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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Mediapolis High School Mediapolis · Mediapolis Comm School District | High | 85.8% | +12.1pp |
| 152 | St Ansgar Middle School St Ansgar · St Ansgar Comm School District | Middle | 85.8% | +12.1pp |
| 153 | Bondurant-Farrar Junior High Bondurant · Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District | Middle | 85.7% | +12.0pp |
| 154 | Dike-New Hartford High School Dike · Dike-New Hartford Comm School District | High | 85.7% | +12.0pp |
| 155 | MOC-Floyd Valley High School Orange City · MOC-Floyd Valley Comm School District | High | 85.7% | +12.0pp |
| 156 | Northeast Middle-High School Goose Lake · Northeast Comm School District | High | 85.7% | +12.0pp |
| 157 | Akron Westfield Elementary School Akron · Akron Westfield Comm School District | Elementary | 85.6% | +11.9pp |
| 158 | Clear Creek Elementary School Oxford · Clear Creek Amana Comm School District | Elementary | 85.6% | +11.9pp |
| 159 | Martensdale-St Marys Jr-Sr High School Martensdale · Martensdale-St Marys Comm School District | High | 85.6% | +11.9pp |
| 160 | Westwood Elementary School Ankeny · Ankeny Comm School District | Elementary | 85.6% | +11.9pp |
| 161 | Emmetsburg High School Emmetsburg · Emmetsburg Comm School District | High | 85.5% | +11.8pp |
| 162 | Hinton Intermediate School Hinton · Hinton Comm School District | Middle | 85.5% | +11.8pp |
| 163 | Northeast Elementary Ankeny · Ankeny Comm School District | Elementary | 85.5% | +11.8pp |
| 164 | West Hancock Elementary School Britt · West Hancock Comm School District | Elementary | 85.5% | +11.8pp |
| 165 | Collins-Maxwell Elementary School Collins · Collins-Maxwell Comm School District | Elementary | 85.4% | +11.7pp |
| 166 | New Albin Elementary School New Albin · Eastern Allamakee Comm School District | Elementary | 85.4% | +11.7pp |
| 167 | Trailridge School Waukee · Waukee Comm School District | Middle | 85.3% | +11.6pp |
| 168 | Central Springs High School Manly · Central Springs Comm School District | High | 85.2% | +11.5pp |
| 169 | Taft Elementary School Humboldt · Humboldt Comm School District | Elementary | 85.2% | +11.5pp |
| 170 | Ankeny Centennial High School Ankeny · Ankeny Comm School District | High | 85.1% | +11.4pp |
| 171 | Indianola High School Indianola · Indianola Comm School District | High | 85.0% | +11.3pp |
| 172 | Maquoketa Valley Senior High School Delhi · Maquoketa Valley Comm School District | High | 85.0% | +11.3pp |
| 173 | PCM Middle School Prairie City · PCM Comm School District | Middle | 85.0% | +11.3pp |
| 174 | Alan Shepard Elementary School Long Grove · North Scott Comm School District | Elementary | 84.9% | +11.2pp |
| 175 | Prairie Ridge Middle School Ankeny · Ankeny Comm School District | Middle | 84.9% | +11.2pp |
| 176 | Ashland Ridge Elementary Ankeny · Ankeny Comm School District | Elementary | 84.8% | +11.1pp |
| 177 | Fremont-Mills Middle And Senior High School Tabor · Fremont-Mills Comm School District | High | 84.8% | +11.1pp |
| 178 | Alburnett Senior High School Alburnett · Alburnett Comm School District | High | 84.7% | +11.0pp |
| 179 | Clear Creek Elementary School Clear Lake · Clear Lake Comm School District | Elementary | 84.7% | +11.0pp |
| 180 | Forest City Elementary School Forest City · Forest City Comm School District | Elementary | 84.7% | +11.0pp |
| 181 | Lakeview Elementary Solon · Solon Comm School District | Elementary | 84.7% | +11.0pp |
| 182 | Lone Tree Elementary School Lone Tree · Lone Tree Comm School District | Elementary | 84.7% | +11.0pp |
| 183 | Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Elementary School Brooklyn · Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Comm School District | Elementary | 84.6% | +10.9pp |
| 184 | Missouri Valley High School Missouri Valley · Missouri Valley Comm School District | High | 84.6% | +10.9pp |
| 185 | Montezuma Junior High School Montezuma · Montezuma Comm School District | Middle | 84.6% | +10.9pp |
| 186 | West Monona High School Onawa · West Monona Comm School District | High | 84.6% | +10.9pp |
| 187 | Westwood Elementary School Sloan · Westwood Comm School District | Elementary | 84.6% | +10.9pp |
| 188 | Riverbend Middle School Iowa Falls · Iowa Falls Comm School District | Middle | 84.5% | +10.8pp |
| 189 | Woodward-Granger Elementary School Granger · Woodward-Granger Comm School District | Elementary | 84.5% | +10.8pp |
| 190 | Delhi Elementary School Delhi · Maquoketa Valley Comm School District | Elementary | 84.4% | +10.7pp |
| 191 | Jefferson Intermediate Pella · Pella Comm School District | Middle | 84.4% | +10.7pp |
| 192 | Spencer High School Spencer · Spencer Comm School District | High | 84.4% | +10.7pp |
| 193 | West Hancock High School Britt · West Hancock Comm School District | High | 84.4% | +10.7pp |
| 194 | Albia Middle School Albia · Albia Comm School District | Middle | 84.3% | +10.6pp |
| 195 | Alta Elementary School Alta · Alta-Aurelia Comm School District | Elementary | 84.3% | +10.6pp |
| 196 | Prairie Ridge Elementary Cedar Rapids · College Comm School District | Elementary | 84.3% | +10.6pp |
| 197 | Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School Liberty Center · Southeast Warren Comm School District | High | 84.3% | +10.6pp |
| 198 | Westwood High School Sloan · Westwood Comm School District | High | 84.3% | +10.6pp |
| 199 | Prairieview School Waukee · Waukee Comm School District | High | 84.2% | +10.5pp |
| 200 | South Middle School Waukee · Waukee Comm School District | Middle | 84.2% | +10.5pp |
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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.