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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 951 | Oelwein High School Oelwein · Oelwein Comm School District | High | 60.0% | -13.7pp |
| 952 | Perkins Elementary School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 60.0% | -13.7pp |
| 953 | Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District | Middle | 60.0% | -13.7pp |
| 954 | Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center Farmington · Van Buren County Comm School District | Elementary | 60.0% | -13.7pp |
| 955 | Hanawalt Elementary Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 59.9% | -13.8pp |
| 956 | Van Allen Elementary School Mount Pleasant · Mount Pleasant Comm School District | Elementary | 59.9% | -13.8pp |
| 957 | Greene County Elementary Jefferson · Greene County Comm School District | Elementary | 59.8% | -13.9pp |
| 958 | Weber Elementary Iowa City · Iowa City Comm School District | Elementary | 59.8% | -13.9pp |
| 959 | Franklin Elementary School Marshalltown · Marshalltown Comm School District | Elementary | 59.7% | -14.0pp |
| 960 | Lou Henry Elementary School Waterloo · Waterloo Comm School District | Elementary | 59.4% | -14.3pp |
| 961 | Mark Twain Elementary Iowa City · Iowa City Comm School District | Elementary | 59.4% | -14.3pp |
| 962 | Meredith Middle School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Middle | 59.3% | -14.4pp |
| 963 | Hoover Elementary School Mason City · Mason City Comm School District | Elementary | 59.0% | -14.7pp |
| 964 | Carter Lake Elementary School Carter Lake · Council Bluffs Comm School District | Elementary | 58.9% | -14.8pp |
| 965 | Southwest Valley High school Corning · Corning Comm School District | High | 58.9% | -14.8pp |
| 966 | Marshall Elementary School Dubuque · Dubuque Comm School District | Elementary | 58.8% | -14.9pp |
| 967 | Wood Middle School Davenport · Davenport Comm School District | Middle | 58.8% | -14.9pp |
| 968 | Graettinger-Terril Middle School Graettinger · Graettinger-Terril Comm School District | Middle | 58.7% | -15.0pp |
| 969 | Marshalltown High School Marshalltown · Marshalltown Comm School District | High | 58.5% | -15.2pp |
| 970 | East Mills Elementary School Malvern · East Mills Comm School District | Elementary | 58.4% | -15.3pp |
| 971 | Maquoketa Community High School Maquoketa · Maquoketa Comm School District | High | 58.4% | -15.3pp |
| 972 | West Liberty Middle School West Liberty · West Liberty Comm School District | Middle | 58.4% | -15.3pp |
| 973 | Abraham Lincoln High School Council Bluffs · Council Bluffs Comm School District | High | 58.2% | -15.5pp |
| 974 | Robert Lucas Elementary School Iowa City · Iowa City Comm School District | Elementary | 58.1% | -15.6pp |
| 975 | Unity Elementary School Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District | Elementary | 58.0% | -15.7pp |
| 976 | Lincoln Elementary School Waterloo · Waterloo Comm School District | Elementary | 57.7% | -16.0pp |
| 977 | Moore Elementary School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 57.7% | -16.0pp |
| 978 | Northeast Hamilton Elementary School Blairsburg · Webster City Comm School District | Elementary | 57.6% | -16.1pp |
| 979 | South Central Calhoun Elementary School Rockwell City · South Central Calhoun Comm School District | Elementary | 57.6% | -16.1pp |
| 980 | Table Mound Elementary School Dubuque · Dubuque Comm School District | Elementary | 57.5% | -16.2pp |
| 981 | Cherokee Elementary School Cherokee · Cherokee Comm School District | Elementary | 57.4% | -16.3pp |
| 982 | Robert Blue School Eagle Grove · Eagle Grove Comm School District | Middle | 57.3% | -16.4pp |
| 983 | Bunger Middle School Evansdale · Waterloo Comm School District | Middle | 57.1% | -16.6pp |
| 984 | North High School Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District | High | 57.1% | -16.6pp |
| 985 | Manson Northwest Webster Junior High/High School Manson · Manson Northwest Webster Comm School District | High | 57.0% | -16.7pp |
| 986 | Southeast Valley High School Gowrie · Southeast Valley Community School District | High | 57.0% | -16.7pp |
| 987 | West High School Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District | High | 57.0% | -16.7pp |
| 988 | Black Hawk Elementary School Burlington · Burlington Comm School District | Elementary | 56.9% | -16.8pp |
| 989 | Maquoketa Middle School Maquoketa · Maquoketa Comm School District | Middle | 56.9% | -16.8pp |
| 990 | East High School Waterloo · Waterloo Comm School District | High | 56.8% | -16.9pp |
| 991 | Wilson Elementary School Davenport · Davenport Comm School District | Elementary | 56.8% | -16.9pp |
| 992 | Eagle Grove Elementary Eagle Grove · Eagle Grove Comm School District | Elementary | 56.5% | -17.2pp |
| 993 | Oelwein Middle School Oelwein · Oelwein Comm School District | Middle | 56.4% | -17.3pp |
| 994 | Clinton High School Clinton · Clinton Comm School District | High | 56.3% | -17.4pp |
| 995 | Hunt Elementary School Sioux City · Sioux City Comm School District | Elementary | 56.3% | -17.4pp |
| 996 | Lincoln Elementary School Charles City · Charles City Comm School District | Elementary | 56.2% | -17.5pp |
| 997 | McKinley Elementary School Muscatine · Muscatine Comm School District | Elementary | 56.2% | -17.5pp |
| 998 | Woodrow Wilson Middle School Council Bluffs · Council Bluffs Comm School District | Middle | 56.2% | -17.5pp |
| 999 | McCombs Middle School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Middle | 55.5% | -18.2pp |
| 1000 | Fillmore Elementary School Davenport · Davenport Comm School District | Elementary | 55.3% | -18.4pp |
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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.