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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Clarke Community Middle School Osceola · Clarke Comm School District | Middle | 64.0% | -9.7pp |
| 202 | North Middle School Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District | Middle | 61.1% | -12.6pp |
| 203 | Liberty Intermediate School Ottumwa · Ottumwa Comm School District | Middle | 60.8% | -12.9pp |
| 204 | B R Miller Middle School Marshalltown · Marshalltown Comm School District | Middle | 60.3% | -13.4pp |
| 205 | Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District | Middle | 60.0% | -13.7pp |
| 206 | Meredith Middle School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Middle | 59.3% | -14.4pp |
| 207 | Wood Middle School Davenport · Davenport Comm School District | Middle | 58.8% | -14.9pp |
| 208 | Graettinger-Terril Middle School Graettinger · Graettinger-Terril Comm School District | Middle | 58.7% | -15.0pp |
| 209 | West Liberty Middle School West Liberty · West Liberty Comm School District | Middle | 58.4% | -15.3pp |
| 210 | Robert Blue School Eagle Grove · Eagle Grove Comm School District | Middle | 57.3% | -16.4pp |
| 211 | Bunger Middle School Evansdale · Waterloo Comm School District | Middle | 57.1% | -16.6pp |
| 212 | Maquoketa Middle School Maquoketa · Maquoketa Comm School District | Middle | 56.9% | -16.8pp |
| 213 | Oelwein Middle School Oelwein · Oelwein Comm School District | Middle | 56.4% | -17.3pp |
| 214 | Woodrow Wilson Middle School Council Bluffs · Council Bluffs Comm School District | Middle | 56.2% | -17.5pp |
| 215 | McCombs Middle School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Middle | 55.5% | -18.2pp |
| 216 | Brody Middle School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Middle | 54.9% | -18.8pp |
| 217 | Thomas Jefferson Middle School Dubuque · Dubuque Comm School District | Middle | 54.0% | -19.7pp |
| 218 | George Washington Carver Academy Waterloo · Waterloo Comm School District | Middle | 52.7% | -21.0pp |
| 219 | Aldo Leopold Intermediate School Burlington · Burlington Comm School District | Middle | 52.1% | -21.6pp |
| 220 | Lenihan Intermediate School Marshalltown · Marshalltown Comm School District | Middle | 51.9% | -21.8pp |
| 221 | Callanan Middle School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Middle | 51.3% | -22.4pp |
| 222 | Central Middle School Waterloo · Waterloo Comm School District | Middle | 51.3% | -22.4pp |
| 223 | Weeks Middle School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Middle | 50.7% | -23.0pp |
| 224 | Storm Lake Middle School Storm Lake · Storm Lake Comm School District | Middle | 50.5% | -23.2pp |
| 225 | Wilson Middle School Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District | Middle | 47.1% | -26.6pp |
| 226 | Williams Middle School Davenport · Davenport Comm School District | Middle | 47.0% | -26.7pp |
| 227 | Hiatt Middle School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Middle | 45.2% | -28.5pp |
| 228 | Goodrell Middle School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Middle | 44.3% | -29.4pp |
| 229 | Hoyt Middle School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Middle | 43.9% | -29.8pp |
| 230 | Harding Middle School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Middle | 42.1% | -31.6pp |
| 231 | Frank L Smart Middle School Davenport · Davenport Comm School District | Middle | 34.9% | -38.8pp |
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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.