Iowa schools ranked by test score
Latest ISASP year (2024-25). 329 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 73.7%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Sigourney Jr-Sr High Sch Sigourney · Sigourney Comm School District | High | 85.9% | +12.2pp |
| 52 | Mediapolis High School Mediapolis · Mediapolis Comm School District | High | 85.8% | +12.1pp |
| 53 | Dike-New Hartford High School Dike · Dike-New Hartford Comm School District | High | 85.7% | +12.0pp |
| 54 | MOC-Floyd Valley High School Orange City · MOC-Floyd Valley Comm School District | High | 85.7% | +12.0pp |
| 55 | Northeast Middle-High School Goose Lake · Northeast Comm School District | High | 85.7% | +12.0pp |
| 56 | Martensdale-St Marys Jr-Sr High School Martensdale · Martensdale-St Marys Comm School District | High | 85.6% | +11.9pp |
| 57 | Emmetsburg High School Emmetsburg · Emmetsburg Comm School District | High | 85.5% | +11.8pp |
| 58 | Central Springs High School Manly · Central Springs Comm School District | High | 85.2% | +11.5pp |
| 59 | Ankeny Centennial High School Ankeny · Ankeny Comm School District | High | 85.1% | +11.4pp |
| 60 | Indianola High School Indianola · Indianola Comm School District | High | 85.0% | +11.3pp |
| 61 | Maquoketa Valley Senior High School Delhi · Maquoketa Valley Comm School District | High | 85.0% | +11.3pp |
| 62 | Fremont-Mills Middle And Senior High School Tabor · Fremont-Mills Comm School District | High | 84.8% | +11.1pp |
| 63 | Alburnett Senior High School Alburnett · Alburnett Comm School District | High | 84.7% | +11.0pp |
| 64 | Missouri Valley High School Missouri Valley · Missouri Valley Comm School District | High | 84.6% | +10.9pp |
| 65 | West Monona High School Onawa · West Monona Comm School District | High | 84.6% | +10.9pp |
| 66 | Spencer High School Spencer · Spencer Comm School District | High | 84.4% | +10.7pp |
| 67 | West Hancock High School Britt · West Hancock Comm School District | High | 84.4% | +10.7pp |
| 68 | Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School Liberty Center · Southeast Warren Comm School District | High | 84.3% | +10.6pp |
| 69 | Westwood High School Sloan · Westwood Comm School District | High | 84.3% | +10.6pp |
| 70 | Prairieview School Waukee · Waukee Comm School District | High | 84.2% | +10.5pp |
| 71 | Mount Ayr High School Mount Ayr · Mount Ayr Comm School District | High | 84.0% | +10.3pp |
| 72 | Union High School La Porte City · Union Comm School District | High | 84.0% | +10.3pp |
| 73 | Paton-Churdan Jr-Sr High School Churdan · Paton-Churdan Comm School District | High | 83.9% | +10.2pp |
| 74 | Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School Sergeant Bluff · Sergeant Bluff-Luton Comm School District | High | 83.9% | +10.2pp |
| 75 | Tripoli Middle/Sr High School Tripoli · Tripoli Comm School District | High | 83.8% | +10.1pp |
| 76 | Harris-Lake Park High School Lake Park · Harris-Lake Park Comm School District | High | 83.6% | +9.9pp |
| 77 | Logan-Magnolia Jr-Sr High School Logan · Logan-Magnolia Comm School District | High | 83.6% | +9.9pp |
| 78 | Fairfield High School Fairfield · Fairfield Comm School District | High | 83.4% | +9.7pp |
| 79 | North Fayette Valley High School West Union · North Fayette Valley Comm School District | High | 83.2% | +9.5pp |
| 80 | Lake Mills Senior High School Lake Mills · Lake Mills Comm School District | High | 83.1% | +9.4pp |
| 81 | Creston High School Creston · Creston Comm School District | High | 83.0% | +9.3pp |
| 82 | Central DeWitt High School De Witt · Central DeWitt School District | High | 82.8% | +9.1pp |
| 83 | IKM-Manning High School Manning · IKM-Manning Comm School District | High | 82.8% | +9.1pp |
| 84 | Johnston Senior High School Johnston · Johnston Comm School District | High | 82.8% | +9.1pp |
| 85 | St Ansgar High School St Ansgar · St Ansgar Comm School District | High | 82.8% | +9.1pp |
| 86 | Clear Lake High School Clear Lake · Clear Lake Comm School District | High | 82.7% | +9.0pp |
| 87 | Northwest High School Waukee · Waukee Comm School District | High | 82.7% | +9.0pp |
| 88 | Earlham Senior High School Earlham · Earlham Comm School District | High | 82.6% | +8.9pp |
| 89 | Humboldt High School Humboldt · Humboldt Comm School District | High | 82.6% | +8.9pp |
| 90 | Keota High School Keota · Keota Comm School District | High | 82.6% | +8.9pp |
| 91 | Louisa-Muscatine JR/SR High School Letts · Louisa-Muscatine Comm School District | High | 82.3% | +8.6pp |
| 92 | Waverly-Shell Rock Senior High School Waverly · Waverly-Shell Rock Comm School District | High | 82.3% | +8.6pp |
| 93 | MFL MarMac High School Monona · MFL MarMac Comm School District | High | 82.2% | +8.5pp |
| 94 | Clarinda High School Clarinda · Clarinda Comm School District | High | 82.0% | +8.3pp |
| 95 | Wayne Community Jr-Sr High School Corydon · Wayne Comm School District | High | 82.0% | +8.3pp |
| 96 | Ballard High School Huxley · Ballard Comm School District | High | 81.9% | +8.2pp |
| 97 | AHSTW High School Avoca · AHSTW Comm School District | High | 81.8% | +8.1pp |
| 98 | Urbandale High School Urbandale · Urbandale Comm School District | High | 81.8% | +8.1pp |
| 99 | Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School Maxwell · Collins-Maxwell Comm School District | High | 81.6% | +7.9pp |
| 100 | Timberline School Waukee · Waukee Comm School District | High | 81.6% | +7.9pp |
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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 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.