Best High Schools in Iowa

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the ISASP test scores by the Iowa Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 18, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 338)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
192796001627	1	Treynor High School	Public	9-12	102 E Main St	Treynor	51575	Pottawattamie County	Treynor Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(712) 487-3804	252	17	14.8	11.5%	243 (96.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$13,022			$122			$12,901	95.2	93.3	3	2
190894000514	2	Denver Senior High School	Public	9-12	800 Longview Drive	Denver	50622	Bremer County	Denver Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(319) 984-5639	262	18	14.2	11.8%	251 (95.8%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	$14,874			$81			$14,794	95	94.8	2
191251000760	3	Gilbert High School	Public	9-12	312 Gretten	Gilbert	50105	Story County	Gilbert Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 232-3738	537	33	16.2	7.3%	476 (88.6%)	6 (1.1%)	24 (4.5%)	22 (4.1%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	$13,554			$195			$13,359	94.3	95.3	1	2
190315000009	4	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%)	$13,069			$279			$12,789	92.2	91.5	8	4
192901001672	5	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%)	$14,547			$514			$14,033	91.9	93.3	4	1
192247001350	6	Pella High School	Public	9-12	212 E University St	Pella	50219	Marion County	Pella Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(641) 628-3870	764	44	17.2	13.6%	668 (87.4%)	15 (2.0%)	25 (3.3%)	21 (2.7%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	29 (3.8%)	$13,389			$358			$13,030	89.2	92.1	6
190873000501	7	Decorah High School	Public	9-12	100 Claiborne Drive	Decorah	52101	Winneshiek County	Decorah Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(563) 382-3643	576	38	15.2	21.5%	517 (89.8%)	5 (0.9%)	29 (5.0%)	8 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.6%)	$15,163			$333			$14,830	89	92	7
190456000120	8	Bedford High School	Public	6-12	906 Pennsylvania St	Bedford	50833	Taylor County	Bedford Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(712) 523-2656	243	22	11.1	35.4%	232 (95.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.5%)	$15,158			$335			$14,824	88.5	83.2	27	19
191914002277	9	Mid-Prairie Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	1636 Hwy 22	Wellman	52356	Washington County	Mid-Prairie Community School District	No	(n/a)	Yes	No	(319) 646-6093	15	0		20.0%	14 (93.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								88			(n/a)
192658001543	10	Solon High School	Public	9-12	600 W. 5th Street	Solon	52333	Johnson County	Solon Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(319) 624-3401	475	32	15	8.8%	444 (93.5%)	3 (0.6%)	9 (1.9%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.7%)	$13,687			$243			$13,443	87.7	90.3	11	1

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on ISASP English Language Arts, ISASP Mathematics, ISASP Science test scores released by the Iowa Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 18, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Iowa Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Iowa Department of Education.
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