Iowa schools ranked by test score
Latest ISASP year (2024-25). 1,117 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 73.7%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 901 | Clarke Community Middle School Osceola · Clarke Comm School District | Middle | 64.0% | -9.7pp |
| 902 | Hempstead High School Dubuque · Dubuque Comm School District | High | 64.0% | -9.7pp |
| 903 | South Side Elementary School Hampton · Hampton-Dumont Comm School District | Elementary | 63.9% | -9.8pp |
| 904 | Fremont-Mills Elementary School Tabor · Fremont-Mills Comm School District | Elementary | 63.8% | -9.9pp |
| 905 | Bloomer Elementary School Council Bluffs · Council Bluffs Comm School District | Elementary | 63.7% | -10.0pp |
| 906 | Thomas Jefferson High School Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District | High | 63.7% | -10.0pp |
| 907 | Madison Elementary School Muscatine · Muscatine Comm School District | Elementary | 63.6% | -10.1pp |
| 908 | River Valley Junior- Senior High School Correctionville · River Valley Comm School District | High | 63.6% | -10.1pp |
| 909 | Easton Valley Junior High / High School Preston · Easton Valley Comm School District | High | 63.5% | -10.2pp |
| 910 | Lamoni High School Lamoni · Lamoni Comm School District | High | 63.5% | -10.2pp |
| 911 | Missouri Valley Elementary Missouri Valley · Missouri Valley Comm School District | Elementary | 63.5% | -10.2pp |
| 912 | Estherville Lincoln Central High School Estherville · Estherville Lincoln Central Comm School District | High | 63.4% | -10.3pp |
| 913 | WACO High School Wayland · WACO Comm School District | High | 63.4% | -10.3pp |
| 914 | Horace Mann Elementary School Ottumwa · Ottumwa Comm School District | Elementary | 63.3% | -10.4pp |
| 915 | Newell-Fonda Elementary Newell · Newell-Fonda Comm School District | Elementary | 63.3% | -10.4pp |
| 916 | Windsor Elementary Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 63.3% | -10.4pp |
| 917 | Melcher-Dallas Elementary Dallas · Melcher-Dallas Comm School District | Elementary | 63.1% | -10.6pp |
| 918 | Highland Elementary School Riverside · Highland Comm School District | Elementary | 63.0% | -10.7pp |
| 919 | Walcott Elementary School Walcott · Davenport Comm School District | Elementary | 63.0% | -10.7pp |
| 920 | Wapello Elementary School Wapello · Wapello Comm School District | Elementary | 63.0% | -10.7pp |
| 921 | Davis County Elementary Bloomfield · Davis County Comm School District | Elementary | 62.7% | -11.0pp |
| 922 | Dubuque Senior High School Dubuque · Dubuque Comm School District | High | 62.7% | -11.0pp |
| 923 | Lincoln Upper Elementary School Washington · Washington Comm School District | Elementary | 62.6% | -11.1pp |
| 924 | Roundy Elementary School Columbus Junction · Columbus Comm School District | Elementary | 62.6% | -11.1pp |
| 925 | Northstar Elementary School Knoxville · Knoxville Comm School District | Elementary | 62.5% | -11.2pp |
| 926 | Dayton Center Dayton · Southeast Valley Community School District | Elementary | 62.4% | -11.3pp |
| 927 | Hoover Elementary School West Branch · West Branch Comm School District | Elementary | 62.4% | -11.3pp |
| 928 | Panorama Elementary Panora · Panorama Comm School District | Elementary | 62.4% | -11.3pp |
| 929 | Mormon Trail Elementary School Humeston · Mormon Trail Comm School District | Elementary | 62.3% | -11.4pp |
| 930 | Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Elementary School Clarion · Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Comm School District | Elementary | 62.2% | -11.5pp |
| 931 | Hoover Elementary School Dubuque · Dubuque Comm School District | Elementary | 62.2% | -11.5pp |
| 932 | Kenwood Leadership Academy School Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District | Elementary | 62.1% | -11.6pp |
| 933 | Nixon Elementary School Hiawatha · Cedar Rapids Comm School District | Elementary | 62.1% | -11.6pp |
| 934 | Walnut Street School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 62.1% | -11.6pp |
| 935 | Burlington Community High School Burlington · Burlington Comm School District | High | 62.0% | -11.7pp |
| 936 | Pleasant Hill Elementary School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 61.9% | -11.8pp |
| 937 | John R Mott Jr/Hi School Postville · Postville Comm School District | High | 61.6% | -12.1pp |
| 938 | Edison Elementary School Council Bluffs · Council Bluffs Comm School District | Elementary | 61.5% | -12.2pp |
| 939 | Central High School Davenport · Davenport Comm School District | High | 61.4% | -12.3pp |
| 940 | Colo-Nesco Elementary School Zearing · Colo-NESCO Comm School District | Elementary | 61.2% | -12.5pp |
| 941 | North Middle School Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District | Middle | 61.1% | -12.6pp |
| 942 | Wright Elementary School Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District | Elementary | 61.1% | -12.6pp |
| 943 | Liberty Intermediate School Ottumwa · Ottumwa Comm School District | Middle | 60.8% | -12.9pp |
| 944 | Galva-Holstein Elementary School Holstein · Galva-Holstein Comm School District | Elementary | 60.5% | -13.2pp |
| 945 | North High School Davenport · Davenport Comm School District | High | 60.5% | -13.2pp |
| 946 | Kittrell Elementary School Waterloo · Waterloo Comm School District | Elementary | 60.4% | -13.3pp |
| 947 | B R Miller Middle School Marshalltown · Marshalltown Comm School District | Middle | 60.3% | -13.4pp |
| 948 | Choice Charter School Union · Choice Charter Schools | High | 60.0% | -13.7pp |
| 949 | Denison Elementary School Denison · Denison Comm School District | Elementary | 60.0% | -13.7pp |
| 950 | Mark Twain Elementary School Bettendorf · Bettendorf Comm School District | Elementary | 60.0% | -13.7pp |
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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.