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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Central High School Davenport · Davenport Comm School District | High | 61.4% | -12.3pp |
| 302 | North High School Davenport · Davenport Comm School District | High | 60.5% | -13.2pp |
| 303 | Choice Charter School Union · Choice Charter Schools | High | 60.0% | -13.7pp |
| 304 | Oelwein High School Oelwein · Oelwein Comm School District | High | 60.0% | -13.7pp |
| 305 | Southwest Valley High school Corning · Corning Comm School District | High | 58.9% | -14.8pp |
| 306 | Marshalltown High School Marshalltown · Marshalltown Comm School District | High | 58.5% | -15.2pp |
| 307 | Maquoketa Community High School Maquoketa · Maquoketa Comm School District | High | 58.4% | -15.3pp |
| 308 | Abraham Lincoln High School Council Bluffs · Council Bluffs Comm School District | High | 58.2% | -15.5pp |
| 309 | North High School Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District | High | 57.1% | -16.6pp |
| 310 | Manson Northwest Webster Junior High/High School Manson · Manson Northwest Webster Comm School District | High | 57.0% | -16.7pp |
| 311 | Southeast Valley High School Gowrie · Southeast Valley Community School District | High | 57.0% | -16.7pp |
| 312 | West High School Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District | High | 57.0% | -16.7pp |
| 313 | East High School Waterloo · Waterloo Comm School District | High | 56.8% | -16.9pp |
| 314 | Clinton High School Clinton · Clinton Comm School District | High | 56.3% | -17.4pp |
| 315 | Saydel High School Des Moines · Saydel Comm School District | High | 55.3% | -18.4pp |
| 316 | Washington High School Washington · Washington Comm School District | High | 53.9% | -19.8pp |
| 317 | Mason City Virtual Academy Mason City · Mason City Comm School District | High | 51.5% | -22.2pp |
| 318 | Hoover High School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | High | 50.8% | -22.9pp |
| 319 | Virtual Campus Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | High | 50.2% | -23.5pp |
| 320 | Dubuque Online School Dubuque · Dubuque Comm School District | High | 50.0% | -23.7pp |
| 321 | Thomas Jefferson High School Council Bluffs · Council Bluffs Comm School District | High | 49.6% | -24.1pp |
| 322 | Seymour High School Seymour · Seymour Comm School District | High | 49.5% | -24.2pp |
| 323 | Moulton-Udell High School Moulton · Moulton-Udell Comm School District | High | 48.7% | -25.0pp |
| 324 | Lincoln High School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | High | 48.5% | -25.2pp |
| 325 | West High School Davenport · Davenport Comm School District | High | 48.0% | -25.7pp |
| 326 | Storm Lake High School Storm Lake · Storm Lake Comm School District | High | 46.1% | -27.6pp |
| 327 | East High School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | High | 45.4% | -28.3pp |
| 328 | North High School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | High | 45.3% | -28.4pp |
| 329 | Gateway High School Ottumwa · Ottumwa Comm School District | High | 37.7% | -36.0pp |
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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.