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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Colo-NESCO Middle/High School Colo · Colo-NESCO Comm School District | High | 75.6% | +1.9pp |
| 202 | Northwood-Kensett Middle/High School Northwood · Northwood-Kensett Comm School District | High | 75.6% | +1.9pp |
| 203 | Algona High School Algona · Algona Comm School District | High | 75.5% | +1.8pp |
| 204 | South Hardin High School Eldora · Eldora-New Providence Comm School District | High | 75.5% | +1.8pp |
| 205 | Carroll High School Carroll · Carroll Comm School District | High | 75.4% | +1.7pp |
| 206 | Camanche High School Camanche · Camanche Comm School District | High | 75.3% | +1.6pp |
| 207 | West Bend-Mallard High School West Bend · West Bend-Mallard Comm School District | High | 75.3% | +1.6pp |
| 208 | Columbus Community High School Columbus Junction · Columbus Comm School District | High | 75.2% | +1.5pp |
| 209 | Davis County Community High School Bloomfield · Davis County Comm School District | High | 75.0% | +1.3pp |
| 210 | Okoboji High School Milford · Okoboji Comm School District | High | 75.0% | +1.3pp |
| 211 | Tri-County JR/SR High School Thornburg · Tri-County Comm School District | High | 75.0% | +1.3pp |
| 212 | CAM Jr./Sr. High School Anita · CAM Comm School District | High | 74.8% | +1.1pp |
| 213 | Muscatine High School Muscatine · Muscatine Comm School District | High | 74.7% | +1.0pp |
| 214 | Oskaloosa High School Oskaloosa · Oskaloosa Comm School District | High | 74.6% | +0.9pp |
| 215 | Southeast Polk High School Pleasant Hill · Southeast Polk Comm School District | High | 74.5% | +0.8pp |
| 216 | Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School Nashua · Nashua-Plainfield Comm School District | High | 74.3% | +0.6pp |
| 217 | North Scott High School Eldridge · North Scott Comm School District | High | 74.1% | +0.4pp |
| 218 | Twin Cedars Jr-Sr High School Bussey · Twin Cedars Comm School District | High | 74.1% | +0.4pp |
| 219 | Boyden-Hull High School Hull · Boyden-Hull Comm School District | High | 74.0% | +0.3pp |
| 220 | Colfax-Mingo Jr/Sr High School Colfax · Colfax-Mingo Comm School District | High | 73.9% | +0.2pp |
| 221 | Hampton-Dumont High School Hampton · Hampton-Dumont Comm School District | High | 73.9% | +0.2pp |
| 222 | John F Kennedy High School Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District | High | 73.9% | +0.2pp |
| 223 | North Iowa High School Buffalo Center · North Iowa Comm School District | High | 73.6% | -0.1pp |
| 224 | Bondurant-Farrar High School Bondurant · Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District | High | 73.5% | -0.2pp |
| 225 | Perry High School Perry · Perry Comm School District | High | 73.3% | -0.4pp |
| 226 | Knoxville High School Knoxville · Knoxville Comm School District | High | 73.1% | -0.6pp |
| 227 | Akron Westfield Senior High School Akron · Akron Westfield Comm School District | High | 73.0% | -0.7pp |
| 228 | Essex Junior-Senior High School Essex · Essex Comm School District | High | 73.0% | -0.7pp |
| 229 | Tipton High School Tipton · Tipton Comm School District | High | 72.9% | -0.8pp |
| 230 | Lone Tree Middle-Senior High School Lone Tree · Lone Tree Comm School District | High | 72.6% | -1.1pp |
| 231 | Midland Middle/High School Wyoming · Midland Comm School District | High | 72.6% | -1.1pp |
| 232 | Hamburg Charter High School Hamburg · Hamburg Comm School District | High | 72.4% | -1.3pp |
| 233 | Starmont High School Arlington · Starmont Comm School District | High | 72.4% | -1.3pp |
| 234 | Wapsie Valley High School Fairbank · Wapsie Valley Comm School District | High | 72.4% | -1.3pp |
| 235 | Atlantic High School Atlantic · Atlantic Comm School District | High | 72.2% | -1.5pp |
| 236 | Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High Eddyville · Eddyville-Blakesburg- Fremont CSD | High | 72.1% | -1.6pp |
| 237 | North Butler Jr/Sr High School Greene · North Butler Comm School District | High | 72.1% | -1.6pp |
| 238 | Riceville High School Riceville · Riceville Comm School District | High | 72.1% | -1.6pp |
| 239 | Wapello Senior High School Wapello · Wapello Comm School District | High | 72.0% | -1.7pp |
| 240 | Independence Junior Senior High School Independence · Independence Comm School District | High | 71.9% | -1.8pp |
| 241 | Kee High School Lansing · Eastern Allamakee Comm School District | High | 71.7% | -2.0pp |
| 242 | Webster City High School Webster City · Webster City Comm School District | High | 71.7% | -2.0pp |
| 243 | Central Middle School/High School Elkader · Central Comm School District | High | 71.5% | -2.2pp |
| 244 | West Central Charter High School Maynard · West Central Comm School District | High | 71.4% | -2.3pp |
| 245 | Sumner-Fredericksburg High School Sumner · Sumner-Fredericksburg Comm School District | High | 71.2% | -2.5pp |
| 246 | West Central Valley High School Stuart · West Central Valley Comm School District | High | 71.2% | -2.5pp |
| 247 | Centerville High School Centerville · Centerville Comm School District | High | 71.1% | -2.6pp |
| 248 | Mount Pleasant High School Mount Pleasant · Mount Pleasant Comm School District | High | 71.0% | -2.7pp |
| 249 | Waukee High School Waukee · Waukee Comm School District | High | 70.7% | -3.0pp |
| 250 | Alta-Aurelia High School Alta · Alta-Aurelia Comm School District | High | 70.6% | -3.1pp |
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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.