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Iowa

322 public school districts — browse by rating, county, or enter your zip code for instant results.

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Polk County
12 districts
Linn County
9 districts
Story County
7 districts
Pottawattamie County
7 districts
Dallas County
6 districts
Bremer County
6 districts
Woodbury County
6 districts
Warren County
5 districts
Hardin County
5 districts
Jasper County
5 districts
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5 districts
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5 districts
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5 districts
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5 districts
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5 districts
Harrison County
5 districts
Cedar County
5 districts
Guthrie County
4 districts
Marshall County
4 districts
Boone County
4 districts
Carroll County
4 districts
Grundy County
4 districts
Johnson County
4 districts
Palo Alto County
4 districts
Fayette County
4 districts
Crawford County
4 districts
Page County
4 districts
Jackson County
4 districts
Clinton County
4 districts
Jones County
4 districts
Benton County
4 districts
Iowa County
4 districts
Henry County
4 districts
Louisa County
4 districts
Wayne County
3 districts
Cass County
3 districts
Hamilton County
3 districts
Wright County
3 districts
Madison County
3 districts
Keokuk County
3 districts
Poweshiek County
3 districts
Cerro Gordo County
3 districts
Winnebago County
3 districts
Humboldt County
3 districts
Butler County
3 districts
Buchanan County
3 districts
Montgomery County
3 districts
Monona County
3 districts
O'Brien County
3 districts
Lyon County
3 districts
Dickinson County
3 districts
Fremont County
3 districts
Clayton County
3 districts
Winneshiek County
3 districts
Allamakee County
3 districts
Washington County
3 districts
Wapello County
3 districts
Appanoose County
3 districts
Des Moines County
3 districts
Lee County
3 districts
Muscatine County
3 districts
Scott County
3 districts
Mahaska County
2 districts
Webster County
2 districts
Shelby County
2 districts
Greene County
2 districts
Decatur County
2 districts
Ringgold County
2 districts
Union County
2 districts
Adair County
2 districts
Tama County
2 districts
Clarke County
2 districts
Franklin County
2 districts
Hancock County
2 districts
Mitchell County
2 districts
Kossuth County
2 districts
Floyd County
2 districts
Worth County
2 districts
Howard County
2 districts
Emmet County
2 districts
Calhoun County
2 districts
Sac County
2 districts
Pocahontas County
2 districts
Chickasaw County
2 districts
Delaware County
2 districts
Taylor County
2 districts
Ida County
2 districts
Cherokee County
2 districts
Clay County
2 districts
Mills County
2 districts
Dubuque County
2 districts
Jefferson County
2 districts
Audubon County
1 district
Lucas County
1 district
Monroe County
1 district
Adams County
1 district
Osceola County
1 district
Van Buren County
1 district
Davis County
1 district
All Iowa School Districts 322 districts, sorted by rating
DistrictCityRatingZip Codes
Denver Community School DistrictDenver10/10  Excellent · 99th pct1
Gilbert Community School DistrictGilbert10/10  Excellent · 99th pct1
Maquoketa Valley Community School DistrictDelaware10/10  Excellent · 99th pct4
North Polk Community School DistrictNorth Polk10/10  Excellent · 99th pct5
Pleasant Valley Community School DistrictBettendorf10/10  Excellent · 99th pct3
Treynor Community School DistrictTreynor10/10  Excellent · 99th pct1
Van Meter Community School DistrictVan Meter10/10  Excellent · 98th pct2
MOC-Floyd Valley Community School DistrictAlton10/10  Excellent · 97th pct4
Pella Community School DistrictPella10/10  Excellent · 97th pct3
Solon Community School DistrictSolon10/10  Excellent · 97th pct1
