Iowa schools ranked by test score
Latest ISASP year (2024-25). 218 schools with reported Science scores. State average: 67.3%.
| Rank | School | Level | Science | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Southwest Valley Middle School Villisca · Villisca Comm School District | Middle | 66.0% | -1.3pp |
| 152 | Estherville Lincoln Central Middle School Estherville · Estherville Lincoln Central Comm School District | Middle | 65.7% | -1.6pp |
| 153 | Boone Middle School Boone · Boone Comm School District | Middle | 65.5% | -1.8pp |
| 154 | West Sioux Middle School Hawarden · West Sioux Comm School District | Middle | 65.3% | -2.0pp |
| 155 | Hampton-Dumont Middle School Hampton · Hampton-Dumont Comm School District | Middle | 64.9% | -2.4pp |
| 156 | Carlisle Middle School Carlisle · Carlisle Comm School District | Middle | 64.3% | -3.0pp |
| 157 | Fairfield Middle School Fairfield · Fairfield Comm School District | Middle | 64.3% | -3.0pp |
| 158 | Stilwell Junior High School West Des Moines · West Des Moines Comm School District | Middle | 64.2% | -3.1pp |
| 159 | Woodrow Wilson Middle School Council Bluffs · Council Bluffs Comm School District | Middle | 64.0% | -3.3pp |
| 160 | West Middle School Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District | Middle | 63.8% | -3.5pp |
| 161 | Grinnell Community Middle School Grinnell · Grinnell-Newburg Comm School District | Middle | 63.7% | -3.6pp |
| 162 | Greene County Middle School Jefferson · Greene County Comm School District | Middle | 63.2% | -4.1pp |
| 163 | Prairie Creek Cedar Rapids · College Comm School District | Middle | 63.2% | -4.1pp |
| 164 | Ogden Middle School Ogden · Ogden Comm School District | Middle | 62.7% | -4.6pp |
| 165 | South Hardin Middle School Hubbard · Hubbard-Radcliffe Comm School District | Middle | 62.5% | -4.8pp |
| 166 | Davis County Middle School Bloomfield · Davis County Comm School District | Middle | 62.3% | -5.0pp |
| 167 | Winterset Junior High School Winterset · Winterset Comm School District | Middle | 61.5% | -5.8pp |
| 168 | Boulder Peak Intermediate School Marion · Linn-Mar Comm School District | Middle | 61.4% | -5.9pp |
| 169 | South Tama County Middle School Toledo · South Tama County | Middle | 61.4% | -5.9pp |
| 170 | Galva-Holstein Upper Elementary Galva · Galva-Holstein Comm School District | Middle | 60.9% | -6.4pp |
| 171 | Shenandoah Middle School Shenandoah · Shenandoah Comm School District | Middle | 60.8% | -6.5pp |
| 172 | Carroll Middle School Carroll · Carroll Comm School District | Middle | 60.7% | -6.6pp |
| 173 | Gerald W Kirn Middle School Council Bluffs · Council Bluffs Comm School District | Middle | 60.7% | -6.6pp |
| 174 | East Marshall Middle School Gilman · East Marshall Comm School District | Middle | 60.0% | -7.3pp |
| 175 | North Middle School Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District | Middle | 59.7% | -7.6pp |
| 176 | PCM Middle School Prairie City · PCM Comm School District | Middle | 59.7% | -7.6pp |
| 177 | Pleasantville Middle School Pleasantville · Pleasantville Comm School District | Middle | 59.7% | -7.6pp |
| 178 | Fort Dodge Middle School Fort Dodge · Fort Dodge Comm School District | Middle | 59.6% | -7.7pp |
| 179 | Robert Blue School Eagle Grove · Eagle Grove Comm School District | Middle | 59.5% | -7.8pp |
| 180 | Bunger Middle School Evansdale · Waterloo Comm School District | Middle | 59.3% | -8.0pp |
| 181 | Lincoln Intermediate Mason City · Mason City Comm School District | Middle | 58.6% | -8.7pp |
| 182 | Sudlow Middle School Davenport · Davenport Comm School District | Middle | 58.6% | -8.7pp |
| 183 | John Adams Middle School Mason City · Mason City Comm School District | Middle | 58.2% | -9.1pp |
| 184 | Prairie Point Cedar Rapids · College Comm School District | Middle | 58.0% | -9.3pp |
| 185 | Howar Middle School Centerville · Centerville Comm School District | Middle | 57.6% | -9.7pp |
| 186 | West Liberty Middle School West Liberty · West Liberty Comm School District | Middle | 57.4% | -9.9pp |
| 187 | Berg Middle School Newton · Newton Comm School District | Middle | 56.9% | -10.4pp |
| 188 | Iowa Connections Academy Middle School Anita · CAM Comm School District | Middle | 56.7% | -10.6pp |
| 189 | Woodside Middle School Des Moines · Saydel Comm School District | Middle | 56.5% | -10.8pp |
| 190 | Maquoketa Middle School Maquoketa · Maquoketa Comm School District | Middle | 56.4% | -10.9pp |
| 191 | Oelwein Middle School Oelwein · Oelwein Comm School District | Middle | 55.7% | -11.6pp |
| 192 | Clinton Middle School Clinton · Clinton Comm School District | Middle | 55.4% | -11.9pp |
| 193 | Panorama Middle School Panora · Panorama Comm School District | Middle | 54.0% | -13.3pp |
| 194 | B R Miller Middle School Marshalltown · Marshalltown Comm School District | Middle | 53.4% | -13.9pp |
| 195 | McKinley STEAM Academy Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District | Middle | 52.7% | -14.6pp |
| 196 | George Washington Carver Academy Waterloo · Waterloo Comm School District | Middle | 51.7% | -15.6pp |
| 197 | Wapello Junior High School Wapello · Wapello Comm School District | Middle | 51.4% | -15.9pp |
| 198 | Brody Middle School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Middle | 51.0% | -16.3pp |
| 199 | Franklin Middle School Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District | Middle | 50.6% | -16.7pp |
| 200 | McCombs Middle School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Middle | 50.0% | -17.3pp |
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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 Science 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.