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Iowa schools ranked by test score

Latest ISASP year (2024-25). 893 schools with reported Science scores. State average: 67.3%.
RankSchoolLevelSciencevs state
451Bettendorf Middle School
Bettendorf · Bettendorf Comm School District
Middle69.2%+1.9pp
452Creston High School
Creston · Creston Comm School District
High69.2%+1.9pp
453Montezuma Junior High School
Montezuma · Montezuma Comm School District
Middle69.2%+1.9pp
454Neil Armstrong Elementary School
Eldridge · North Scott Comm School District
Elementary69.2%+1.9pp
455North Polk Central Elementary School
Alleman · North Polk Comm School District
Elementary69.2%+1.9pp
456Oskaloosa Middle School
Oskaloosa · Oskaloosa Comm School District
Middle69.2%+1.9pp
457Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center
Wheatland · Calamus-Wheatland Comm School District
High69.1%+1.8pp
458Merrill Middle School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Middle69.1%+1.8pp
459Rock Valley Elementary School
Rock Valley · Rock Valley Comm School District
Elementary69.1%+1.8pp
460Oskaloosa Elementary School
Oskaloosa · Oskaloosa Comm School District
Elementary69.0%+1.7pp
461Alan Shepard Elementary School
Long Grove · North Scott Comm School District
Elementary68.9%+1.6pp
462Vernon Middle School
Marion · Marion Independent School District
Middle68.9%+1.6pp
463Akron Westfield Middle School
Akron · Akron Westfield Comm School District
Middle68.8%+1.5pp
464Camanche High School
Camanche · Camanche Comm School District
High68.8%+1.5pp
465East Buchanan Middle School
Winthrop · East Buchanan Comm School District
Middle68.8%+1.5pp
466Longfellow Elementary School
Belle Plaine · Belle Plaine Comm School District
Elementary68.8%+1.5pp
467River Valley Junior- Senior High School
Correctionville · River Valley Comm School District
High68.8%+1.5pp
468Walcott Middle School
Walcott · Davenport Comm School District
Middle68.8%+1.5pp
469Whittier Elementary School
Clinton · Clinton Comm School District
Elementary68.8%+1.5pp
470Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Middle School
Clarion · Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Comm School District
Middle68.6%+1.3pp
471Clarke Community Middle School
Osceola · Clarke Comm School District
Middle68.5%+1.2pp
472Perry Middle School
Perry · Perry Comm School District
Middle68.5%+1.2pp
473Highland Middle School
Riverside · Highland Comm School District
Middle68.4%+1.1pp
474Nevada High School
Nevada · Nevada Comm School District
High68.4%+1.1pp
475Woodbury Central Middle School
Moville · Woodbury Central Comm School District
Middle68.4%+1.1pp
476Carson Elementary
Carson · Riverside Comm School District
Elementary68.3%+1.0pp
477Peosta Elementary School
Peosta · Western Dubuque Comm School District
Elementary68.3%+1.0pp
478Titan Hill Intermediate School
Council Bluffs · Lewis Central Comm School District
Elementary68.2%+0.9pp
479Christine Grant Elementary
North Liberty · Iowa City Comm School District
Elementary68.1%+0.8pp
480Cody Elementary School
LeClaire · Pleasant Valley Comm School District
Elementary68.1%+0.8pp
481Dunkerton High School
Dunkerton · Dunkerton Comm School District
High68.1%+0.8pp
482Eisenhower Elementary School
Dubuque · Dubuque Comm School District
Elementary68.1%+0.8pp
483Union High School
La Porte City · Union Comm School District
High68.1%+0.8pp
484Benton Community Senior High School
Van Horne · Benton Comm School District
High68.0%+0.7pp
485Mitchell Elementary School
Ames · Ames Comm School District
Elementary68.0%+0.7pp
486Spirit Lake Middle School
Spirit Lake · Spirit Lake Comm School District
Middle67.9%+0.6pp
487Central DeWitt Intermediate School
DeWitt · Central DeWitt School District
Middle67.8%+0.5pp
488Coon Rapids-Bayard 6-12 Attendance Center
Coon Rapids · Coon Rapids-Bayard Comm School District
High67.8%+0.5pp
489Northwest Elementary School
Ankeny · Ankeny Comm School District
Elementary67.7%+0.4pp
490Rock Valley Middle School
Rock Valley · Rock Valley Comm School District
Middle67.7%+0.4pp
491Sageville Elementary School
Dubuque · Dubuque Comm School District
Elementary67.7%+0.4pp
492Tipton Middle School
Tipton · Tipton Comm School District
Middle67.7%+0.4pp
493Ballard East Elementary
Cambridge · Ballard Comm School District
Elementary67.6%+0.3pp
494Garfield Elementary School
Clarinda · Clarinda Comm School District
Elementary67.5%+0.2pp
495Karen Acres Elementary School
Urbandale · Urbandale Comm School District
Elementary67.5%+0.2pp
496Feelhaver Elementary School
Fort Dodge · Fort Dodge Comm School District
Elementary67.4%+0.1pp
497Mulberry Elementary School
Muscatine · Muscatine Comm School District
Elementary67.4%+0.1pp
498South O'Brien Elem School - Primghar Center
Primghar · South O'Brien Comm School District
Elementary67.4%+0.1pp
499Nodaway Valley High School
Greenfield · Nodaway Valley Comm School District
High67.3%+0.0pp
500Tri-Center Elementary School
Neola · Tri-Center Comm School District
Elementary67.3%+0.0pp
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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 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.