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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richardson Elementary School | Fort Madison | Lee County | Elementary | 286 | · |
| Madison Elementary School | Des Moines | Polk County | Elementary | 285 | · |
| Moore Elementary School | Des Moines | Polk County | Elementary | 285 | · |
| Chariton Middle School | Chariton | Lucas County | Middle | 284 | · |
| Edgewood-Colesburg Elementary School | Colesburg | Delaware County | Elementary | 284 | · |
| New London Jr-Sr High School | New London | Henry County | High | 284 | · |
| South Central Calhoun High School | Lake City | Calhoun County | High | 284 | · |
| Tipton Elementary School | Tipton | Cedar County | Elementary | 284 | · |
| West Lyon High School | Inwood | Lyon County | High | 284 | · |
| Bertha Godfrey Elementary School | Algona | Kossuth County | Elementary | 283 | · |
| Crestwood Middle School | Cresco | Howard County | Middle | 283 | · |
| Grundy Center Elementary School | Grundy Center | Grundy County | Elementary | 283 | · |
| Moville Elementary School | Moville | Woodbury County | Elementary | 283 | · |
| Wright Elementary School | Cedar Rapids | Linn County | Elementary | 282 | · |
| Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School | Nashua | Chickasaw County | Elementary | 281 | · |
| North Linn Elementary | Troy Mills | Linn County | Elementary | 281 | · |
| Pineview Elementary | Iowa Falls | Hardin County | Elementary | 281 | · |
| AHSTW Primary School | Avoca | Pottawattamie County | Elementary | 280 | · |
| Lincoln Elementary School | Charles City | Floyd County | Elementary | 280 | · |
| Mount Ayr Elementary | Mount Ayr | Ringgold County | Elementary | 280 | · |
| Newell-Fonda Elementary | Newell | Buena Vista County | Elementary | 280 | · |
| Shenandoah Middle School | Shenandoah | Page County | Middle | 280 | · |
| Hillis Elementary School | Des Moines | Polk County | Elementary | 279 | · |
| Truman Early Learning Center | Cedar Rapids | Linn County | Elementary | 279 | · |
| Union High School | La Porte City | Black Hawk County | High | 279 | · |
| Clear Creek Elementary School | Oxford | Johnson County | Elementary | 278 | · |
| Denver Senior High School | Denver | Bremer County | High | 278 | · |
| Blue Grass Elementary School | Blue Grass | Scott County | Elementary | 277 | · |
| Harrison Elementary School | Cedar Rapids | Linn County | Elementary | 277 | · |
| North Tama Elementary | Traer | Tama County | Elementary | 276 | · |
| Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School | Liberty Center | Warren County | High | 276 | · |
| Center Point-Urbana Intermediate School | Urbana | Benton County | Elementary | 275 | · |
| McKinley Elementary School | Des Moines | Polk County | Elementary | 275 | · |
| North Mahaska Jr-Sr High School | New Sharon | Mahaska County | High | 275 | · |
| Westwood High School | Sloan | Woodbury County | High | 275 | · |
| Eddyville Elementary | Eddyville | Wapello County | Elementary | 274 | · |
| Farley Elementary School | Farley | Dubuque County | Elementary | 273 | · |
| Radiant Elementary School | Urbandale | Dallas County | Elementary | 273 | · |
| Wapsie Valley High School | Fairbank | Bremer County | High | 273 | · |
| West Branch High School | West Branch | Cedar County | High | 273 | · |
| GMG Elementary School | Green Mountain | Marshall County | Elementary | 271 | · |
| Lewis & Clark Elementary School | Council Bluffs | Pottawattamie County | Elementary | 271 | · |
| North Butler Elementary | Allison | Butler County | Elementary | 271 | · |
| AHSTW Intermediate School | Avoca | Pottawattamie County | Middle | 270 | · |
| Cardinal High School | Eldon | Wapello County | High | 270 | · |
| Kirkwood Elementary School | Coralville | Johnson County | Elementary | 270 | · |
| Woodward-Granger High School | Woodward | Dallas County | High | 270 | · |
| Bedford Elementary School | Bedford | Taylor County | Elementary | 269 | · |
| Janesville Elementary School | Janesville | Bremer County | Elementary | 269 | · |
