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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Albia High School Albia · Albia Comm School District | High | 81.5% | +7.8pp |
| 102 | Harlan High School Harlan · Harlan Comm School District | High | 81.5% | +7.8pp |
| 103 | Woodbury Central High School Moville · Woodbury Central Comm School District | High | 81.5% | +7.8pp |
| 104 | Carlisle High School Carlisle · Carlisle Comm School District | High | 81.4% | +7.7pp |
| 105 | Nodaway Valley High School Greenfield · Nodaway Valley Comm School District | High | 81.4% | +7.7pp |
| 106 | MMCRU High School Marcus · Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Comm School District | High | 81.3% | +7.6pp |
| 107 | Shenandoah High School Shenandoah · Shenandoah Comm School District | High | 81.3% | +7.6pp |
| 108 | Ankeny High School Ankeny · Ankeny Comm School District | High | 81.2% | +7.5pp |
| 109 | Jesup High School Jesup · Jesup Comm School District | High | 81.1% | +7.4pp |
| 110 | Dallas Center-Grimes High School Grimes · Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District | High | 81.0% | +7.3pp |
| 111 | Bettendorf High School Bettendorf · Bettendorf Comm School District | High | 80.9% | +7.2pp |
| 112 | Lenox High School Lenox · Lenox Comm School District | High | 80.9% | +7.2pp |
| 113 | Woodward-Granger High School Woodward · Woodward-Granger Comm School District | High | 80.9% | +7.2pp |
| 114 | Montezuma High School Montezuma · Montezuma Comm School District | High | 80.8% | +7.1pp |
| 115 | PCM High School Monroe · PCM Comm School District | High | 80.8% | +7.1pp |
| 116 | Glenwood Senior High School Glenwood · Glenwood Comm School District | High | 80.6% | +6.9pp |
| 117 | New Hampton High School New Hampton · New Hampton Comm School District | High | 80.6% | +6.9pp |
| 118 | H-L-V Junior-Senior High School Victor · H-L-V Comm School District | High | 80.5% | +6.8pp |
| 119 | Norwalk Senior High School Norwalk · Norwalk Comm School District | High | 80.5% | +6.8pp |
| 120 | Stanton High School Stanton · Stanton Comm School District | High | 80.5% | +6.8pp |
| 121 | East Marshall Senior High School Le Grand · East Marshall Comm School District | High | 80.4% | +6.7pp |
| 122 | Spirit Lake High School Spirit Lake · Spirit Lake Comm School District | High | 80.4% | +6.7pp |
| 123 | Vinton-Shellsburg High School Vinton · Vinton-Shellsburg Comm School District | High | 80.2% | +6.5pp |
| 124 | Forest City High School Forest City · Forest City Comm School District | High | 80.1% | +6.4pp |
| 125 | Valley Southwoods West Des Moines · West Des Moines Comm School District | High | 80.1% | +6.4pp |
| 126 | Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove High School Ida Grove · Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Comm School District | High | 79.8% | +6.1pp |
| 127 | West Harrison Middle School/High School Mondamin · West Harrison Comm School District | High | 79.8% | +6.1pp |
| 128 | Boyer Valley Middle/High School Dunlap · Boyer Valley Comm School District | High | 79.7% | +6.0pp |
| 129 | George-Little Rock Senior High School George · George-Little Rock Comm School District | High | 79.7% | +6.0pp |
| 130 | Edgewood-Colesburg High School Edgewood · Edgewood-Colesburg Comm School District | High | 79.5% | +5.8pp |
| 131 | Maple Valley-Anthon Oto High School Mapleton · Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Comm School District | High | 79.5% | +5.8pp |
| 132 | Pekin Community Junior/ Senior High School Packwood · Pekin Comm School District | High | 79.5% | +5.8pp |
| 133 | Sioux Central High School Sioux Rapids · Sioux Central Comm School District | High | 79.5% | +5.8pp |
| 134 | Riverside Middle/Senior High School Oakland · Riverside Comm School District | High | 79.4% | +5.7pp |
| 135 | Tri-Center High School Neola · Tri-Center Comm School District | High | 79.3% | +5.6pp |
| 136 | Coon Rapids-Bayard 6-12 Attendance Center Coon Rapids · Coon Rapids-Bayard Comm School District | High | 79.1% | +5.4pp |
| 137 | Iowa Valley Jr-Sr High School Marengo · Iowa Valley Comm School District | High | 79.1% | +5.4pp |
| 138 | Washington High School Cherokee · Cherokee Comm School District | High | 79.1% | +5.4pp |
| 139 | Cascade Junior-Senior High School Cascade · Western Dubuque Comm School District | High | 79.0% | +5.3pp |
| 140 | City View High Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District | High | 79.0% | +5.3pp |
| 141 | Glidden-Ralston Jr-Sr High School Glidden · Glidden-Ralston Comm School District | High | 79.0% | +5.3pp |
| 142 | Clear Creek Amana High School Tiffin · Clear Creek Amana Comm School District | High | 78.9% | +5.2pp |
| 143 | Janesville Junior-Senior High School Janesville · Janesville Consolidated School District | High | 78.9% | +5.2pp |
| 144 | Sibley-Ocheyedan High School Sibley · Sibley-Ocheyedan Comm School District | High | 78.8% | +5.1pp |
| 145 | South Winneshiek High School Calmar · South Winneshiek Comm School District | High | 78.8% | +5.1pp |
| 146 | Highland High School Riverside · Highland Comm School District | High | 78.6% | +4.9pp |
| 147 | Denison High School Denison · Denison Comm School District | High | 78.5% | +4.8pp |
| 148 | North Mahaska Jr-Sr High School New Sharon · North Mahaska Comm School District | High | 78.5% | +4.8pp |
| 149 | West Branch High School West Branch · West Branch Comm School District | High | 78.5% | +4.8pp |
| 150 | Lewis Central Senior High School Council Bluffs · Lewis Central Comm School District | High | 78.3% | +4.6pp |
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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.