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%
| Name | City | County | Level | Enrollment | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinton High School | Hinton | Plymouth County | High | 370 | · |
| Perry Middle School | Perry | Dallas County | Middle | 370 | · |
| Rock Valley Elementary School | Rock Valley | Sioux County | Elementary | 370 | · |
| South Hamilton Elem | Jewell | Hamilton County | Elementary | 370 | · |
| Neil Armstrong Elementary School | Eldridge | Scott County | Elementary | 369 | · |
| Taft Elementary School | Humboldt | Humboldt County | Elementary | 369 | · |
| Whittier Elementary School | Indianola | Warren County | Elementary | 369 | · |
| Centerville High School | Centerville | Appanoose County | High | 368 | · |
| Fisher Elementary School | Marshalltown | Marshall County | Elementary | 368 | · |
| Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School | Pocahontas | Pocahontas County | High | 367 | · |
| Sioux Center Middle School | Sioux Center | Sioux County | Middle | 367 | · |
| West Liberty Middle School | West Liberty | Muscatine County | Middle | 367 | · |
| Okoboji High School | Milford | Dickinson County | High | 366 | · |
| Treynor Elementary School | Treynor | Pottawattamie County | Elementary | 366 | · |
| Washington High School | Cherokee | Cherokee County | High | 366 | · |
| Center Point-Urbana Primary School | Center Point | Linn County | Elementary | 365 | · |
| Riverside Middle/Senior High School | Oakland | Pottawattamie County | High | 365 | · |
| Tri-Center Elementary School | Neola | Pottawattamie County | Elementary | 364 | · |
| Cora B Darling Elementary | Postville | Allamakee County | Elementary | 363 | · |
| Hampton-Dumont Middle School | Hampton | Franklin County | Middle | 363 | · |
| Danville Elementary School | Danville | Des Moines County | Elementary | 362 | · |
| Hubbell Elementary | Des Moines | Polk County | Elementary | 362 | · |
| Mid-Prairie High School | Wellman | Washington County | High | 362 | · |
| Poyner Elementary | Evansdale | Black Hawk County | Elementary | 362 | · |
| Richard O. Jacobson Elementary School | Belmond | Wright County | Elementary | 362 | · |
| Van Allen Elementary School | Mount Pleasant | Henry County | Elementary | 362 | · |
| Hoover Elementary School | Mason City | Cerro Gordo County | Elementary | 361 | · |
| Meeker Elementary School | Ames | Story County | Elementary | 361 | · |
| Terrace Learning Center | Ankeny | Polk County | Elementary | 361 | · |
| Epworth Elementary School | Epworth | Dubuque County | Elementary | 360 | · |
| West Elementary School | Independence | Buchanan County | Elementary | 360 | · |
| Estherville Lincoln Central High School | Estherville | Emmet County | High | 359 | · |
| Herbert Hoover Elementary School | Bettendorf | Scott County | Elementary | 359 | · |
| Missouri Valley Elementary | Missouri Valley | Harrison County | Elementary | 359 | · |
| Camanche Elementary | Camanche | Clinton County | Elementary | 358 | · |
| Central Lyon Secondary School | Rock Rapids | Lyon County | High | 358 | · |
| Davis County Community High School | Bloomfield | Davis County | High | 358 | · |
| Franklin Elementary School | Marshalltown | Marshall County | Elementary | 358 | · |
| Big Creek Elementary | Polk City | Polk County | Elementary | 357 | · |
| Gilbert Intermediate School | Gilbert | Story County | Elementary | 356 | · |
| Grant Wood Elementary School | Cedar Rapids | Linn County | Elementary | 356 | · |
| Sheldon High School | Sheldon | O'Brien County | High | 356 | · |
| Cedar River Academy at Taylor | Cedar Rapids | Linn County | Elementary | 355 | · |
| Bellevue High School | Bellevue | Jackson County | High | 354 | · |
| Indian Creek Elementary School | Marion | Linn County | Elementary | 354 | · |
| Van Buren County Community Middle & High School | Keosauqua | Van Buren County | High | 354 | · |
| Central Lee High School | Donnellson | Lee County | High | 353 | · |
| Hoover Elementary School | West Branch | Cedar County | Elementary | 353 | · |
