary School Packwood · Pekin Comm School District | Elementary | 73.2% | -0.5pp |
| 275 | Wayne Elementary School Corydon · Wayne Comm School District | Elementary | 73.2% | -0.5pp |
| 276 | Guthrie Center Elementary School Guthrie Center · Guthrie Center Comm School District | Elementary | 73.1% | -0.6pp |
| 277 | Lincoln Elementary School Spencer · Spencer Comm School District | Elementary | 73.1% | -0.6pp |
| 278 | Madison Elementary School Pella · Pella Comm School District | Elementary | 73.0% | -0.7pp |
| 279 | Shenandoah Elementary School Shenandoah · Shenandoah Comm School District | Elementary | 73.0% | -0.7pp |
| 280 | Clark Elementary School Le Mars · Le Mars Comm School District | Elementary | 72.9% | -0.8pp |
| 281 | Easton Valley Elementary School Miles · Easton Valley Comm School District | Elementary | 72.8% | -0.9pp |
| 282 | Herbert Hoover Elementary School Iowa City · Iowa City Comm School District | Elementary | 72.7% | -1.0pp |
| 283 | Clive Learning Academy Des Moines · West Des Moines Comm School District | Elementary | 72.6% | -1.1pp |
| 284 | Franklin Elementary School Muscatine · Muscatine Comm School District | Elementary | 72.5% | -1.2pp |
| 285 | Sawyer Elementary School Ames · Ames Comm School District | Elementary | 72.5% | -1.2pp |
| 286 | Broadway Elementary School Denison · Denison Comm School District | Elementary | 72.4% | -1.3pp |
| 287 | Buffalo Elementary School Buffalo · Davenport Comm School District | Elementary | 72.4% | -1.3pp |
| 288 | Sioux Central Elementary School Sioux Rapids · Sioux Central Comm School District | Elementary | 72.4% | -1.3pp |
| 289 | Griswold Elementary Griswold · Griswold Comm School District | Elementary | 72.3% | -1.4pp |
| 290 | Nodaway Valley Elementary School Greenfield · Nodaway Valley Comm School District | Elementary | 72.3% | -1.4pp |
| 291 | Bohumil Shimek Elementary School Iowa City · Iowa City Comm School District | Elementary | 72.2% | -1.5pp |
| 292 | West Elementary School Independence · Independence Comm School District | Elementary | 72.2% | -1.5pp |
| 293 | Edwards Elementary School Ames · Ames Comm School District | Elementary | 72.1% | -1.6pp |
| 294 | Irving Elementary School Dubuque · Dubuque Comm School District | Elementary | 72.1% | -1.6pp |
| 295 | North Elementary School Leon · Central Decatur Comm School District | Elementary | 72.1% | -1.6pp |
| 296 | Prairie City Elementary School Prairie City · PCM Comm School District | Elementary | 72.0% | -1.7pp |
| 297 | Wings Park Elementary School Oelwein · Oelwein Comm School District | Elementary | 72.0% | -1.7pp |
| 298 | Grant Wood Elementary School Bettendorf · Bettendorf Comm School District | Elementary | 71.9% | -1.8pp |
| 299 | Harding Elementary School Mason City · Mason City Comm School District | Elementary | 71.9% | -1.8pp |
| 300 | Lewis & Clark Elementary School Council Bluffs · Council Bluffs Comm School District | Elementary | 71.9% | -1.8pp |
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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.