Waukee Community School DistrictWaukee10/10  Excellent · 96th pct3
Woodward-Granger Community School DistrictWoodward-Granger10/10  Excellent · 96th pct2
Dallas Center-Grimes Community School DistrictDallas Center-Grimes10/10  Excellent · 94th pct2
Decorah Community School DistrictDecorah10/10  Excellent · 94th pct1
Eastern Allamakee Community School DistrictLansing10/10  Excellent · 94th pct2
Ankeny Community School DistrictAnkeny10/10  Excellent · 93th pct2
Lawton-Bronson Community School DistrictBronson10/10  Excellent · 93th pct2
Lynnville-Sully Community School DistrictLynnville-Sully10/10  Excellent · 93th pct4
Ogden Community School DistrictOgden10/10  Excellent · 93th pct2
Center Point-Urbana Community School DistrictCenter Point9/10  Excellent · 89th pct2
Mount Ayr Community School DistrictMount Ayr9/10  Excellent · 89th pct7
Underwood Community School DistrictMc Clelland9/10  Excellent · 89th pct2
Johnston Community School DistrictJohnston9/10  Excellent · 88th pct1
Williamsburg Community School DistrictConroy9/10  Excellent · 88th pct4
Adair-Casey Community School DistrictAdair-Casey9/10  Excellent · 87th pct2
Akron-Westfield Community School DistrictAkron9/10  Excellent · 87th pct3
Harris-Lake Park Community School DistrictHarris9/10  Excellent · 87th pct2
North Scott Community School DistrictDixon9/10  Excellent · 87th pct7
Roland-Story Community School DistrictRoland-Story9/10  Excellent · 87th pct2
St. Ansgar Community School DistrictSt. Ansgar9/10  Excellent · 87th pct4
Bedford Community School DistrictBedford9/10  Excellent · 84th pct4
Iowa Valley Community School DistrictMarengo9/10  Excellent · 84th pct1
Linn-Mar Community School DistrictMarion9/10  Excellent · 84th pct1
Logan-Magnolia Community School DistrictLogan9/10  Excellent · 84th pct2
Mount Vernon Community School DistrictMount Vernon9/10  Excellent · 84th pct1
South Hamilton Community School DistrictSouth Hamilton9/10  Excellent · 84th pct4
Vinton-Shellsburg Community School DistrictGarrison9/10  Excellent · 84th pct3
Western Dubuque County Community School DistrictBernard9/10  Excellent · 84th pct10
Dike-New Hartford Community School DistrictDike9/10  Excellent · 82th pct3
Sigourney Community School DistrictDelta9/10  Excellent · 82th pct3
Spirit Lake Community School DistrictSpirit Lake9/10  Excellent · 82th pct1
Diagonal Community School DistrictDiagonal9/10  Excellent · 81th pct1
Guthrie Center Community School DistrictGuthrie Center9/10  Excellent · 81th pct1
Harlan Community School DistrictDefiance9/10  Excellent · 81th pct6
Humboldt Community School DistrictDakota City9/10  Excellent · 81th pct5
Janesville Consolidated School DistrictJanesville9/10  Excellent · 81th pct1
Hudson Community School DistrictHudson9/10  Excellent · 80th pct1
Southeast Polk Community School DistrictSoutheast Polk9/10  Excellent · 80th pct4
West Lyon Community School DistrictAlvord9/10  Excellent · 80th pct4
Ballard Community School DistrictBallard9/10  Excellent3
Boyden-Hull Community School DistrictBoyden8/10  Good · 79th pct2
Sheldon Community School DistrictSheldon8/10  Good · 79th pct4
Wapsie Valley Community School DistrictFairbank8/10  Good · 79th pct3
Waverly-Shell Rock Community School DistrictShell Rock8/10  Good · 79th pct2
West Hancock Community School DistrictWest Hancock8/10  Good · 79th pct2
Central Lyon Community School DistrictDoon8/10  Good · 78th pct2
Grinnell-Newburg Community School DistrictGrinnell-Newburg8/10  Good · 78th pct1
Montezuma Community School DistrictMontezuma8/10  Good · 78th pct1
Northeast Community School DistrictAndover8/10  Good · 78th pct5
Woodbine Community School DistrictWoodbine8/10  Good · 78th pct1
AHSTW Community School DistrictAvoca8/10  Good · 76th pct4
Albia Community School DistrictAlbia8/10  Good · 76th pct3
Andrew Community School DistrictAndrew8/10  Good · 76th pct1
