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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1101 | Prescott Elementary School Dubuque · Dubuque Comm School District | Elementary | 40.6% | -33.1pp |
| 1102 | Lovejoy Elementary School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 40.4% | -33.3pp |
| 1103 | Grant Elementary School Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District | Elementary | 39.9% | -33.8pp |
| 1104 | Garton Elementary Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 39.6% | -34.1pp |
| 1105 | Carver Elementary Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 39.2% | -34.5pp |
| 1106 | Monroe Elementary School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 39.0% | -34.7pp |
| 1107 | Park Ave Elementary School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 39.0% | -34.7pp |
| 1108 | Gateway High School Ottumwa · Ottumwa Comm School District | High | 37.7% | -36.0pp |
| 1109 | Cunningham School Waterloo · Waterloo Comm School District | Elementary | 36.5% | -37.2pp |
| 1110 | King Elementary School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 36.1% | -37.6pp |
| 1111 | Johnson STEAM Academy School Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District | Elementary | 35.9% | -37.8pp |
| 1112 | Frank L Smart Middle School Davenport · Davenport Comm School District | Middle | 34.9% | -38.8pp |
| 1113 | Edmunds Elementary School Des Moines · Des Moines Independent Comm School District | Elementary | 34.5% | -39.2pp |
| 1114 | IGNITE Online & Personalized Learning Shenandoah · Shenandoah Comm School District | Combined | 33.6% | -40.1pp |
| 1115 | Cedar River Academy at Taylor Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids Comm School District | Elementary | 31.9% | -41.8pp |
| 1116 | Jefferson Elementary School Davenport · Davenport Comm School District | Elementary | 23.0% | -50.7pp |
| 1117 | Madison Elementary School Davenport · Davenport Comm School District | Elementary | 22.7% | -51.0pp |
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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.