Best Public Schools in Dallas County, Iowa & Rankings

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				ISASP English Language Arts (2024)									ISASP Mathematics (2024)									ISASP Science (2024)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISASP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 4th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 5th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 6th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 7th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 8th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 9th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 10th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 11th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 3rd Grade	ISASP Mathematics 4th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 5th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 6th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 7th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 8th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 9th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 10th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 11th Grade	ISASP Science 5th Grade	ISASP Science 8th Grade	ISASP Science 10th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Eason Elementary School	Public	K-5	605 SE Boone Dr	Waukee	50263	Dallas County	Waukee Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 987-5200	641	43	15.0	31.2%	422 (65.8%)	88 (13.7%)	50 (7.8%)	35 (5.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (7.0%)	77.1	87^th of 557 public elementary schools	84.4%		73.9	127^th of 565 public elementary schools	77.5%	40	78.6	82.5	75.2							83.7	82.5	83.8							76.9			$10,989	$276	$10,712
Waukee Elementary School	Public	K-5	850 6th St	Waukee	50263	Dallas County	Waukee Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 987-5193	682	44	15.4	19.5%	500 (73.3%)	27 (4.0%)	53 (7.8%)	36 (5.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (9.5%)	76.5	98^th of 557 public elementary schools	82.4%		82.3	64^th of 565 public elementary schools	88.7%	34	80.5	84.4	78.6							84.1	86.1	79.5							67.0			$10,849	$259	$10,590
Waukee Middle School	Public	6-7	905 S. Warrior Lane	Waukee	50263	Dallas County	Waukee Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 987-5177	1,069	68	15.7	12.1%	834 (78.0%)	42 (3.9%)	79 (7.4%)	62 (5.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (4.8%)	77.7	46^th of 337 public middle schools	86.4%		84.3	19^th of 334 public middle schools	94.3%	27				85.5	89.6								81.9	81.2								$11,676	$209	$11,466
Waukee High School	Public	10-12	555 SE University Avenue	Waukee	50263	Dallas County	Waukee Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 987-5163	1,268	82	15.3	24.1%	850 (67.0%)	120 (9.5%)	103 (8.1%)	111 (8.8%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	80 (6.3%)	62	135^th of 338 public high schools	60.1%		71.1	78^th of 336 public high schools	76.8%	57								79.1	76.8								74.5	71.8			63.9	$13,035	$231	$12,804
ADM Middle School	Public	7-8	801 Nile Kinnick Dr. S.	Adel	50003	Dallas County	Adel DeSoto Minburn Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 993-3490	343	23	15.0	20.4%	313 (91.3%)	2 (0.6%)	17 (5.0%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.7%)	69.9	86^th of 337 public middle schools	74.5%		81.7	31^st of 334 public middle schools	90.7%	55					90.4	91.4								74.4	74.2					72.2		$10,460	$110	$10,351
ADM Senior High School	Public	9-12	801 Nile Kinnick Dr S	Adel	50003	Dallas County	Adel DeSoto Minburn Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 993-4584	651	38	17.1	18.6%	597 (91.7%)	7 (1.1%)	30 (4.6%)	6 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.2%)	92.2	4^th of 338 public high schools	98.8%		91.5	8^th of 336 public high schools	97.6%	4							94.5	95.2	93.8							86.6	86.3	90.7			86.7	$13,069	$279	$12,789
Perry Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1600 8th Street	Perry	50220	Dallas County	Perry Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 465-5656	815	69	11.7	59.6%	354 (43.4%)	36 (4.4%)	372 (45.6%)	16 (2.0%)	5 (0.6%)	4 (0.5%)	28 (3.4%)								(n/a)																						$14,186	$1,043	$13,142