| Irving Elementary School | Waterloo | Black Hawk County | Elementary | 353 | · |
| Louisa-Muscatine JR/SR High School | Letts | Louisa County | High | 353 | · |
| ADM Middle School | Adel | Dallas County | Middle | 352 | · |
| Prescott Elementary School | Dubuque | Dubuque County | Elementary | 352 | · |
| West Monona Elementary | Onawa | Monona County | Elementary | 352 | · |
| Winterset Middle School | Winterset | Madison County | Middle | 351 | · |
| Oelwein Middle School | Oelwein | Fayette County | Middle | 350 | · |
| Atlantic Middle School | Atlantic | Cass County | Middle | 349 | · |
| Crestwood Elementary School | Cresco | Howard County | Elementary | 349 | · |
| Sergeant Bluff-Luton Primary School | Sergeant Bluff | Woodbury County | Elementary | 349 | · |
| Shenandoah Elementary School | Shenandoah | Page County | Elementary | 349 | · |
| Woodward-Granger Elementary School | Granger | Dallas County | Elementary | 349 | · |
| Albia High School | Albia | Monroe County | High | 348 | · |
| Northstar Elementary School | Knoxville | Marion County | Elementary | 348 | · |
| PCM High School | Monroe | Jasper County | High | 348 | · |
| Roosevelt Elementary School | Mason City | Cerro Gordo County | Elementary | 348 | · |
| Vince Meyer Early Learning Center | Waukee | Dallas County | Elementary | 348 | · |
| Wilkins Elementary School | Marion | Linn County | Elementary | 348 | · |
| Greene County Middle School | Jefferson | Greene County | Middle | 347 | · |
| Novak Elementary School | Marion | Linn County | Elementary | 347 | · |
| Washington Middle School | Washington | Washington County | Middle | 347 | · |
| Crestwood High School | Cresco | Howard County | High | 346 | · |
| Northwest Elementary School | Ankeny | Polk County | Elementary | 346 | · |
| St Ansgar Elementary School | St Ansgar | Mitchell County | Elementary | 345 | · |
| Buford Garner Elementary | North Liberty | Johnson County | Elementary | 344 | · |
| East Sac County High School | Lake View | Sac County | High | 344 | · |
| Lincoln Upper Elementary School | Washington | Washington County | Elementary | 344 | · |
| Bridgeview Elementary School | LeClaire | Scott County | Elementary | 343 | · |
| Central Elementary School | Coralville | Johnson County | Elementary | 343 | · |
| Durant Elementary School | Durant | Cedar County | Elementary | 342 | · |
| Harlan Primary | Harlan | Shelby County | Elementary | 342 | · |
| John R Mott Jr/Hi School | Postville | Allamakee County | High | 342 | · |
| Monroe Elementary School | Des Moines | Polk County | Elementary | 341 | · |
| Durant Junior/Senior High School | Durant | Cedar County | High | 340 | · |
| Helen Lemme Elementary School | Iowa City | Johnson County | Elementary | 340 | · |
| Southeast Valley High School | Gowrie | Webster County | High | 340 | · |
| Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School | Lawton | Woodbury County | High | 339 | · |
| Okoboji Middle School | Milford | Dickinson County | Middle | 339 | · |
| Davis County Middle School | Bloomfield | Davis County | Middle | 337 | · |
| DeSoto Intermediate School | DeSoto | Dallas County | Middle | 337 | · |
| J C Hoglan Elementary School | Marshalltown | Marshall County | Elementary | 337 | · |
| Kingsley Elementary School | Waterloo | Black Hawk County | Elementary | 337 | · |
| MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School | Alton | Sioux County | Middle | 337 | · |
| Manson Northwest Webster Junior High/High School | Manson | Calhoun County | High | 337 | · |
| Emerson Hough Elementary School | Newton | Jasper County | Elementary | 336 | · |
| Ledges Elementary School | Boone | Boone County | Elementary | 336 | · |
| Norway Elementary School | Norway | Benton County | Middle | 336 | · |
| Anamosa Middle School | Anamosa | Jones County | Middle | 335 | · |
| Harlan Community Middle School | Harlan | Shelby County | Middle | 335 | · |
| Wilson Elementary School | Ottumwa | Wapello County | Elementary | 335 | · |
| Hiawatha Elementary School | Hiawatha | Linn County | Elementary | 334 | · |
