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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 351 | Ernest Horn Elementary School Iowa City · Iowa City Comm School District | Elementary | 68.3% | -5.4pp |
| 352 | Irving Elementary School Waterloo · Waterloo Comm School District | Elementary | 68.3% | -5.4pp |
| 353 | Northwest Elementary School Ankeny · Ankeny Comm School District | Elementary | 68.3% | -5.4pp |
| 354 | Cardinal Elementary Eldon · Cardinal Comm School District | Elementary | 68.2% | -5.5pp |
| 355 | Longfellow Elementary School Iowa City · Iowa City Comm School District | Elementary | 68.1% | -5.6pp |
| 356 | Longfellow Elementary School Belle Plaine · Belle Plaine Comm School District | Elementary | 68.1% | -5.6pp |
| 357 | Marnie Simons Elementary School Hamburg · Hamburg Comm School District | Elementary | 68.1% | -5.6pp |
| 358 | AGWSR Elementary School Ackley · AGWSR Comm School District | Elementary | 68.0% | -5.7pp |
| 359 | Feelhaver Elementary School Fort Dodge · Fort Dodge Comm School District | Elementary | 68.0% | -5.7pp |
| 360 | Sageville Elementary School Dubuque · Dubuque Comm School District | Elementary | 68.0% | -5.7pp |
| 361 | Clark Elementary School New London · New London Comm School District | Elementary | 67.9% | -5.8pp |
| 362 | Clarksville Elementary School Clarksville · Clarksville Comm School District | Elementary | 67.9% | -5.8pp |
| 363 | Eldora-New Providence Elementary School Eldora · Eldora-New Providence Comm School District | Elementary | 67.9% | -5.8pp |
| 364 | Grant Elementary School Muscatine · Muscatine Comm School District | Elementary | 67.9% | -5.8pp |
| 365 | J C Hoglan Elementary School Marshalltown · Marshalltown Comm School District | Elementary | 67.9% | -5.8pp |
| 366 | Eisenhower Elementary School Davenport · Davenport Comm School District | Elementary | 67.8% | -5.9pp |
| 367 | Greenwood Elementary School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 67.8% | -5.9pp |
| 368 | Lambert Elementary School Manchester · West Delaware County Comm School District | Elementary | 67.8% | -5.9pp |
| 369 | West Central PK - 8 School Maynard · West Central Comm School District | Elementary | 67.8% | -5.9pp |
| 370 | Linn Grove Elementary School Marion · Linn-Mar Comm School District | Elementary | 67.7% | -6.0pp |
| 371 | Pence Elementary Fairfield · Fairfield Comm School District | Elementary | 67.7% | -6.0pp |
| 372 | Van Buren County Community School District Douds Center Douds · Van Buren County Comm School District | Elementary | 67.6% | -6.1pp |
| 373 | Emerson Elementary School Indianola · Indianola Comm School District | Elementary | 67.3% | -6.4pp |
| 374 | Garfield Elementary School Clarinda · Clarinda Comm School District | Elementary | 67.3% | -6.4pp |
| 375 | Sigourney Elementary Sigourney · Sigourney Comm School District | Elementary | 67.3% | -6.4pp |
| 376 | Murray Elementary School Murray · Murray Comm School District | Elementary | 67.2% | -6.5pp |
| 377 | Tripoli Elementary School Tripoli · Tripoli Comm School District | Elementary | 67.1% | -6.6pp |
| 378 | Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School Charter Oak · Charter Oak-Ute Comm School District | Elementary | 66.7% | -7.0pp |
| 379 | Midland Elementary Oxford Junction · Midland Comm School District | Elementary | 66.7% | -7.0pp |
| 380 | South Tama County Elementary School Tama · South Tama County | Elementary | 66.7% | -7.0pp |
| 381 | Winterset Elementary School Winterset · Winterset Comm School District | Elementary | 66.7% | -7.0pp |
| 382 | Starmont Elementary School Arlington · Starmont Comm School District | Elementary | 66.6% | -7.1pp |
| 383 | Helen Lemme Elementary School Iowa City · Iowa City Comm School District | Elementary | 66.5% | -7.2pp |
| 384 | West Willow Elementary School Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District | Elementary | 66.4% | -7.3pp |
| 385 | Buford Garner Elementary North Liberty · Iowa City Comm School District | Elementary | 66.3% | -7.4pp |
| 386 | Winfield Elementary School Winfield · Winfield-Mt Union Comm School District | Elementary | 66.3% | -7.4pp |
| 387 | Carson Elementary Carson · Riverside Comm School District | Elementary | 66.1% | -7.6pp |
| 388 | Schuler Elementary School Atlantic · Atlantic Comm School District | Elementary | 66.1% | -7.6pp |
| 389 | North Hill Elementary School Burlington · Burlington Comm School District | Elementary | 66.0% | -7.7pp |
| 390 | Sunnyside Elementary School Burlington · Burlington Comm School District | Elementary | 65.8% | -7.9pp |
| 391 | Wilder Elementary School Indianola · Indianola Comm School District | Elementary | 65.8% | -7.9pp |
| 392 | Erskine Elementary School Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District | Elementary | 65.7% | -8.0pp |
| 393 | Loess Hills Elementary SIOUX CITY · Sioux City Comm School District | Elementary | 65.7% | -8.0pp |
| 394 | United Community School Boone · United Comm School District | Elementary | 65.6% | -8.1pp |
| 395 | Woodbury Elementary School Marshalltown · Marshalltown Comm School District | Elementary | 65.6% | -8.1pp |
| 396 | Hawthorne Elementary School Keokuk · Keokuk Comm School District | Elementary | 65.5% | -8.2pp |
| 397 | Norman Borlaug Elementary School Coralville · Iowa City Comm School District | Elementary | 65.4% | -8.3pp |
| 398 | Washington Elementary School Atlantic · Atlantic Comm School District | Elementary | 65.4% | -8.3pp |
| 399 | Central Elementary School Coralville · Iowa City Comm School District | Elementary | 65.3% | -8.4pp |
| 400 | Grant Wood Elementary School Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District | Elementary | 65.3% | -8.4pp |
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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.