Perry High School	Public	9-12	1200 18th Street	Perry	50220	Dallas County	Perry Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 465-3503	564	38	14.9	55.9%	209 (37.1%)	20 (3.5%)	316 (56.0%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.7%)								(n/a)																						$15,194	$560	$14,633
Perry Middle School	Public	6-8	1200 18th Street	Perry	50220	Dallas County	Perry Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 465-3531	367	27	13.7	63.8%	158 (43.1%)	24 (6.5%)	163 (44.4%)	6 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.1%)	11 (3.0%)								(n/a)																						$13,951	$186	$13,764
Meadow View Elementary	Public	2-4	1300 S. 15th Street	Adel	50003	Dallas County	Adel DeSoto Minburn Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 993-4283	520	37	14.0	18.8%	464 (89.2%)	3 (0.6%)	29 (5.6%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.8%)	76.4	99^th of 557 public elementary schools	82.2%		83	56^th of 565 public elementary schools	90.1%	43	73.7	87.1								82.3	85.4
South Middle School	Public	6-7	2350 SE LA Grant Parkway	Waukee	50263	Dallas County	Waukee Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 987-3222	909	61	14.9	25.6%	571 (62.8%)	79 (8.7%)	76 (8.4%)	105 (11.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	76 (8.4%)	69.7	88^th of 337 public middle schools	73.9%		63	123^rd of 334 public middle schools	63.2%	35				83.0	86.0								82.2	74.2								$12,239	$285	$11,954
Grant Ragan Elementary School	Public	K-5	645 NE Dartmoor Drive	Waukee	50263	Dallas County	Waukee Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 987-0435	620	45	13.6	22.3%	436 (70.3%)	35 (5.6%)	53 (8.5%)	44 (7.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	50 (8.1%)	77.8	84^th of 557 public elementary schools	84.9%		74	125^th of 565 public elementary schools	77.9%	41	75.3	75.5	84.3							86.0	81.1	86.1							79.6			$10,993	$199	$10,794
Northwest High School	Public	10-12	655 NW 10th ST	Waukee	50263	Dallas County	Waukee Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 987-5161	1,427	0	85.8	13.5%	1,130 (79.2%)	60 (4.2%)	109 (7.6%)	60 (4.2%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	65 (4.6%)	76.4	51^st of 338 public high schools	84.9%		74.5	59^th of 336 public high schools	82.4%	8								85.4	83.0								81.7	75.6			72.0
Van Meter Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	520 1st Ave	Van Meter	50261	Dallas County	Van Meter Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 996-2221	571	35	16.1	6.5%	529 (92.6%)	3 (0.5%)	18 (3.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.2%)	86.9	28^th of 557 public elementary schools	95.0%		90.2	11^th of 565 public elementary schools	98.1%	17	81.2	89.4	90.8							92.9	90.6	83.9							74.7			$11,667	$403	$11,263
Van Meter High School	Public	9-12	520 1st Ave	Van Meter	50261	Dallas County	Van Meter Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 996-2221	292	21	13.7	7.5%	272 (93.2%)	3 (1.0%)	11 (3.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.7%)	91.9	5^th of 338 public high schools	98.5%		93.3	4^th of 336 public high schools	98.8%	1							98.7	97.0	93.6							80.5	86.4	93.6			83.3	$14,547	$514	$14,033
Van Meter Middle School	Public	6-8	520 1st Ave	Van Meter	50261	Dallas County	Van Meter Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 996-2221	227	6	39.1	5.3%	207 (91.2%)	2 (0.9%)	10 (4.4%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.8%)	90.1	6^th of 337 public middle schools	98.2%		91.3	4^th of 334 public middle schools	98.8%	2				94.3	95.8	90.4							87.4	93.0	90.4					90.4		$7,390	$259	$7,131
Adel Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-1	1608 Grove St.	Adel	50003	Dallas County	Adel DeSoto Minburn Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 993-4285	393	29	13.5	16.5%	362 (92.1%)	2 (0.5%)	15 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.3%)								(n/a)																						$11,491	$454	$11,038
Woodward-Granger Elementary School	Public	2-5	2002 Oak Street	Granger	50109	Dallas County	Woodward-Granger Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 999-2357	349	24	14.6	24.1%	320 (91.7%)	4 (1.1%)	17 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.3%)	84.1	43^rd of 557 public elementary schools	92.3%		82.8	60^th of 565 public elementary schools	89.4%	17	81.9	89.2	79.6							92.6	90.4	83.7							73.5			$16,809	$855	$15,954
