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Iowa schools ranked by test score

Latest ISASP year (2024-25). 361 schools with reported Science scores. State average: 67.3%.
RankSchoolLevelSciencevs state
301Jackson Elementary School
Davenport · Davenport Comm School District
Elementary44.6%-22.7pp
302Lowell Elementary School
Waterloo · Waterloo Comm School District
Elementary44.6%-22.7pp
303Windsor Elementary
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary44.4%-22.9pp
304Hoover Elementary School
Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District
Elementary44.2%-23.1pp
305Wright Elementary School
Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District
Elementary43.6%-23.7pp
306Longfellow Elementary School
Council Bluffs · Council Bluffs Comm School District
Elementary43.1%-24.2pp
307Liberty Elementary School
Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District
Elementary42.9%-24.4pp
308Carter Lake Elementary School
Carter Lake · Council Bluffs Comm School District
Elementary42.4%-24.9pp
309Garfield Elementary School
Davenport · Davenport Comm School District
Elementary42.3%-25.0pp
310Willard Elementary School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary41.9%-25.4pp
311Hunt Elementary School
Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District
Elementary41.7%-25.6pp
312Highland Elementary School
Waterloo · Waterloo Comm School District
Elementary41.5%-25.8pp
313Alexander Elementary
Iowa City · Iowa City Comm School District
Elementary41.4%-25.9pp
314Grant Wood Elementary School
Iowa City · Iowa City Comm School District
Elementary40.9%-26.4pp
315Iowa Connections Academy Elementary
Anita · CAM Comm School District
Elementary40.6%-26.7pp
316South Union Elementary School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary39.7%-27.6pp
317Richard O. Jacobson Elementary School
Belmond · Belmond-Klemme Comm School District
Elementary39.2%-28.1pp
318Morris Elementary School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary38.9%-28.4pp
319Briggs Elementary School
Maquoketa · Maquoketa Comm School District
Elementary38.7%-28.6pp
320Park Ave Elementary School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary38.6%-28.7pp
321Studebaker Elementary School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary38.3%-29.0pp
322Van Buren Elementary School
Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District
Elementary38.3%-29.0pp
323Moulton Elementary School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary38.1%-29.2pp
324Cooper Elementary School
Fort Dodge · Fort Dodge Comm School District
Elementary37.2%-30.1pp
325Jackson Elementary School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary36.7%-30.6pp
326Carver Elementary
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary36.5%-30.8pp
327Findley Elementary School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary36.2%-31.1pp
328Lincoln Elementary School
Waterloo · Waterloo Comm School District
Elementary36.2%-31.1pp
329Wright Elementary School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary36.1%-31.2pp
330Grant Elementary School
Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District
Elementary36.0%-31.3pp
331Storm Lake Elementary
Storm Lake · Storm Lake Comm School District
Elementary35.7%-31.6pp
332Bloomer Elementary School
Council Bluffs · Council Bluffs Comm School District
Elementary35.3%-32.0pp
333McKinley Elementary School
Muscatine · Muscatine Comm School District
Elementary34.9%-32.4pp
334Samuelson Elementary School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary34.8%-32.5pp
335Rue Elementary School
Council Bluffs · Council Bluffs Comm School District
Elementary34.6%-32.7pp
336Unity Elementary School
Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District
Elementary34.4%-32.9pp
337James Elementary School
Ottumwa · Ottumwa Comm School District
Elementary34.3%-33.0pp
338Brubaker Elementary School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary33.7%-33.6pp
339Lovejoy Elementary School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary32.7%-34.6pp
340Kirkwood Elementary School
Coralville · Iowa City Comm School District
Elementary32.4%-34.9pp
341Phillips Elementary
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary32.4%-34.9pp
342Stowe Elementary School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary32.4%-34.9pp
343Prescott Elementary School
Dubuque · Dubuque Comm School District
Elementary32.1%-35.2pp
344Capitol View Elementary School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary31.9%-35.4pp
345Irving Elementary School
Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District
Elementary31.9%-35.4pp
346Howe Elementary
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary31.6%-35.7pp
347Hayes Elementary School
Davenport · Davenport Comm School District
Elementary30.8%-36.5pp
348Madison Elementary School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary30.0%-37.3pp
349Johnson STEAM Academy School
Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District
Elementary29.8%-37.5pp
350Monroe Elementary School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary29.4%-37.9pp
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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 Science 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.