| Jesup High School | Jesup | Buchanan County | High | 269 | · |
| Shellsburg Elementary School | Shellsburg | Benton County | Elementary | 269 | · |
| Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School | Brooklyn | Poweshiek County | High | 268 | · |
| Midland Middle/High School | Wyoming | Jones County | High | 268 | · |
| Neil Armstrong Elementary School | Bettendorf | Scott County | Elementary | 268 | · |
| North Hill Elementary School | Burlington | Des Moines County | Elementary | 268 | · |
| Robert Blue School | Eagle Grove | Wright County | Middle | 268 | · |
| Longfellow Elementary School | Belle Plaine | Benton County | Elementary | 267 | · |
| Parkview Elementary School | Marion | Linn County | Elementary | 267 | · |
| East Elementary School | Independence | Buchanan County | Elementary | 265 | · |
| Northwood-Kensett Middle/High School | Northwood | Worth County | High | 265 | · |
| Pocahontas Area Elementary School | Pocahontas | Pocahontas County | Elementary | 265 | · |
| West Campus Elementary School | Waukon | Allamakee County | Elementary | 265 | · |
| Wright Elementary School | Des Moines | Polk County | Elementary | 265 | · |
| West Central Valley High School | Stuart | Guthrie County | High | 264 | · |
| MFL MarMac High School | Monona | Clayton County | High | 263 | · |
| Phillips Elementary | Des Moines | Polk County | Elementary | 263 | · |
| Baxter High School | Baxter | Jasper County | High | 262 | · |
| Fremont-Mills Elementary School | Tabor | Fremont County | Elementary | 262 | · |
| Gladbrook-Reinbeck Elementary School | Reinbeck | Grundy County | Elementary | 262 | · |
| Franklin Elementary School | Le Mars | Plymouth County | Elementary | 261 | · |
| Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Elementary School | Hartley | O'Brien County | Elementary | 261 | · |
| Muskie Early Learning Center | Muscatine | Muscatine County | Elementary | 261 | · |
| Woodbine Elementary School | Woodbine | Harrison County | Elementary | 261 | · |
| Aurora Heights Elementary School | Newton | Jasper County | Elementary | 260 | · |
| Cardinal Elementary School | Maquoketa | Jackson County | Elementary | 260 | · |
| La Porte City Elementary School | La Porte City | Black Hawk County | Elementary | 260 | · |
| Runnells Elementary | Runnells | Polk County | Elementary | 260 | · |
| Waukon Middle School | Waukon | Allamakee County | Middle | 260 | · |
| Creston Middle School | Creston | Union County | Middle | 259 | · |
| Edmunds Elementary School | Des Moines | Polk County | Elementary | 259 | · |
| Madrid Elementary School | Madrid | Boone County | Elementary | 259 | · |
| Akron Westfield Elementary School | Akron | Plymouth County | Elementary | 258 | · |
| Pekin Community Junior/ Senior High School | Packwood | Jefferson County | High | 258 | · |
| Choice Charter School | Union | Hardin County | High | 257 | · |
| Lincoln Elementary School | Dubuque | Dubuque County | Elementary | 257 | · |
| Monroe Elementary School | Monroe | Jasper County | Elementary | 257 | · |
| Riverbend Middle School | Iowa Falls | Hardin County | Middle | 257 | · |
| Walnut Street School | Des Moines | Polk County | Elementary | 257 | · |
| Alta Elementary School | Alta | Buena Vista County | Elementary | 256 | · |
| Camanche Middle School | Camanche | Clinton County | Middle | 256 | · |
| Maple Valley-Anthon Oto High School | Mapleton | Monona County | High | 256 | · |
| Tipton Middle School | Tipton | Cedar County | Middle | 256 | · |
| Winterset Junior High School | Winterset | Madison County | Middle | 256 | · |
| Central Springs Middle School | Nora Springs | Floyd County | Middle | 255 | · |
| Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Middle School | Garner | Hancock County | Middle | 255 | · |
| Mid-Prairie East Elementary School | Kalona | Washington County | Elementary | 255 | · |
| Mitchellville Elementary | Mitchellville | Polk County | Elementary | 255 | · |
| Sioux Central High School | Sioux Rapids | Buena Vista County | High | 255 | · |
| Wayne Community Jr-Sr High School | Corydon | Wayne County | High | 255 | · |