Woodward-Granger Early Learning Center	Public	PK, KG-1	2200 State Street	Granger	50109	Dallas County	Woodward-Granger Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 999-8058	275	13	21.6	17.8%	259 (94.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)								(n/a)
Woodward-Granger High School	Public	9-12	306 W 3rd St	Woodward	50276	Dallas County	Woodward-Granger Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 438-2115	260	21	12.5	18.1%	247 (95.0%)	3 (1.2%)	5 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	60.1	146^th of 338 public high schools	56.8%		75.1	55^th of 336 public high schools	83.6%	91							79.7	82.1	76.8							71.9	71.8	75.0			55.1	$21,963	$616	$21,347
Woodward Academy	Public	5-12	1251 334th St	Woodward	50276	Dallas County	Woodward-Granger Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 438-3150	118	13	9.0	2.5%	62 (52.5%)	25 (21.2%)	20 (16.9%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	8 (6.8%)								(n/a)
Woodward-Granger Middle School	Public	6-8	306 W 3rd St	Woodward	50276	Dallas County	Woodward-Granger Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 438-4263	208	12	17.9	17.3%	200 (96.2%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	74.4	64^th of 337 public middle schools	81.0%		70.6	83^rd of 334 public middle schools	75.1%	19				77.6	84.6	83.8							82.9	87.7	85.1					81.1		$17,033	$616	$16,417
DeSoto Intermediate School	Public	5-6	317 Spruce St	De Soto	50069	Dallas County	Adel DeSoto Minburn Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 834-2424	347	24	14.4	20.2%	315 (90.8%)	3 (0.9%)	12 (3.5%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.7%)								(n/a)			91.1	91.4								87.3	85.8						85.4			$10,530	$359	$10,171
Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School	Public	5-6	1400 Vine Street	Dallas Center	50063	Dallas County	Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 992-4343	527	36	14.7	18.8%	468 (88.8%)	24 (4.6%)	19 (3.6%)	8 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.5%)								(n/a)			82.6	92.8								81.1	87.2						68.7			$11,420	$262	$11,159
Dallas Center Elementary	Public	K-4	1205 13th St	Dallas Center	50063	Dallas County	Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 992-3838	199	17	11.4	24.6%	187 (94.0%)	1 (0.5%)	8 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	72.6	129^th of 557 public elementary schools	76.8%		55.6	281^st of 565 public elementary schools	50.3%	152	75.6	82.1								75.6	92.3											$13,581	$653	$12,928
West Central Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	1375 High St.	Redfield	50233	Dallas County	West Central Valley Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 833-2331	184	14	13.1	43.5%	162 (88.0%)	1 (0.5%)	16 (8.7%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.2%)								(n/a)																						$12,731	$884	$11,847
Dexter Elementary School	Public	3-5	803 Washington Street	Dexter	50070	Dallas County	West Central Valley Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 789-4480	181	14	12.9	48.6%	158 (87.3%)	2 (1.1%)	13 (7.2%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.8%)								(n/a)																						$13,118	$1,177	$11,941
Trailridge School	Public	6-7	1455 NW Douglas Parkway	Waukee	50263	Dallas County	Waukee Community School District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(515) 987-5161	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	86.2	15^th of 337 public middle schools	95.5%					(n/a)				86.0	91.9								93.0	87.2

Best Public Schools in Dallas County, IA

ADM Senior High School

Van Meter High School

Van Meter Middle School

Van Meter Elementary School

Trailridge School

Woodward-Granger Elementary School

Grant Ragan Elementary School

Waukee Middle School

Eason Elementary School

Waukee Elementary School

Northwest High School

Meadow View Elementary

Woodward-Granger Middle School

Dallas Center Elementary

ADM Middle School

South Middle School

Waukee High School

Woodward-Granger High School

Adel Elementary School

Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School

DeSoto Intermediate School

Dexter Elementary School

Perry Elementary

Perry High School

Perry Middle School

West Central Valley Middle School

Woodward Academy

Woodward-Granger Early Learning Center

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