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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Van Buren County Community Middle & High School Keosauqua · Van Buren County Comm School District | High | 78.3% | +4.6pp |
| 152 | Cedar Falls High School Cedar Falls · Cedar Falls Comm School District | High | 78.2% | +4.5pp |
| 153 | English Valleys Jr-Sr High School North English · English Valleys Comm School District | High | 78.2% | +4.5pp |
| 154 | Dunkerton High School Dunkerton · Dunkerton Comm School District | High | 78.1% | +4.4pp |
| 155 | Panorama High School Panora · Panorama Comm School District | High | 78.1% | +4.4pp |
| 156 | Crestwood High School Cresco · Howard-Winneshiek Comm School District | High | 78.0% | +4.3pp |
| 157 | West Sioux High School Hawarden · West Sioux Comm School District | High | 78.0% | +4.3pp |
| 158 | Le Mars High School Le Mars · Le Mars Comm School District | High | 77.9% | +4.2pp |
| 159 | Danville Junior-Senior High School Danville · Danville Comm School District | High | 77.8% | +4.1pp |
| 160 | East Union Middle-High School Afton · East Union Comm School District | High | 77.8% | +4.1pp |
| 161 | West Senior High School Iowa City · Iowa City Comm School District | High | 77.8% | +4.1pp |
| 162 | Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School Belmond · Belmond-Klemme Comm School District | High | 77.6% | +3.9pp |
| 163 | Ogden High School Ogden · Ogden Comm School District | High | 77.5% | +3.8pp |
| 164 | Sheldon High School Sheldon · Sheldon Comm School District | High | 77.5% | +3.8pp |
| 165 | Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School Hartley · Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Comm School District | High | 77.3% | +3.6pp |
| 166 | Liberty High School North Liberty · Iowa City Comm School District | High | 77.3% | +3.6pp |
| 167 | Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School Pocahontas · Pocahontas Area Comm School District | High | 77.3% | +3.6pp |
| 168 | Sioux Center High School Sioux Center · Sioux Center Comm School District | High | 77.3% | +3.6pp |
| 169 | Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center Wheatland · Calamus-Wheatland Comm School District | High | 77.2% | +3.5pp |
| 170 | Central City High School Central City · Central City Comm School District | High | 77.2% | +3.5pp |
| 171 | Greene County High School Jefferson · Greene County Comm School District | High | 77.2% | +3.5pp |
| 172 | West Lyon High School Inwood · West Lyon Comm School District | High | 77.2% | +3.5pp |
| 173 | South Central Calhoun High School Lake City · South Central Calhoun Comm School District | High | 77.1% | +3.4pp |
| 174 | Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School Belle Plaine · Belle Plaine Comm School District | High | 77.0% | +3.3pp |
| 175 | Marion High School Marion · Marion Independent School District | High | 77.0% | +3.3pp |
| 176 | Nevada High School Nevada · Nevada Comm School District | High | 77.0% | +3.3pp |
| 177 | Prairie High School Cedar Rapids · College Comm School District | High | 77.0% | +3.3pp |
| 178 | Winterset Senior High School Winterset · Winterset Comm School District | High | 77.0% | +3.3pp |
| 179 | Griswold Middle/High School Griswold · Griswold Comm School District | High | 76.9% | +3.2pp |
| 180 | East Mills Jr/Sr High School Malvern · East Mills Comm School District | High | 76.8% | +3.1pp |
| 181 | Linn-Mar High School Marion · Linn-Mar Comm School District | High | 76.8% | +3.1pp |
| 182 | Ames High School Ames · Ames Comm School District | High | 76.7% | +3.0pp |
| 183 | Central Decatur MS/HS High School Leon · Central Decatur Comm School District | High | 76.6% | +2.9pp |
| 184 | Mount Vernon High School Mount Vernon · Mount Vernon Comm School District | High | 76.6% | +2.9pp |
| 185 | Wilton Jr-Sr High School Wilton · Wilton Comm School District | High | 76.6% | +2.9pp |
| 186 | Southeast Polk Junior High Pleasant Hill · Southeast Polk Comm School District | High | 76.5% | +2.8pp |
| 187 | Baxter High School Baxter · Baxter Comm School District | High | 76.4% | +2.7pp |
| 188 | East Sac County High School Lake View · East Sac County Comm School District | High | 76.4% | +2.7pp |
| 189 | Moravia High School Moravia · Moravia Comm School District | High | 76.4% | +2.7pp |
| 190 | ExiraElk Horn-Kimballton High School Elk Horn · Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton Comm School District | High | 76.3% | +2.6pp |
| 191 | Benton Community Senior High School Van Horne · Benton Comm School District | High | 76.2% | +2.5pp |
| 192 | Cardinal High School Eldon · Cardinal Comm School District | High | 76.2% | +2.5pp |
| 193 | Guthrie Center High School Guthrie Center · Guthrie Center Comm School District | High | 76.1% | +2.4pp |
| 194 | Sidney High School Sidney · Sidney Comm School District | High | 76.1% | +2.4pp |
| 195 | Turkey Valley Jr-Sr High School Jackson Junction · Turkey Valley Comm School District | High | 76.0% | +2.3pp |
| 196 | Gladbrook-Reinbeck Jr. High & High School Reinbeck · Gladbrook-Reinbeck Comm School District | High | 75.9% | +2.2pp |
| 197 | GMG Secondary School Garwin · GMG Comm School District | High | 75.8% | +2.1pp |
| 198 | Monticello High School Monticello · Monticello Comm School District | High | 75.8% | +2.1pp |
| 199 | Boone High School Boone · Boone Comm School District | High | 75.7% | +2.0pp |
| 200 | Bellevue High School Bellevue · Bellevue Comm School District | High | 75.6% | +1.9pp |
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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.