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Iowa schools ranked by test score

Latest ISASP year (2024-25). 231 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 73.7%.
RankSchoolLevelEnglish Language Artsvs state
201Clarke Community Middle School
Osceola · Clarke Comm School District
Middle64.0%-9.7pp
202North Middle School
Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District
Middle61.1%-12.6pp
203Liberty Intermediate School
Ottumwa · Ottumwa Comm School District
Middle60.8%-12.9pp
204B R Miller Middle School
Marshalltown · Marshalltown Comm School District
Middle60.3%-13.4pp
205Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy
Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District
Middle60.0%-13.7pp
206Meredith Middle School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Middle59.3%-14.4pp
207Wood Middle School
Davenport · Davenport Comm School District
Middle58.8%-14.9pp
208Graettinger-Terril Middle School
Graettinger · Graettinger-Terril Comm School District
Middle58.7%-15.0pp
209West Liberty Middle School
West Liberty · West Liberty Comm School District
Middle58.4%-15.3pp
210Robert Blue School
Eagle Grove · Eagle Grove Comm School District
Middle57.3%-16.4pp
211Bunger Middle School
Evansdale · Waterloo Comm School District
Middle57.1%-16.6pp
212Maquoketa Middle School
Maquoketa · Maquoketa Comm School District
Middle56.9%-16.8pp
213Oelwein Middle School
Oelwein · Oelwein Comm School District
Middle56.4%-17.3pp
214Woodrow Wilson Middle School
Council Bluffs · Council Bluffs Comm School District
Middle56.2%-17.5pp
215McCombs Middle School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Middle55.5%-18.2pp
216Brody Middle School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Middle54.9%-18.8pp
217Thomas Jefferson Middle School
Dubuque · Dubuque Comm School District
Middle54.0%-19.7pp
218George Washington Carver Academy
Waterloo · Waterloo Comm School District
Middle52.7%-21.0pp
219Aldo Leopold Intermediate School
Burlington · Burlington Comm School District
Middle52.1%-21.6pp
220Lenihan Intermediate School
Marshalltown · Marshalltown Comm School District
Middle51.9%-21.8pp
221Callanan Middle School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Middle51.3%-22.4pp
222Central Middle School
Waterloo · Waterloo Comm School District
Middle51.3%-22.4pp
223Weeks Middle School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Middle50.7%-23.0pp
224Storm Lake Middle School
Storm Lake · Storm Lake Comm School District
Middle50.5%-23.2pp
225Wilson Middle School
Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District
Middle47.1%-26.6pp
226Williams Middle School
Davenport · Davenport Comm School District
Middle47.0%-26.7pp
227Hiatt Middle School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Middle45.2%-28.5pp
228Goodrell Middle School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Middle44.3%-29.4pp
229Hoyt Middle School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Middle43.9%-29.8pp
230Harding Middle School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Middle42.1%-31.6pp
231Frank L Smart Middle School
Davenport · Davenport Comm School District
Middle34.9%-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.