| Cleveland Elementary School | Cedar Rapids | Linn County | Elementary | 254 | · |
| Lincoln Elementary School | Pella | Marion County | Elementary | 254 | · |
| Longfellow Elementary | Marion | Linn County | Elementary | 254 | · |
| North Butler Jr/Sr High School | Greene | Butler County | High | 254 | · |
| Treynor High School | Treynor | Pottawattamie County | High | 254 | · |
| Windsor Elementary | Des Moines | Polk County | Elementary | 254 | · |
| Boyden-Hull High School | Hull | Sioux County | High | 253 | · |
| Guthrie Center Elementary School | Guthrie Center | Guthrie County | Elementary | 253 | · |
| Rogers Elementary School | Marshalltown | Marshall County | Elementary | 253 | · |
| Woodward-Granger Early Learning Center | Granger | Dallas County | Elementary | 253 | · |
| Audubon Elementary School | Audubon | Audubon County | Elementary | 252 | · |
| Prairie West Elementary | Waverly | Bremer County | Elementary | 252 | · |
| Van Meter Middle School | Van Meter | Dallas County | Middle | 252 | · |
| Horace Mann Elementary School | Ottumwa | Wapello County | Elementary | 250 | · |
| Dubuque Online School | Dubuque | Dubuque County | High | 249 | · |
| Fairview Park Elementary | Spencer | Clay County | Elementary | 249 | · |
| James Elementary School | Ottumwa | Wapello County | Elementary | 249 | · |
| Jesup Middle School | Jesup | Buchanan County | Middle | 249 | · |
| Nodland Elementary School | Sioux City | Woodbury County | Elementary | 249 | · |
| Eisenhower Elementary School | Ottumwa | Wapello County | Elementary | 248 | · |
| Woodward-Granger Middle School | Woodward | Dallas County | Middle | 248 | · |
| Aplington-Parkersburg High School | Parkersburg | Butler County | High | 247 | · |
| Audubon Elementary School | Dubuque | Dubuque County | Elementary | 247 | · |
| Underwood High School | Underwood | Pottawattamie County | High | 247 | · |
| Willard Elementary School | Des Moines | Polk County | Elementary | 247 | · |
| Bedford High School | Bedford | Taylor County | High | 245 | · |
| Robert Lucas Elementary School | Iowa City | Johnson County | Elementary | 245 | · |
| Central DeWitt Middle School | De Witt | Clinton County | Middle | 244 | · |
| Northwood Pre-School | Ames | Story County | Elementary | 244 | · |
| Starmont Elementary School | Arlington | Fayette County | Elementary | 244 | · |
| Sunnyside Elementary School | Sioux City | Woodbury County | Elementary | 244 | · |
| Janesville Junior-Senior High School | Janesville | Bremer County | High | 243 | · |
| North Cedar Jr/Sr High School | Clarence | Cedar County | High | 243 | · |
| Sumner-Fredericksburg High School | Sumner | Bremer County | High | 243 | · |
| Buffalo Elementary School | Buffalo | Scott County | Elementary | 242 | · |
| East Marshall Elementary School | Laurel | Marshall County | Elementary | 242 | · |
| East Union Middle-High School | Afton | Union County | High | 242 | · |
| Eldora-New Providence Elementary School | Eldora | Hardin County | Elementary | 242 | · |
| Fairview Elementary School | Grinnell | Poweshiek County | Elementary | 242 | · |
| Highland Elementary School | Riverside | Washington County | Elementary | 242 | · |
| Ridge View High School | Holstein | Ida County | High | 242 | · |
| Rock Valley High School | Rock Valley | Sioux County | High | 242 | · |
| Sioux Center Intermediate School | Sioux Center | Sioux County | Elementary | 242 | · |
| West Sioux High School | Hawarden | Sioux County | High | 242 | · |
| Grundy Center High School | Grundy Center | Grundy County | High | 241 | · |
| Pleasant Hill Elementary School | Des Moines | Polk County | Elementary | 241 | · |
| Pleasantville High School | Pleasantville | Marion County | High | 241 | · |
| Sidney Elementary School | Sidney | Fremont County | Elementary | 241 | · |
| South O'Brien Secondary School | Paullina | O'Brien County | High | 241 | · |
| WACO High School | Wayland | Henry County | High | 241 | · |
| Prairie City Elementary School | Prairie City | Jasper County | Elementary | 240 | · |