| Oelwein High School | Oelwein | Fayette County | High | 334 | · |
| Pierce Elementary School | Cedar Rapids | Linn County | Elementary | 334 | · |
| Forest Grove Elementary | Bettendorf | Scott County | Elementary | 332 | · |
| Roland-Story Middle School | Roland | Story County | Middle | 331 | · |
| Vinton-Shellsburg Middle School | Vinton | Benton County | Middle | 331 | · |
| Whittier Elementary School | Clinton | Clinton County | Elementary | 331 | · |
| Forest City Middle School | Forest City | Winnebago County | Middle | 330 | · |
| Mid-Prairie West Elementary School | Wellman | Washington County | Elementary | 330 | · |
| Cherokee Middle School | Cherokee | Cherokee County | Middle | 329 | · |
| Eagle Grove High School | Eagle Grove | Wright County | High | 329 | · |
| Franklin Elementary School | Boone | Boone County | Elementary | 329 | · |
| South Central Calhoun Middle School | Rockwell City | Calhoun County | Middle | 329 | · |
| United Community School | Boone | Boone County | Elementary | 329 | · |
| Butler Elementary School | Fort Dodge | Webster County | Elementary | 328 | · |
| Earlham Elementary School | Earlham | Madison County | Elementary | 328 | · |
| South O'Brien Elem School - Primghar Center | Primghar | O'Brien County | Elementary | 328 | · |
| Wayne Elementary School | Corydon | Wayne County | Elementary | 328 | · |
| Douma Elementary School | Ottumwa | Wapello County | Elementary | 327 | · |
| North Bend Elementary | North Liberty | Johnson County | Elementary | 326 | · |
| Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove High School | Ida Grove | Ida County | High | 326 | · |
| Longfellow Elementary School | Iowa City | Johnson County | Elementary | 325 | · |
| Findley Elementary School | Des Moines | Polk County | Elementary | 324 | · |
| Johnson STEAM Academy School | Cedar Rapids | Linn County | Elementary | 324 | · |
| Knoxville Middle School | Knoxville | Marion County | Middle | 323 | · |
| Marshall Elementary School | Dubuque | Dubuque County | Elementary | 323 | · |
| North Fayette Valley High School | West Union | Fayette County | High | 323 | · |
| Boyden-Hull Elementary School | Boyden | Sioux County | Elementary | 322 | · |
| Dyersville Elementary School | Dyersville | Delaware County | Elementary | 322 | · |
| Jackson Elementary School | Davenport | Scott County | Elementary | 322 | · |
| Walcott Middle School | Walcott | Scott County | Middle | 322 | · |
| Westwood Elementary School | Sloan | Woodbury County | Elementary | 322 | · |
| Ogden Elementary School | Ogden | Boone County | Elementary | 321 | · |
| Francis Marion Intermediate School | Marion | Linn County | Elementary | 320 | · |
| Lincoln Center | Albia | Monroe County | Elementary | 320 | · |
| Monticello High School | Monticello | Jones County | High | 320 | · |
| Solon Middle School | Solon | Johnson County | Middle | 320 | · |
| MFL MarMac Elementary School | Monona | Clayton County | Elementary | 318 | · |
| Madison Elementary School | Davenport | Scott County | Elementary | 318 | · |
| New Hampton High School | New Hampton | Chickasaw County | High | 318 | · |
| Sigourney Elementary | Sigourney | Keokuk County | Elementary | 318 | · |
| Pence Elementary | Fairfield | Jefferson County | Elementary | 317 | · |
| Roland-Story High School | Story City | Story County | High | 317 | · |
| WACO Elementary School | Crawfordsville | Washington County | Elementary | 317 | · |
| Van Meter High School | Van Meter | Dallas County | High | 316 | · |
| King Elementary School | Des Moines | Polk County | Elementary | 315 | · |
| Maquoketa Middle School | Maquoketa | Jackson County | Middle | 315 | · |
| Wickham Elementary | Coralville | Johnson County | Elementary | 315 | · |
| Cardinal Junior High | Eldon | Wapello County | Middle | 314 | · |
| Cattell Elementary School | Des Moines | Polk County | Elementary | 314 | · |
| Clark Elementary School | New London | Henry County | Elementary | 314 | · |
| Iowa Valley Elementary School | Marengo | Iowa County | Elementary | 314 | · |
