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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Waukee Middle School Waukee · Waukee Comm School District | Middle | 90.3% | +16.6pp |
| 52 | MOC-Floyd Valley Elementary School Orange City · MOC-Floyd Valley Comm School District | Elementary | 90.2% | +16.5pp |
| 53 | Prairie Trail Elementary Ankeny · Ankeny Comm School District | Elementary | 90.2% | +16.5pp |
| 54 | Central Lyon Secondary School Rock Rapids · Central Lyon Comm School District | High | 90.1% | +16.4pp |
| 55 | Lake Mills Elementary School Lake Mills · Lake Mills Comm School District | Elementary | 90.1% | +16.4pp |
| 56 | Ogden Elementary School Ogden · Ogden Comm School District | Elementary | 90.0% | +16.3pp |
| 57 | Williamsburg Jr-Sr High School Williamsburg · Williamsburg Comm School District | High | 90.0% | +16.3pp |
| 58 | MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School Alton · MOC-Floyd Valley Comm School District | Middle | 89.8% | +16.1pp |
| 59 | Pella Middle School Pella · Pella Comm School District | Middle | 89.8% | +16.1pp |
| 60 | Pleasant View Elementary School Bettendorf · Pleasant Valley Comm School District | Elementary | 89.6% | +15.9pp |
| 61 | Rock Valley High School Rock Valley · Rock Valley Comm School District | High | 89.6% | +15.9pp |
| 62 | Decorah High School Decorah · Decorah Community School District | High | 89.5% | +15.8pp |
| 63 | Center Point-Urbana High School Center Point · Center Point-Urbana Comm School District | High | 89.4% | +15.7pp |
| 64 | DC-G Oak View Grimes · Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District | Middle | 89.3% | +15.6pp |
| 65 | Dallas Center Elementary Dallas Center · Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District | Elementary | 89.3% | +15.6pp |
| 66 | George-Little Rock Elementary School Little Rock · George-Little Rock Comm School District | Elementary | 89.3% | +15.6pp |
| 67 | DeSoto Intermediate School DeSoto · Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District | Middle | 89.2% | +15.5pp |
| 68 | Hinton Elementary School Hinton · Hinton Comm School District | Elementary | 89.1% | +15.4pp |
| 69 | Lake Mills Middle School Lake Mills · Lake Mills Comm School District | Middle | 89.1% | +15.4pp |
| 70 | Oak Ridge Middle School Marion · Linn-Mar Comm School District | Middle | 89.1% | +15.4pp |
| 71 | St Ansgar Elementary School St Ansgar · St Ansgar Comm School District | Elementary | 89.1% | +15.4pp |
| 72 | Sunnyside Elementary School Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District | Elementary | 89.1% | +15.4pp |
| 73 | Hinton High School Hinton · Hinton Comm School District | High | 89.0% | +15.3pp |
| 74 | Maquoketa Valley Middle School Delhi · Maquoketa Valley Comm School District | Middle | 88.9% | +15.2pp |
| 75 | Central Lyon Elementary School Rock Rapids · Central Lyon Comm School District | Elementary | 88.7% | +15.0pp |
| 76 | North-Linn Senior High School Troy Mills · North Linn Comm School District | High | 88.6% | +14.9pp |
| 77 | Peet Junior High School Cedar Falls · Cedar Falls Comm School District | Middle | 88.6% | +14.9pp |
| 78 | Clayton Ridge High School Guttenberg · Clayton Ridge Comm School District | High | 88.5% | +14.8pp |
| 79 | Danville Elementary School Danville · Danville Comm School District | Elementary | 88.5% | +14.8pp |
| 80 | West Delaware Middle School Manchester · West Delaware County Comm School District | Middle | 88.4% | +14.7pp |
| 81 | Center Point-Urbana Middle School Center Point · Center Point-Urbana Comm School District | Middle | 88.3% | +14.6pp |
| 82 | Riverdale Heights Elem School Bettendorf · Pleasant Valley Comm School District | Elementary | 88.3% | +14.6pp |
| 83 | Underwood Elementary School Underwood · Underwood Comm School District | Elementary | 88.3% | +14.6pp |
| 84 | North Scott Junior High School Eldridge · North Scott Comm School District | Middle | 88.2% | +14.5pp |
| 85 | Pleasant Valley High School Bettendorf · Pleasant Valley Comm School District | High | 88.2% | +14.5pp |
| 86 | Solon High School Solon · Solon Comm School District | High | 88.2% | +14.5pp |
| 87 | Central Elementary School Nevada · Nevada Comm School District | Elementary | 88.1% | +14.4pp |
| 88 | Lynnville-Sully Middle School Sully · Lynnville-Sully Comm School District | Middle | 88.1% | +14.4pp |
| 89 | Decorah Middle School Decorah · Decorah Community School District | Middle | 88.0% | +14.3pp |
| 90 | Dike Elementary School Dike · Dike-New Hartford Comm School District | Elementary | 88.0% | +14.3pp |
| 91 | Parkview Middle School Ankeny · Ankeny Comm School District | Middle | 88.0% | +14.3pp |
| 92 | Cowles Elementary School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 87.9% | +14.2pp |
| 93 | Paul Norton Elementary School Bettendorf · Bettendorf Comm School District | Elementary | 87.9% | +14.2pp |
| 94 | Interstate 35 High School Truro · Interstate 35 Comm School District | High | 87.8% | +14.1pp |
| 95 | Johnston Middle School Johnston · Johnston Comm School District | High | 87.8% | +14.1pp |
| 96 | Roland-Story High School Story City · Roland-Story Comm School District | High | 87.8% | +14.1pp |
| 97 | West Marshall High School State Center · West Marshall Comm School District | High | 87.8% | +14.1pp |
| 98 | Audubon Middle-High School Audubon · Audubon Comm School District | High | 87.7% | +14.0pp |
| 99 | Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School Dallas Center · Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District | Middle | 87.7% | +14.0pp |
| 100 | Delwood Elementary School Delmar · Delwood Comm School District | Elementary | 87.7% | +14.0pp |
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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 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.