| Grant Center | Albia | Monroe County | Elementary | 239 | · |
| Washington Elementary | Fairfield | Jefferson County | Elementary | 239 | · |
| West Branch Middle School | West Branch | Cedar County | Middle | 239 | · |
| Denver Middle School | Denver | Bremer County | Middle | 238 | · |
| Margaretta Carey Elementary School | Waverly | Bremer County | Elementary | 238 | · |
| South Hardin High School | Eldora | Hardin County | High | 237 | · |
| Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center | Calamus | Clinton County | Elementary | 236 | · |
| Central Springs High School | Manly | Worth County | High | 236 | · |
| Midland Elementary | Oxford Junction | Jones County | Elementary | 236 | · |
| West Central PK - 8 School | Maynard | Fayette County | Elementary | 236 | · |
| Benton Community Middle School | Van Horne | Benton County | Middle | 235 | · |
| Emmetsburg High School | Emmetsburg | Palo Alto County | High | 235 | · |
| McKee Elementary School | Des Moines | Polk County | Elementary | 235 | · |
| RRMR Elementary School | Rockford | Floyd County | Elementary | 235 | · |
| East Mills Jr/Sr High School | Malvern | Mills County | High | 234 | · |
| Ogden High School | Ogden | Boone County | High | 234 | · |
| CR-B Elementary School | Coon Rapids | Carroll County | Elementary | 233 | · |
| Karen Acres Elementary School | Urbandale | Polk County | Elementary | 233 | · |
| Adams Elementary School | Carroll | Carroll County | Elementary | 232 | · |
| George-Little Rock Elementary School | Little Rock | Lyon County | Elementary | 232 | · |
| PCM Middle School | Prairie City | Jasper County | Middle | 232 | · |
| Cooper Elementary School | Fort Dodge | Webster County | Elementary | 231 | · |
| Arthur Elementary School | Cedar Rapids | Linn County | Elementary | 229 | · |
| Iowa Valley Jr-Sr High School | Marengo | Iowa County | High | 229 | · |
| Sioux Central Elementary School | Sioux Rapids | Buena Vista County | Elementary | 229 | · |
| Wapello Elementary School | Wapello | Louisa County | Elementary | 229 | · |
| Alta-Aurelia Middle School | Aurelia | Cherokee County | Middle | 228 | · |
| Interstate 35 Middle School | Truro | Madison County | Middle | 228 | · |
| Missouri Valley High School | Missouri Valley | Harrison County | High | 228 | · |
| West Union Elementary School | West Union | Fayette County | Elementary | 228 | · |
| AGWSR Elementary School | Ackley | Hardin County | Elementary | 227 | · |
| Feelhaver Elementary School | Fort Dodge | Webster County | Elementary | 227 | · |
| Glidden-Ralston Elementary School | Glidden | Carroll County | Elementary | 227 | · |
| Griswold Elementary | Griswold | Cass County | Elementary | 227 | · |
| Lincoln Elementary School | Fort Madison | Lee County | Elementary | 227 | · |
| North Iowa Elementary Buffalo Center | Buffalo Center | Winnebago County | Elementary | 227 | · |
| Riverside Elementary School | Sioux City | Woodbury County | Elementary | 227 | · |
| Lucia Wallace Elementary School | Algona | Kossuth County | Elementary | 226 | · |
| Riceville Elementary School | Riceville | Howard County | Elementary | 226 | · |
| Martensdale-St Marys Jr-Sr High School | Martensdale | Warren County | High | 225 | · |
| Tri-Center High School | Neola | Pottawattamie County | High | 225 | · |
| West Cedar Elementary School | Waverly | Bremer County | Elementary | 225 | · |
| Lynnville-Sully Elementary School | Sully | Jasper County | Elementary | 224 | · |
| Southeast Valley Elementary | Farnhamville | Calhoun County | Elementary | 223 | · |
| George Washington Elementary School | Keokuk | Lee County | Elementary | 222 | · |
| Mediapolis Middle School | Mediapolis | Des Moines County | Middle | 222 | · |
| Alta-Aurelia High School | Alta | Buena Vista County | High | 221 | · |
| Irwin Elementary School | Irwin | Shelby County | Elementary | 221 | · |
| Columbus Community High School | Columbus Junction | Louisa County | High | 220 | · |
| East Campus Elementary School | Waukon | Allamakee County | Elementary | 220 | · |
| Panorama High School | Panora | Guthrie County | High | 220 | · |
