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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | Titan Hill Intermediate School Council Bluffs · Lewis Central Comm School District | Elementary | 64.9% | -8.8pp |
| 402 | Western Hills Elementary School West Des Moines · West Des Moines Comm School District | Elementary | 64.9% | -8.8pp |
| 403 | McKinley Elementary School Davenport · Davenport Comm School District | Elementary | 64.6% | -9.1pp |
| 404 | Bryant Elementary School Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District | Elementary | 64.5% | -9.2pp |
| 405 | Franklin Elementary School Council Bluffs · Council Bluffs Comm School District | Elementary | 64.3% | -9.4pp |
| 406 | Harrison Elementary School Davenport · Davenport Comm School District | Elementary | 64.3% | -9.4pp |
| 407 | Fisher Elementary School Marshalltown · Marshalltown Comm School District | Elementary | 64.2% | -9.5pp |
| 408 | Northwood-Kensett Elementary Northwood · Northwood-Kensett Comm School District | Elementary | 64.2% | -9.5pp |
| 409 | Roosevelt Elementary School Mason City · Mason City Comm School District | Elementary | 64.1% | -9.6pp |
| 410 | South Side Elementary School Hampton · Hampton-Dumont Comm School District | Elementary | 63.9% | -9.8pp |
| 411 | Fremont-Mills Elementary School Tabor · Fremont-Mills Comm School District | Elementary | 63.8% | -9.9pp |
| 412 | Bloomer Elementary School Council Bluffs · Council Bluffs Comm School District | Elementary | 63.7% | -10.0pp |
| 413 | Madison Elementary School Muscatine · Muscatine Comm School District | Elementary | 63.6% | -10.1pp |
| 414 | Missouri Valley Elementary Missouri Valley · Missouri Valley Comm School District | Elementary | 63.5% | -10.2pp |
| 415 | Horace Mann Elementary School Ottumwa · Ottumwa Comm School District | Elementary | 63.3% | -10.4pp |
| 416 | Newell-Fonda Elementary Newell · Newell-Fonda Comm School District | Elementary | 63.3% | -10.4pp |
| 417 | Windsor Elementary Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 63.3% | -10.4pp |
| 418 | Melcher-Dallas Elementary Dallas · Melcher-Dallas Comm School District | Elementary | 63.1% | -10.6pp |
| 419 | Highland Elementary School Riverside · Highland Comm School District | Elementary | 63.0% | -10.7pp |
| 420 | Walcott Elementary School Walcott · Davenport Comm School District | Elementary | 63.0% | -10.7pp |
| 421 | Wapello Elementary School Wapello · Wapello Comm School District | Elementary | 63.0% | -10.7pp |
| 422 | Davis County Elementary Bloomfield · Davis County Comm School District | Elementary | 62.7% | -11.0pp |
| 423 | Lincoln Upper Elementary School Washington · Washington Comm School District | Elementary | 62.6% | -11.1pp |
| 424 | Roundy Elementary School Columbus Junction · Columbus Comm School District | Elementary | 62.6% | -11.1pp |
| 425 | Northstar Elementary School Knoxville · Knoxville Comm School District | Elementary | 62.5% | -11.2pp |
| 426 | Dayton Center Dayton · Southeast Valley Community School District | Elementary | 62.4% | -11.3pp |
| 427 | Hoover Elementary School West Branch · West Branch Comm School District | Elementary | 62.4% | -11.3pp |
| 428 | Panorama Elementary Panora · Panorama Comm School District | Elementary | 62.4% | -11.3pp |
| 429 | Mormon Trail Elementary School Humeston · Mormon Trail Comm School District | Elementary | 62.3% | -11.4pp |
| 430 | Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Elementary School Clarion · Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Comm School District | Elementary | 62.2% | -11.5pp |
| 431 | Hoover Elementary School Dubuque · Dubuque Comm School District | Elementary | 62.2% | -11.5pp |
| 432 | Kenwood Leadership Academy School Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District | Elementary | 62.1% | -11.6pp |
| 433 | Nixon Elementary School Hiawatha · Cedar Rapids Comm School District | Elementary | 62.1% | -11.6pp |
| 434 | Walnut Street School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 62.1% | -11.6pp |
| 435 | Pleasant Hill Elementary School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 61.9% | -11.8pp |
| 436 | Edison Elementary School Council Bluffs · Council Bluffs Comm School District | Elementary | 61.5% | -12.2pp |
| 437 | Colo-Nesco Elementary School Zearing · Colo-NESCO Comm School District | Elementary | 61.2% | -12.5pp |
| 438 | Wright Elementary School Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District | Elementary | 61.1% | -12.6pp |
| 439 | Galva-Holstein Elementary School Holstein · Galva-Holstein Comm School District | Elementary | 60.5% | -13.2pp |
| 440 | Kittrell Elementary School Waterloo · Waterloo Comm School District | Elementary | 60.4% | -13.3pp |
| 441 | Denison Elementary School Denison · Denison Comm School District | Elementary | 60.0% | -13.7pp |
| 442 | Mark Twain Elementary School Bettendorf · Bettendorf Comm School District | Elementary | 60.0% | -13.7pp |
| 443 | Perkins Elementary School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 60.0% | -13.7pp |
| 444 | Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center Farmington · Van Buren County Comm School District | Elementary | 60.0% | -13.7pp |
| 445 | Hanawalt Elementary Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 59.9% | -13.8pp |
| 446 | Van Allen Elementary School Mount Pleasant · Mount Pleasant Comm School District | Elementary | 59.9% | -13.8pp |
| 447 | Greene County Elementary Jefferson · Greene County Comm School District | Elementary | 59.8% | -13.9pp |
| 448 | Weber Elementary Iowa City · Iowa City Comm School District | Elementary | 59.8% | -13.9pp |
| 449 | Franklin Elementary School Marshalltown · Marshalltown Comm School District | Elementary | 59.7% | -14.0pp |
| 450 | Lou Henry Elementary School Waterloo · Waterloo Comm School District | Elementary | 59.4% | -14.3pp |
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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.