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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Odebolt Elementary-Ida Grove Ida Grove · Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Comm School District | Elementary | 71.9% | -1.8pp |
| 302 | Mitchell Elementary School Ames · Ames Comm School District | Elementary | 71.8% | -1.9pp |
| 303 | Prairie Heights Elementary School Cedar Rapids · College Comm School District | Elementary | 71.8% | -1.9pp |
| 304 | Van Allen Elementary School Chariton · Chariton Comm School District | Elementary | 71.8% | -1.9pp |
| 305 | Adams Elementary School Carroll · Carroll Comm School District | Elementary | 71.5% | -2.2pp |
| 306 | Durant Elementary School Durant · Durant Comm School District | Elementary | 71.5% | -2.2pp |
| 307 | Clay Elementary Altoona · Southeast Polk Comm School District | Elementary | 71.4% | -2.3pp |
| 308 | Wilton Elementary School Wilton · Wilton Comm School District | Elementary | 71.4% | -2.3pp |
| 309 | Strawberry Hill Anamosa · Anamosa Comm School District | Elementary | 71.3% | -2.4pp |
| 310 | Anson Elementary School Marshalltown · Marshalltown Comm School District | Elementary | 71.2% | -2.5pp |
| 311 | East Marshall Elementary School Laurel · East Marshall Comm School District | Elementary | 71.2% | -2.5pp |
| 312 | Franklin Elementary School Boone · Boone Comm School District | Elementary | 71.2% | -2.5pp |
| 313 | North Iowa Elementary Buffalo Center Buffalo Center · North Iowa Comm School District | Elementary | 71.2% | -2.5pp |
| 314 | Colfax-Mingo Elementary School Colfax · Colfax-Mingo Comm School District | Elementary | 71.1% | -2.6pp |
| 315 | Paton-Churdan Elementary Churdan · Paton-Churdan Comm School District | Elementary | 71.0% | -2.7pp |
| 316 | Pocahontas Area Elementary School Pocahontas · Pocahontas Area Comm School District | Elementary | 71.0% | -2.7pp |
| 317 | Lakeview Elementary Centerville · Centerville Comm School District | Elementary | 70.8% | -2.9pp |
| 318 | Olmsted Elementary School Urbandale · Urbandale Comm School District | Elementary | 70.8% | -2.9pp |
| 319 | Morningside Elementary Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District | Elementary | 70.7% | -3.0pp |
| 320 | Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School Nashua · Nashua-Plainfield Comm School District | Elementary | 70.7% | -3.0pp |
| 321 | West Burlington Elem School West Burlington · West Burlington Ind School District | Elementary | 70.7% | -3.0pp |
| 322 | Hubbell Elementary Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 70.4% | -3.3pp |
| 323 | West Harrison Elementary Mondamin · West Harrison Comm School District | Elementary | 70.4% | -3.3pp |
| 324 | Bluff Elementary School Clinton · Clinton Comm School District | Elementary | 70.3% | -3.4pp |
| 325 | Emerson Hough Elementary School Newton · Newton Comm School District | Elementary | 70.3% | -3.4pp |
| 326 | Aplington Elementary School Aplington · Aplington-Parkersburg Comm School District | Elementary | 70.2% | -3.5pp |
| 327 | Perry Elementary Perry · Perry Comm School District | Elementary | 70.2% | -3.5pp |
| 328 | CAM Elementary School Massena · CAM Comm School District | Elementary | 70.1% | -3.6pp |
| 329 | North Tama Elementary Traer · North Tama County Comm School District | Elementary | 70.1% | -3.6pp |
| 330 | Spalding Park Elementary Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District | Elementary | 70.0% | -3.7pp |
| 331 | Tipton Elementary School Tipton · Tipton Comm School District | Elementary | 69.9% | -3.8pp |
| 332 | Cascade Elementary School Cascade · Western Dubuque Comm School District | Elementary | 69.8% | -3.9pp |
| 333 | Perry Creek Elementary School Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District | Elementary | 69.7% | -4.0pp |
| 334 | New Hampton Elementary School New Hampton · New Hampton Comm School District | Elementary | 69.6% | -4.1pp |
| 335 | Lenox Elementary School Lenox · Lenox Comm School District | Elementary | 69.5% | -4.2pp |
| 336 | H-L-V Elementary School Victor · H-L-V Comm School District | Elementary | 69.3% | -4.4pp |
| 337 | Oskaloosa Elementary School Oskaloosa · Oskaloosa Comm School District | Elementary | 69.3% | -4.4pp |
| 338 | Poyner Elementary Evansdale · Waterloo Comm School District | Elementary | 69.2% | -4.5pp |
| 339 | Sylvia Enarson Elementary School Villisca · Villisca Comm School District | Elementary | 69.0% | -4.7pp |
| 340 | Farley Elementary School Farley · Western Dubuque Comm School District | Elementary | 68.9% | -4.8pp |
| 341 | Neil Armstrong Elementary School Bettendorf · Bettendorf Comm School District | Elementary | 68.9% | -4.8pp |
| 342 | Hillside Elementary School West Des Moines · West Des Moines Comm School District | Elementary | 68.8% | -4.9pp |
| 343 | Harlan Intermediate School Harlan · Harlan Comm School District | Elementary | 68.7% | -5.0pp |
| 344 | Willowbrook Elementary Altoona · Southeast Polk Comm School District | Elementary | 68.7% | -5.0pp |
| 345 | Creston Elementary School Creston · Creston Comm School District | Elementary | 68.6% | -5.1pp |
| 346 | Durant Elementary School Sumner · Sumner-Fredericksburg Comm School District | Elementary | 68.6% | -5.1pp |
| 347 | Shellsburg Elementary School Shellsburg · Vinton-Shellsburg Comm School District | Elementary | 68.6% | -5.1pp |
| 348 | Hiawatha Elementary School Hiawatha · Cedar Rapids Comm School District | Elementary | 68.5% | -5.2pp |
| 349 | West Monona Elementary Onawa · West Monona Comm School District | Elementary | 68.5% | -5.2pp |
| 350 | Prairie Crest Elementary Cedar Rapids · College Comm School District | Elementary | 68.4% | -5.3pp |
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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.