The following rankings for ALL Iowa schools were prepared from data just recently posted on the Iowa DOE website—which only allows comparison of FIVE schools.   Since the schools are listed in rank order below, you can either scroll down the list to find your school, or use the edit, find function--and then enter the name of your school.  Since East Monona and Grand did not report test scores, the rankings are based on only 368 schools.  Schools reporting scores for 4^th grade only have an advantage over other schools, but that is the way it is for a state that has no school quality control system in place.  Similarly, there is no way to determine for sure how many student scores some schools fail to report—despite NCLB requirements. 

 It can reasonably be stated that 35% or more of Iowa’s 4^th and 8^th grade students are one grade level or more below their enrolled grade level—and this likely gets worse for high school.    For example, Cedar Rapids and Des Moines have an average of 30% and 39% of their 4^th and 8^th students one or more grades below enrolled grade level.  Similarly, Mason City, Sioux City, Council Bluffs, Davenport and Waterloo respectively have 27%, 38%, 39%, 45% and 46% of their 4^th and 8^th students one or more grades below enrolled grade level.  You can calculate these percentages for other schools from the table below--by subtracting the District Overall Average % Prof. value from 100.

Only one Iowa school, Corwith-Wesley, has all students LESS than one grade level below enrolled grade level.  Because of the state’s pathetically low 40^th National Percentile Rank standard, adopted by the DOE, there is no way of knowing if Corwith-Wesley, or any school, has ANY students scoring at Iowa grade level or above!!!   This is unacceptable and must be raised to at least the 65^th National Percentile Rank level to verify students are proficient  at or above grade level when tested. 

 Note that the rank for each subject for each grade is also listed.  For example, Ottumwa is ranked  341^st in 8^th grade math.  

Baxter continues to improve and has raised its overall state rank from 146th to 33rd while Cedar Rapids fell from 184th to 283rd and Des Moines fell from 325th to 360th.    In general, small schools improved as larger schools fell in state rank.  All can improve their rank because the rankings are not competitive.  All schools can have 100% of the students proficient and be ranked number 1--but not have ANY students proficient at Iowa grade level, unfortunately. 

 School names are color coded per the following legend so you can see at a glance the percentage range of students scoring one or more grades below enrolled grade level. 

Overall District

Overall District

4th Grade Reading

4th Grade Math

8th Grade Reading

8th Grade Math

Name

Avg. % Prof. Rank

Average % Prof.

% Prof.

Rank

% Prof.

Rank

% Prof.

Rank

% Prof.

Rank

Corwith-Wesley

1

100.00

100.00

1

100.00

1

352

352

Clearfield

2

92.86

92.86

7

92.86

12

354

354

Stratford

3

92.59

92.59

9

92.59

14

356

356

United

4

91.55

90.24

16

92.86

13

355

355

Aurelia

5

90.29

91.43

11

97.14

4

87.10

2

85.48

20

Harris-Lake Park

6

89.62

95.00

5

97.50

3

74.47

121

91.49

2

Ames

7

89.52

90.96

14

91.87

17

85.48

4

89.76

4

Treynor

8

88.30

88.24

33

89.41

32

91.49

1

84.04

33

Johnston

9

87.64

88.42

32

90.10

26

83.89

11

88.15

9

Bennett

10

87.62

100.00

2

93.33

9

77.14

75

80.00

84

Prescott

11

87.50

87.50

43

87.50

55

357

357

Cal

12

87.10

80.65

142

93.55

7

353

353

Parkersburg

13

86.61

87.50

44

85.71

71

359

359

Woden-Crystal Lake

14

86.37

100.00

3

72.73

258

367

367

Pella

15

86.05

87.90

35

90.76

19

81.44

23

84.08

32

Sheldon

16

85.81

89.81

23

90.32

24

74.85

111

88.27

6

Sioux Center

17

85.70

84.68

80

88.71

37

80.43

33

88.97

5

Lynnville-Sully

18

85.68

84.93

77

81.94

121

83.91

10

91.95

1

Stanton

19

85.64

84.78

79

93.48

8

80.36

34

83.93

36

MOC-Floyd Valley

20

85.57

89.95

20

89.95

29

80.77

30

81.62

67

Remsen-Union

21

85.37

89.66

25

93.10

10

85.71

3

73.02

202

Spirit Lake

22

85.30

87.98

34

86.89

61

84.65

8

81.68

65

Laurens-Marathon

23

85.25

88.73

29

87.32

56

81.82

20

83.12

43

West Des Moines

24

85.11

85.51

71

87.97

46

81.17

28

85.78

19

Central Clinton

25

84.95

89.24

26

87.89

49

82.16

19

80.50

73

Tipton

27

84.90

89.17