1,360 schools in Iowa
99 counties · 444 cities · Public K-12
Across 444 cities and 99 counties, Iowa operates 1,360 public K-12 schools. Des Moines Independent Comm School District runs the largest district by enrollment in the state.
Test scores
Reading, SY 2024-25. State average: 73.7% met or exceeded.Top 5 schools
- 97.5%
- 96.9%
- 95.9%
- 95.8%
- 95.8%
Lowest 5 schools
- 22.7%
- 23.0%
- 31.9%
- 33.6%
- 34.5%
Counties
Adair County5 schools→Adams County2 schools→Allamakee County11 schools→Appanoose County8 schools→Audubon County3 schools→Benton County12 schools→Black Hawk County35 schools→Boone County15 schools→Bremer County20 schools→Buchanan County18 schools→Buena Vista County15 schools→Butler County11 schools→Calhoun County6 schools→Carroll County10 schools→Cass County13 schools→Cedar County13 schools→Cerro Gordo County13 schools→Cherokee County8 schools→Chickasaw County7 schools→Clarke County5 schools→Clay County6 schools→Clayton County11 schools→Clinton County18 schools→Crawford County11 schools→Dallas County41 schools→Davis County4 schools→Decatur County6 schools→Delaware County10 schools→Des Moines County15 schools→Dickinson County9 schools→Dubuque County26 schools→Emmet County4 schools→Fayette County15 schools→Floyd County8 schools→Franklin County7 schools→Fremont County8 schools→Greene County5 schools→Grundy County11 schools→Guthrie County9 schools→Hamilton County8 schools→Hancock County6 schools→Hardin County14 schools→Harrison County10 schools→Henry County13 schools→Howard County6 schools→Humboldt County6 schools→Ida County5 schools→Iowa County10 schools→Jackson County9 schools→Jasper County18 schools→Jefferson County6 schools→Johnson County43 schools→Jones County10 schools→Keokuk County6 schools→Kossuth County9 schools→Lee County13 schools→Linn County83 schools→Louisa County9 schools→Lucas County4 schools→Lyon County9 schools→Madison County10 schools→Mahaska County8 schools→Marion County17 schools→Marshall County17 schools→Mills County6 schools→Mitchell County6 schools→Monona County7 schools→Monroe County5 schools→Montgomery County7 schools→Muscatine County15 schools→O'Brien County9 schools→Osceola County3 schools→Page County11 schools→Palo Alto County10 schools→Plymouth County16 schools→Pocahontas County4 schools→Polk County137 schools→Pottawattamie County35 schools→Poweshiek County11 schools→Ringgold County4 schools→Sac County6 schools→Scott County53 schools→Shelby County6 schools→Sioux County19 schools→Story County26 schools→Tama County10 schools→Taylor County4 schools→Union County6 schools→Van Buren County3 schools→Wapello County18 schools→Warren County20 schools→Washington County13 schools→Wayne County6 schools→Webster County12 schools→Winnebago County9 schools→Winneshiek County10 schools→Woodbury County37 schools→Worth County4 schools→Wright County9 schools→