Baxter Community School DistrictBaxter8/10  Good · 76th pct1
Colo-NESCO Community School DistrictColo-NESCO8/10  Good · 76th pct3
Coon Rapids-Bayard Community School DistrictCoon Rapids-Bayard8/10  Good · 76th pct2
Forest City Community School DistrictForest8/10  Good · 76th pct5
Galva-Holstein Community School DistrictGalva8/10  Good · 76th pct2
Hinton Community School DistrictHinton8/10  Good · 76th pct2
IKM-Manning Community School DistrictAspinwall8/10  Good · 76th pct5
Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Community School DistrictCleghorn8/10  Good · 76th pct3
Mediapolis Community School DistrictMediapolis8/10  Good · 76th pct4
Murray Community School DistrictMurray8/10  Good · 76th pct1
Paton-Churdan Community School DistrictPaton-Churdan8/10  Good · 76th pct2
Sergeant Bluff-Luton Community School DistrictSergeant Bluff8/10  Good · 76th pct2
Pleasantville Community School DistrictPleasantville7/10  Good · 69th pct2
Rock Valley Community School DistrictRock Valley7/10  Good · 69th pct1
Union Community School DistrictBuckingham7/10  Good · 69th pct4
Adel-De Soto-Minburn Community School DistrictAdel-De Soto-Minburn7/10  Good · 68th pct3
Martensdale-St. Marys Community School DistrictMartensdale-St. Marys7/10  Good · 68th pct4
Urbandale Community School DistrictUrbandale7/10  Good · 68th pct1
Earlham Community School DistrictEarlham7/10  Good · 65th pct1
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Community School DistrictGarner7/10  Good · 65th pct2
Le Mars Community School DistrictBrunsville7/10  Good · 65th pct3
West Delaware County Community School DistrictMasonville7/10  Good · 65th pct5
Algona Community School DistrictAlgona7/10  Good · 64th pct7
Central DeWitt Community School DistrictDelmar7/10  Good · 64th pct4
East Mills Community School DistrictHastings7/10  Good · 64th pct3
New Hampton Community School DistrictAlta Vista7/10  Good · 64th pct3
South Central Calhoun Community School DistrictLytton7/10  Good · 64th pct5
Albert City-Truesdale Community School DistrictAlbert City7/10  Good · 63th pct2
Bellevue Community School DistrictBellevue7/10  Good · 63th pct2
Danville Community School DistrictDanville7/10  Good · 63th pct1
Indianola Community School DistrictIndianola7/10  Good · 63th pct2
Lisbon Community School DistrictLisbon7/10  Good · 63th pct1
Morning Sun Community School DistrictMorning Sun7/10  Good · 63th pct1
North Mahaska Community School DistrictNorth Mahaska7/10  Good · 63th pct2
West Bend-Mallard Community School DistrictMallard7/10  Good · 63th pct2
Alburnett Community School DistrictAlburnett7/10  Good · 61th pct2
Allamakee Community School DistrictDorchester7/10  Good · 61th pct4
Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Community School DistrictBrooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom7/10  Good · 61th pct3
Carroll Community School DistrictCarroll7/10  Good · 61th pct6
North Fayette Valley Community School DistrictClermont7/10  Good · 61th pct6
Pocahontas Area Community School DistrictHavelock7/10  Good · 61th pct7
Shenandoah Community School DistrictShenandoah7/10  Good · 61th pct4
Sioux Central Community School DistrictRembrandt7/10  Good · 61th pct5
Belle Plaine Community School DistrictBelle Plaine6/10  Average · 57th pct2
Calamus-Wheatland Community School DistrictCalamus6/10  Average · 57th pct3
Iowa Falls Community School DistrictIowa Falls6/10  Average · 57th pct2
Lake Mills Community School DistrictJoice6/10  Average · 57th pct3
Lenox Community School DistrictLenox6/10  Average · 57th pct2
West Marshall Community School DistrictWest Marshall6/10  Average · 57th pct5
Benton Community School DistrictAtkins6/10  Average · 55th pct8
Independence Community School DistrictIndependence6/10  Average · 55th pct3
Riverside Community School DistrictCarson6/10  Average · 55th pct3