| Mitchell Elementary School | Ames | Story County | Elementary | 314 | · |
| Southeast Valley Middle School | Burnside | Webster County | Middle | 314 | · |
| Grant Elementary School | Cedar Rapids | Linn County | Elementary | 312 | · |
| Hanawalt Elementary | Des Moines | Polk County | Elementary | 312 | · |
| Jefferson Elementary School | Des Moines | Polk County | Elementary | 312 | · |
| Mediapolis High School | Mediapolis | Des Moines County | High | 312 | · |
| Nodaway Valley Elementary School | Greenfield | Adair County | Elementary | 312 | · |
| North Fayette Valley Middle School | Elgin | Fayette County | Middle | 312 | · |
| Sheldon Middle School | Sheldon | O'Brien County | Middle | 312 | · |
| Central DeWitt Intermediate School | DeWitt | Clinton County | Middle | 311 | · |
| Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School | Nashua | Chickasaw County | High | 311 | · |
| Sunset Heights Elementary School | Webster City | Hamilton County | Elementary | 311 | · |
| Camanche High School | Camanche | Clinton County | High | 309 | · |
| Harlan Intermediate School | Harlan | Shelby County | Elementary | 309 | · |
| Clear Lake Middle School | Clear Lake | Cerro Gordo County | Middle | 308 | · |
| Erskine Elementary School | Cedar Rapids | Linn County | Elementary | 308 | · |
| Estherville Lincoln Central Middle School | Estherville | Emmet County | Middle | 308 | · |
| Iowa Connections Academy Middle School | Anita | Cass County | Middle | 308 | · |
| Lenox Elementary School | Lenox | Taylor County | Elementary | 308 | · |
| Odebolt Elementary-Ida Grove | Ida Grove | Ida County | Elementary | 308 | · |
| Pekin Elementary School | Packwood | Jefferson County | Elementary | 308 | · |
| Sibley Ocheyedan Elementary School | Sibley | Osceola County | Elementary | 308 | · |
| Martensdale Elementary School | Martensdale | Warren County | Elementary | 307 | · |
| Dike Elementary School | Dike | Grundy County | Elementary | 306 | · |
| Grant Wood Elementary School | Iowa City | Johnson County | Elementary | 306 | · |
| Mid City High | Davenport | Scott County | High | 306 | · |
| Panorama Elementary | Panora | Guthrie County | Elementary | 306 | · |
| Woodrow Wilson Elementary School | Newton | Jasper County | Elementary | 306 | · |
| Black Hawk Elementary School | Burlington | Des Moines County | Elementary | 305 | · |
| Cascade Elementary School | Cascade | Dubuque County | Elementary | 305 | · |
| Monticello Middle School | Monticello | Jones County | Middle | 305 | · |
| Forest City High School | Forest City | Winnebago County | High | 304 | · |
| Mount Ayr High School | Mount Ayr | Ringgold County | High | 304 | · |
| New Hampton Middle School | New Hampton | Chickasaw County | Middle | 304 | · |
| Sageville Elementary School | Dubuque | Dubuque County | Elementary | 304 | · |
| East Buchanan Elementary School | Winthrop | Buchanan County | Elementary | 303 | · |
| Hartford Upper Elementary | Hartford | Warren County | Elementary | 303 | · |
| Lake Mills Elementary School | Lake Mills | Winnebago County | Elementary | 303 | · |
| South Side Elementary School | Hampton | Franklin County | Elementary | 303 | · |
| Woodbine High School | Woodbine | Harrison County | High | 303 | · |
| Tipton High School | Tipton | Cedar County | High | 302 | · |
| Carter Lake Elementary School | Carter Lake | Pottawattamie County | Elementary | 301 | · |
| Clark Elementary School | Le Mars | Plymouth County | Elementary | 301 | · |
| Columbus Elementary School | Chariton | Lucas County | Elementary | 301 | · |
| Lisbon Secondary School | Lisbon | Linn County | High | 301 | · |
| North Mahaska Elementary School | New Sharon | Mahaska County | Elementary | 301 | · |
| Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Elementary School | Brooklyn | Poweshiek County | Elementary | 300 | · |
| Grant Elementary School | Muscatine | Muscatine County | Elementary | 300 | · |
| John Cline Elementary School | Decorah | Winneshiek County | Elementary | 300 | · |
| Shenandoah High School | Shenandoah | Page County | High | 300 | · |