| Boyer Valley Middle/High School | Dunlap | Harrison County | High | 219 | · |
| Dysart-Geneseo Elementary School | Dysart | Tama County | Elementary | 219 | · |
| Grundy Center Middle School | Grundy Center | Grundy County | Middle | 219 | · |
| Lenox High School | Lenox | Taylor County | High | 219 | · |
| Tripoli Elementary School | Tripoli | Bremer County | Elementary | 219 | · |
| Montezuma Elementary School | Montezuma | Poweshiek County | Elementary | 218 | · |
| East Marshall Senior High School | Le Grand | Marshall County | High | 217 | · |
| Lincoln Elementary School | Iowa City | Johnson County | Elementary | 217 | · |
| Sumner-Fredericksburg Middle School | Fredericksburg | Chickasaw County | Middle | 217 | · |
| CAM Elementary School | Massena | Cass County | Elementary | 216 | · |
| Colo-NESCO Middle/High School | Colo | Story County | High | 216 | · |
| Iowa Connections Academy Elementary | Anita | Cass County | Elementary | 216 | · |
| Woodlawn Early Childhood Center | Des Moines | Polk County | Elementary | 216 | · |
| Carrie Lee Elementary | Decorah | Winneshiek County | Elementary | 215 | · |
| Dunkerton Elementary | Dunkerton | Black Hawk County | Elementary | 215 | · |
| Coon Rapids-Bayard 6-12 Attendance Center | Coon Rapids | Carroll County | High | 214 | · |
| East Mills Elementary School | Malvern | Mills County | Elementary | 214 | · |
| English Valleys Jr-Sr High School | North English | Iowa County | High | 214 | · |
| Davis Elementary School | Grinnell | Poweshiek County | Elementary | 213 | · |
| Fremont-Mills Middle And Senior High School | Tabor | Fremont County | High | 213 | · |
| Gateway High School | Ottumwa | Wapello County | High | 213 | · |
| MMCRU High School | Marcus | Cherokee County | High | 213 | · |
| Mark Twain Elementary | Iowa City | Johnson County | Elementary | 213 | · |
| West Marshall Middle School | State Center | Marshall County | Middle | 213 | · |
| Harlan Elementary School | Mount Pleasant | Henry County | Elementary | 212 | · |
| James Wilson Grimes School | Burlington | Des Moines County | Elementary | 212 | · |
| IGNITE Online & Personalized Learning | Shenandoah | Page County | Combined | 211 | · |
| Parkersburg Elementary School | Parkersburg | Butler County | Elementary | 211 | · |
| Stuart Elementary School | Stuart | Guthrie County | Elementary | 211 | · |
| Corning Elementary School | Corning | Adams County | Elementary | 210 | · |
| Dike-New Hartford Junior High School | New Hartford | Butler County | Middle | 210 | · |
| Pleasant View Elementary School | Webster City | Hamilton County | Elementary | 210 | · |
| Baxter Elementary School | Baxter | Jasper County | Elementary | 209 | · |
| Durant Elementary School | Sumner | Bremer County | Elementary | 209 | · |
| Boyer Valley Elementary School | Dow City | Crawford County | Elementary | 208 | · |
| Carpenter Elementary School | Monticello | Jones County | Elementary | 208 | · |
| Northeast Hamilton Elementary School | Blairsburg | Hamilton County | Elementary | 208 | · |
| Briggs Elementary School | Maquoketa | Jackson County | Elementary | 207 | · |
| Gladbrook-Reinbeck Jr. High & High School | Reinbeck | Grundy County | High | 207 | · |
| Horace Mann Elementary School | Iowa City | Johnson County | Elementary | 207 | · |
| Moravia High School | Moravia | Appanoose County | High | 207 | · |
| Edgewood-Colesburg High School | Edgewood | Clayton County | High | 206 | · |
| Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton Elementary | Exira | Audubon County | Elementary | 206 | · |
| Maquoketa Valley Senior High School | Delhi | Delaware County | High | 206 | · |
| Schuler Elementary School | Atlantic | Cass County | Elementary | 206 | · |
| Washington Elementary School | Charles City | Floyd County | Elementary | 206 | · |
| AHSTW High School | Avoca | Pottawattamie County | High | 205 | · |
| Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School | Belle Plaine | Benton County | High | 205 | · |
| GMG Secondary School | Garwin | Tama County | High | 205 | · |