Best Schools for White Students in Iowa (2026)

These are the Iowa public schools where white students scored highest on the state reading and math tests, ranked by the average of the two proficiency rates. Only schools with at least 20 tested white students are included. The list reflects how students in this group perform at each school; it is not a ranking of schools by their demographic makeup.

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Elementary schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	MOC-Floyd Valley Elementary School Orange City	98%	98%	165	C+
2	West Bend-Mallard Elementary School West Bend	95%	95%	34	A+
3	Mitchellville Elementary Mitchellville	92%	98%	97	A+
4	Northeast Elementary Ankeny	92%	98%	253	B+
5	North Ridge Elementary Grimes	92%	92%	234	A+
6	Delhi Elementary School Delhi	92%	92%	168	C+
7	Van Meter Elementary School Van Meter	92%	92%	179	B
8	Grant Ragan Elementary School Waukee	92%	92%	277	B
9	Gilbert Intermediate School Gilbert	87%	95%	302	B
10	Prairie Trail Elementary Ankeny	87%	93%	325	A
11	Salem Elementary School Salem	85%	95%	43	A+
12	Anthon Elementary Anthon	95%	85%	50	B
13	Taft Elementary School Humboldt	92%	87%	140	A+
14	New Albin Elementary School New Albin	87%	92%	70	A+
15	Paul Norton Elementary School Bettendorf	87%	92%	204	C
16	Ashland Ridge Elementary Ankeny	87%	92%	300	A
17	Dysart-Geneseo Elementary School Dysart	87%	92%	62	A+
18	Westwood Elementary School Ankeny	87%	92%	270	B+
19	Roland-Story Elementary School Story City	92%	87%	144	A+
20	East Elementary School Sheldon	92%	87%	123	A+
21	Runnells Elementary Runnells	87%	92%	128	B+
22	Webster Elementary School Urbandale	87%	92%	174	A
23	Eason Elementary School Waukee	87%	92%	243	B
24	Walnut Hills Elementary School Urbandale	87%	92%	285	A+
25	Shuler Elementary School Clive	87%	92%	292	A

Middle schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Gilbert Middle School Gilbert	96%	94%	343	A+
2	Hopewell Elementary Bettendorf	92%	98%	265	A+
3	Lincoln Elementary School Iowa City	98%	92%	85	A+
4	Pleasant View Elementary School Bettendorf	91%	95%	314	A+
5	Summit Middle School Johnston	93%	93%	768	A+
6	Wickham Elementary Coralville	87%	98%	187	A+
7	Bess Streeter Aldrich Elementary Cedar Falls	92%	92%	177	B
8	Weber Elementary Iowa City	92%	92%	145	C
9	Denver Middle School Denver	92%	92%	185	A+
10	Longfellow Elementary School Iowa City	92%	92%	157	C+
11	North Polk Middle School Alleman	91%	93%	403	A+
12	Treynor Middle School Treynor	92%	92%	196	A
13	George-Little Rock Elementary School Little Rock	90%	90%	22	B
14	Delwood Elementary School Delmar	85%	95%	59	A+
15	Andrew Elementary School Andrew	95%	85%	41	B
16	MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School Alton	92%	87%	271	B+
17	Pella Middle School Pella	86%	93%	339	A+
18	Cody Elementary School Leclaire	87%	92%	179	A+
19	Solon Middle School Solon	90%	89%	334	A+
20	Waukee Middle School Waukee	89%	90%	738	B
21	Westridge Elementary West Des Moines	87%	92%	272	A
22	Riverdale Heights Elem School Bettendorf	87%	92%	240	A+
23	Helen A Hansen Elementary School Cedar Falls	87%	91%	302	A
24	Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School Dallas Center	89%	89%	425	A+
25	Oak Ridge Middle School Marion	88%	89%	589	A+

High schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Grundy Center High School Grundy Center	95%	95%	40	A+
2	South Central Calhoun High School Lake City	98%	87%	61	A+
3	Solon High School Solon	92%	92%	105	A+
4	Pleasant Valley High School Bettendorf	92%	92%	261	A+
5	Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School Lawton	92%	92%	127	A+
6	Decorah High School Decorah	92%	92%	130	A+
7	George-Little Rock Senior High School George	90%	90%	26	B+
8	Kingsley-Pierson High School Kingsley	90%	90%	24	A+
9	Lynnville-Sully High School Sully	90%	90%	30	A+
10	Storm Lake High School Storm Lake	90%	90%	26	D
11	Woodward-Granger High School Woodward	95%	85%	48	A+
12	Denver Senior High School Denver	95%	85%	53	A+
13	Maquoketa Valley Senior High School Delhi	95%	85%	42	A+
14	Iowa City High School Iowa City	87%	92%	199	C+
15	Harlan High School Harlan	92%	87%	107	A+
16	Center Point-Urbana High School Center Point	92%	87%	120	A+
17	ADM Senior High School Adel	92%	87%	119	A+
18	Gilbert High School Gilbert	87%	87%	100	A+
19	Hudson High School Hudson	87%	87%	135	A+
20	West Senior High School Iowa City	87%	87%	174	B
21	Ames High School Ames	87%	87%	206	A+
22	Spirit Lake High School Spirit Lake	92%	82%	86	A+
23	West Marshall High School State Center	87%	87%	63	A+
24	Cascade Junior-Senior High School Cascade	82%	92%	134	A
25	Le Mars High School Le Mars	87%	87%	126	A+

Source: U.S. Department of Education EDFacts (state assessment results by student group) via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Small schools report results as ranges; we use the midpoint. Methodology

Best Schools for White Students in Iowa (2026)

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