| South Hamilton Middle And High School | Jewell | Hamilton County | High | 300 | · |
| Bryant Elementary School | Dubuque | Dubuque County | Elementary | 299 | · |
| Hinton Elementary School | Hinton | Plymouth County | Elementary | 299 | · |
| South Central Calhoun Elementary School | Rockwell City | Calhoun County | Elementary | 299 | · |
| Howar Middle School | Centerville | Appanoose County | Middle | 298 | · |
| Sunnyside Elementary School | Burlington | Des Moines County | Elementary | 298 | · |
| Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School | Belmond | Wright County | High | 297 | · |
| Howe Elementary | Des Moines | Polk County | Elementary | 297 | · |
| IKM-Manning Middle School | Manning | Carroll County | Middle | 297 | · |
| Stowe Elementary School | Des Moines | Polk County | Elementary | 297 | · |
| Children's Village West | Davenport | Scott County | Elementary | 296 | · |
| Franklin Elementary School | Muscatine | Muscatine County | Elementary | 295 | · |
| Garner-Hayfield-Ventura High School | Garner | Hancock County | High | 295 | · |
| Dike-New Hartford High School | Dike | Grundy County | High | 294 | · |
| Logan-Magnolia Jr-Sr High School | Logan | Harrison County | High | 294 | · |
| Meskwaki Settlement School | Tama | Tama County | Combined | 294 | · |
| Osage High School | Osage | Mitchell County | High | 294 | · |
| Springville Elementary School | Springville | Linn County | Elementary | 294 | · |
| West Hancock Elementary School | Britt | Hancock County | Elementary | 294 | · |
| Wings Park Elementary School | Oelwein | Fayette County | Elementary | 294 | · |
| Alburnett Senior High School | Alburnett | Linn County | High | 293 | · |
| Clayton Ridge Elementary School | Garnavillo | Clayton County | Elementary | 293 | · |
| Greenwood Elementary School | Des Moines | Polk County | Elementary | 293 | · |
| Mulberry Elementary School | Muscatine | Muscatine County | Elementary | 293 | · |
| West Elementary School | Emmetsburg | Palo Alto County | Elementary | 293 | · |
| Central Elementary | Elkader | Clayton County | Elementary | 292 | · |
| Hoover Elementary School | Dubuque | Dubuque County | Elementary | 292 | · |
| Jefferson Elementary School | Mason City | Cerro Gordo County | Elementary | 292 | · |
| Mitchell Early Childhood Center | Des Moines | Polk County | Elementary | 292 | · |
| North Cedar Elementary School | Cedar Falls | Black Hawk County | Elementary | 292 | · |
| Rock Run Elementary | Iowa Falls | Hardin County | Elementary | 292 | · |
| Van Allen Elementary School | Chariton | Lucas County | Elementary | 292 | · |
| Van Buren County Community School District Douds Center | Douds | Van Buren County | Elementary | 292 | · |
| West Marshall High School | State Center | Marshall County | High | 292 | · |
| Audubon Middle-High School | Audubon | Audubon County | High | 291 | · |
| Central Decatur MS/HS High School | Leon | Decatur County | High | 291 | · |
| Clarion-Goldfield-Dows High School | Clarion | Wright County | High | 291 | · |
| Center Point-Urbana Middle School | Center Point | Linn County | Middle | 290 | · |
| Clarke Community Middle School | Osceola | Clarke County | Middle | 289 | · |
| Danville Junior-Senior High School | Danville | Des Moines County | High | 289 | · |
| Nixon Elementary School | Hiawatha | Linn County | Elementary | 289 | · |
| Osage Middle School | Osage | Mitchell County | Middle | 289 | · |
| Broadway Elementary School | Denison | Crawford County | Elementary | 288 | · |
| Metro High School | Cedar Rapids | Linn County | High | 288 | · |
| Oak Park | Des Moines | Polk County | Elementary | 288 | · |
| Colfax-Mingo Jr/Sr High School | Colfax | Jasper County | High | 287 | · |
| Easton Valley Elementary School | Miles | Jackson County | Elementary | 287 | · |
| Northwood-Kensett Elementary | Northwood | Worth County | Elementary | 287 | · |
| Sigourney Jr-Sr High Sch | Sigourney | Keokuk County | High | 287 | · |
| Anson Elementary School | Marshalltown | Marshall County | Elementary | 286 | · |