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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
351Hillis Elementary School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary29.3%-38.0pp
352Garton Elementary
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary28.8%-38.5pp
353King Elementary School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary26.8%-40.5pp
354Cattell Elementary School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary26.3%-41.0pp
355Cleveland Elementary School
Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District
Elementary25.0%-42.3pp
356Cunningham School
Waterloo · Waterloo Comm School District
Elementary21.7%-45.6pp
357Jefferson Elementary School
Davenport · Davenport Comm School District
Elementary21.4%-45.9pp
358Oak Park
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary21.3%-46.0pp
359Wilson Elementary School
Ottumwa · Ottumwa Comm School District
Elementary19.1%-48.2pp
360Edmunds Elementary School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary18.9%-48.4pp
361Madison Elementary School
Davenport · Davenport Comm School District
Elementary13.3%-54.0pp
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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.