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Iowa schools ranked by test score

Latest ISASP year (2024-25). 1,117 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 73.7%.
Subject:English Language ArtsMathematicsScience
Order:Highest firstLowest first
Level:AllElementaryMiddleHighCombined
RankSchoolLevelEnglish Language Artsvs state
601Central Lee Middle School
Donnellson · Central Lee Comm School District
Middle75.0%+1.3pp
602Charter Oak-Ute Junior High School
Charter Oak · Charter Oak-Ute Comm School District
Middle75.0%+1.3pp
603Davis County Community High School
Bloomfield · Davis County Comm School District
High75.0%+1.3pp
604Hoover Elementary School
Council Bluffs · Council Bluffs Comm School District
Elementary75.0%+1.3pp
605Keystone Elementary School
Keystone · Benton Comm School District
Elementary75.0%+1.3pp
606Okoboji High School
Milford · Okoboji Comm School District
High75.0%+1.3pp
607Tri-County JR/SR High School
Thornburg · Tri-County Comm School District
High75.0%+1.3pp
608Twin Cedars Elementary School
Bussey · Twin Cedars Comm School District
Elementary75.0%+1.3pp
609CAM Jr./Sr. High School
Anita · CAM Comm School District
High74.8%+1.1pp
610Eisenhower Elementary School
Dubuque · Dubuque Comm School District
Elementary74.8%+1.1pp
611Iowa Connections Academy Middle School
Anita · CAM Comm School District
Middle74.8%+1.1pp
612Jefferson Elementary School
Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Elementary74.8%+1.1pp
613Lucia Wallace Elementary School
Algona · Algona Comm School District
Elementary74.8%+1.1pp
614Central City Elementary School
Central City · Central City Comm School District
Elementary74.7%+1.0pp
615East Sac County Elementary
Sac City · East Sac County Comm School District
Elementary74.7%+1.0pp
616Muscatine High School
Muscatine · Muscatine Comm School District
High74.7%+1.0pp
617Prairie Point
Cedar Rapids · College Comm School District
Middle74.7%+1.0pp
618Alburnett Elementary School
Alburnett · Alburnett Comm School District
Elementary74.6%+0.9pp
619McGregor Intermediate School
Mcgregor · MFL MarMac Comm School District
Elementary74.6%+0.9pp
620Moravia Elementary School
Moravia · Moravia Comm School District
Elementary74.6%+0.9pp
621Oskaloosa High School
Oskaloosa · Oskaloosa Comm School District
High74.6%+0.9pp
622Kluckhohn Elementary School
Le Mars · Le Mars Comm School District
Elementary74.5%+0.8pp
623Panorama Middle School
Panora · Panorama Comm School District
Middle74.5%+0.8pp
624RRMR Elementary School
Rockford · Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rk Comm School District
Elementary74.5%+0.8pp
625Southeast Polk High School
Pleasant Hill · Southeast Polk Comm School District
High74.5%+0.8pp
626Bettendorf Middle School
Bettendorf · Bettendorf Comm School District
Middle74.4%+0.7pp
627Wilkins Elementary School
Marion · Linn-Mar Comm School District
Elementary74.4%+0.7pp
628Mount Pleasant Middle School
Mount Pleasant · Mount Pleasant Comm School District
Middle74.3%+0.6pp
629Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School
Nashua · Nashua-Plainfield Comm School District
High74.3%+0.6pp
630Wapello Junior High School
Wapello · Wapello Comm School District
Middle74.3%+0.6pp
631BCLUW Elementary School
Conrad · BCLUW Comm School District
Elementary74.2%+0.5pp
632Central DeWitt Middle School
De Witt · Central DeWitt School District
Middle74.2%+0.5pp
633Radiant Elementary School
Urbandale · Waukee Comm School District
Elementary74.2%+0.5pp
634Cedar Heights Elementary School
Cedar Falls · Cedar Falls Comm School District
Elementary74.1%+0.4pp
635John Kennedy Elementary School
Dubuque · Dubuque Comm School District
Elementary74.1%+0.4pp
636North Scott High School
Eldridge · North Scott Comm School District
High74.1%+0.4pp
637Twin Cedars Jr-Sr High School
Bussey · Twin Cedars Comm School District
High74.1%+0.4pp
638Boyden-Hull High School
Hull · Boyden-Hull Comm School District
High74.0%+0.3pp
639Colfax-Mingo Jr/Sr High School
Colfax · Colfax-Mingo Comm School District
High73.9%+0.2pp
640Hampton-Dumont High School
Hampton · Hampton-Dumont Comm School District
High73.9%+0.2pp
641Hoover Middle School
Waterloo · Waterloo Comm School District
Middle73.9%+0.2pp
642John F Kennedy High School
Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District
High73.9%+0.2pp
643Mid-Prairie West Elementary School
Wellman · Mid-Prairie Comm School District
Elementary73.9%+0.2pp
644South O'Brien Elem School - Primghar Center
Primghar · South O'Brien Comm School District
Elementary73.9%+0.2pp
645South Winneshiek Elementary School
Ossian · South Winneshiek Comm School District
Elementary73.8%+0.1pp
646Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
Newton · Newton Comm School District
Elementary73.8%+0.1pp
647North Cedar Elementary School
Cedar Falls · Cedar Falls Comm School District
Elementary73.7%+0.0pp
648Prairie Creek
Cedar Rapids · College Comm School District
Middle73.7%+0.0pp
649Walcott Middle School
Walcott · Davenport Comm School District
Middle73.7%+0.0pp
650Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Middle School
Clarion · Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Comm School District
Middle73.6%-0.1pp
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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.