Iowa schools ranked by test score
Latest ISASP year (2024-25). 231 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 73.7%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Middle School Denver · Denver Comm School District | Middle | 95.8% | +22.1pp |
| 2 | Gilbert Middle School Gilbert · Gilbert Comm School District | Middle | 95.8% | +22.1pp |
| 3 | Pleasant Valley Junior High School LeClaire · Pleasant Valley Comm School District | Middle | 93.6% | +19.9pp |
| 4 | Van Meter Middle School Van Meter · Van Meter Comm School District | Middle | 93.6% | +19.9pp |
| 5 | ADM Middle School Adel · Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District | Middle | 93.3% | +19.6pp |
| 6 | Mediapolis Middle School Mediapolis · Mediapolis Comm School District | Middle | 93.1% | +19.4pp |
| 7 | Mount Vernon Middle School Mount Vernon · Mount Vernon Comm School District | Middle | 92.4% | +18.7pp |
| 8 | Treynor Middle School Treynor · Treynor Comm School District | Middle | 92.3% | +18.6pp |
| 9 | Solon Middle School Solon · Solon Comm School District | Middle | 91.5% | +17.8pp |
| 10 | Akron Westfield Middle School Akron · Akron Westfield Comm School District | Middle | 91.3% | +17.6pp |
| 11 | Holmes Junior High School Cedar Falls · Cedar Falls Comm School District | Middle | 91.0% | +17.3pp |
| 12 | Alburnett Middle School Alburnett · Alburnett Comm School District | Middle | 90.9% | +17.2pp |
| 13 | North-Linn Middle School Troy Mills · North Linn Comm School District | Middle | 90.7% | +17.0pp |
| 14 | North Polk Middle School Alleman · North Polk Comm School District | Middle | 90.5% | +16.8pp |
| 15 | Waukee Middle School Waukee · Waukee Comm School District | Middle | 90.3% | +16.6pp |
| 16 | MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School Alton · MOC-Floyd Valley Comm School District | Middle | 89.8% | +16.1pp |
| 17 | Pella Middle School Pella · Pella Comm School District | Middle | 89.8% | +16.1pp |
| 18 | DC-G Oak View Grimes · Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District | Middle | 89.3% | +15.6pp |
| 19 | DeSoto Intermediate School DeSoto · Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District | Middle | 89.2% | +15.5pp |
| 20 | Lake Mills Middle School Lake Mills · Lake Mills Comm School District | Middle | 89.1% | +15.4pp |
| 21 | Oak Ridge Middle School Marion · Linn-Mar Comm School District | Middle | 89.1% | +15.4pp |
| 22 | Maquoketa Valley Middle School Delhi · Maquoketa Valley Comm School District | Middle | 88.9% | +15.2pp |
| 23 | Peet Junior High School Cedar Falls · Cedar Falls Comm School District | Middle | 88.6% | +14.9pp |
| 24 | West Delaware Middle School Manchester · West Delaware County Comm School District | Middle | 88.4% | +14.7pp |
| 25 | Center Point-Urbana Middle School Center Point · Center Point-Urbana Comm School District | Middle | 88.3% | +14.6pp |
| 26 | North Scott Junior High School Eldridge · North Scott Comm School District | Middle | 88.2% | +14.5pp |
| 27 | Lynnville-Sully Middle School Sully · Lynnville-Sully Comm School District | Middle | 88.1% | +14.4pp |
| 28 | Decorah Middle School Decorah · Decorah Community School District | Middle | 88.0% | +14.3pp |
| 29 | Parkview Middle School Ankeny · Ankeny Comm School District | Middle | 88.0% | +14.3pp |
| 30 | Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School Dallas Center · Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District | Middle | 87.7% | +14.0pp |
| 31 | North Union Middle School Swea City · North Kossuth Comm School District | Middle | 87.6% | +13.9pp |
| 32 | Glenwood Middle School Glenwood · Glenwood Comm School District | Middle | 87.1% | +13.4pp |
| 33 | Waukon Middle School Waukon · Allamakee Comm School District | Middle | 87.0% | +13.3pp |
| 34 | West Marshall Middle School State Center · West Marshall Comm School District | Middle | 86.7% | +13.0pp |
| 35 | Roland-Story Middle School Roland · Roland-Story Comm School District | Middle | 86.6% | +12.9pp |
| 36 | Sergeant Bluff-Luton Middle School Sergeant Bluff · Sergeant Bluff-Luton Comm School District | Middle | 86.6% | +12.9pp |
| 37 | Grundy Center Middle School Grundy Center · Grundy Center Comm School District | Middle | 86.5% | +12.8pp |
| 38 | Hazel Point Intermediate School Marion · Linn-Mar Comm School District | Middle | 86.5% | +12.8pp |
| 39 | MFL MarMac Middle School Mcgregor · MFL MarMac Comm School District | Middle | 86.5% | +12.8pp |
| 40 | Ballard Middle School Huxley · Ballard Comm School District | Middle | 86.4% | +12.7pp |
| 41 | Nodaway Valley Middle School Fontanelle · Nodaway Valley Comm School District | Middle | 86.4% | +12.7pp |
| 42 | Sheldon Middle School Sheldon · Sheldon Comm School District | Middle | 86.4% | +12.7pp |
| 43 | Excelsior Middle School Marion · Linn-Mar Comm School District | Middle | 86.0% | +12.3pp |
| 44 | St Ansgar Middle School St Ansgar · St Ansgar Comm School District | Middle | 85.8% | +12.1pp |
| 45 | Bondurant-Farrar Junior High Bondurant · Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District | Middle | 85.7% | +12.0pp |
| 46 | Hinton Intermediate School Hinton · Hinton Comm School District | Middle | 85.5% | +11.8pp |
| 47 | Trailridge School Waukee · Waukee Comm School District | Middle | 85.3% | +11.6pp |
| 48 | PCM Middle School Prairie City · PCM Comm School District | Middle | 85.0% | +11.3pp |
| 49 | Prairie Ridge Middle School Ankeny · Ankeny Comm School District | Middle | 84.9% | +11.2pp |
| 50 | Montezuma Junior High School Montezuma · Montezuma Comm School District | Middle | 84.6% | +10.9pp |
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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.