Wayne Community School DistrictWayne6/10  Average · 55th pct5
West Des Moines Community School DistrictWest Des Moines6/10  Average · 55th pct1
West Des Moines Community SchoolsWest Des Moines6/10  Average · 55th pct1
East Marshall Community School DistrictEast Marshall6/10  Average · 53th pct4
Boyer Valley Community School DistrictArion6/10  Average · 52th pct3
Essex Community School DistrictEssex6/10  Average · 52th pct1
GMG Community School DistrictGarwin6/10  Average · 52th pct1
Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School DistrictGladbrook6/10  Average · 52th pct4
Hamburg Community School DistrictHamburg6/10  Average · 52th pct1
Monticello Community School DistrictLangworthy6/10  Average · 52th pct2
Okoboji Community School DistrictArnolds Park6/10  Average · 52th pct4
PCM Community School DistrictPCM6/10  Average · 52th pct3
Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rock Community School DistrictRockford6/10  Average · 52th pct3
Sidney Community School DistrictPercival6/10  Average · 52th pct3
Ames Community School DistrictAmes6/10  Average3
Bondurant-Farrar Community School DistrictBondurant-Farrar6/10  Average1
Winterset Community School DistrictWinterset6/10  Average3
Lewis Central Community School DistrictCouncil Bluffs5/10  Average · 49th pct2
Newton Community School DistrictNewton5/10  Average · 49th pct2
Nodaway Valley Community School DistrictBridgewater5/10  Average · 49th pct3
South O'Brien Community School DistrictCalumet5/10  Average · 49th pct5
Audubon Community School DistrictAudubon5/10  Average · 48th pct4
BCLUW Community School DistrictBCLUW5/10  Average · 48th pct5
Carlisle Community School DistrictCarlisle5/10  Average · 48th pct2
Clear Lake Community School DistrictClear Lake5/10  Average · 48th pct1
Westwood Community School DistrictHornick5/10  Average · 48th pct4
Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Community School DistrictClarion-Goldfield-Dows5/10  Average · 44th pct4
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School DistrictSanborn5/10  Average · 44th pct2
Howard-Winneshiek Community School DistrictElma5/10  Average · 44th pct5
Louisa-Muscatine Community School DistrictFruitland5/10  Average · 44th pct3
Manson Northwest Webster Community School DistrictBarnum5/10  Average · 44th pct4
Mid-Prairie Community School DistrictKalona5/10  Average · 44th pct3
North Butler Community School DistrictAllison5/10  Average · 44th pct3
Pekin Community School DistrictHedrick5/10  Average · 44th pct5
Sioux Center Community School DistrictSioux Center5/10  Average · 44th pct1
West Branch Community School DistrictWest Branch5/10  Average · 44th pct1
AGWSR Community School DistrictAckley5/10  Average · 43th pct4
Ar-We-Va Community School DistrictArcadia5/10  Average · 43th pct3
CAL Community School DistrictCAL5/10  Average · 43th pct3
Clay Central-Everly Community School DistrictEverly5/10  Average · 43th pct3
Iowa City Community School DistrictIowa City5/10  Average · 43th pct6
Nevada Community School DistrictNevada5/10  Average · 43th pct1
North Union Community School DistrictArmstrong5/10  Average · 43th pct4
Southeast Valley Community School DistrictSoutheast Valley5/10  Average · 43th pct11
East Union Community School DistrictEast Union4/10  Below Average · 36th pct5
Sumner-Fredericksburg Community School DistrictFredericksburg4/10  Below Average · 36th pct2
Camanche Community School DistrictCamanche4/10  Below Average · 35th pct1
Centerville Community School DistrictCenterville4/10  Below Average · 35th pct3
Cherokee Community School DistrictCherokee4/10  Below Average · 35th pct2
Clayton Ridge Community School DistrictGarnavillo4/10  Below Average · 35th pct3
Davis County Community School DistrictBloomfield4/10  Below Average · 35th pct4
Dubuque Community School DistrictDubuque4/10  Below Average · 35th pct7
Fairfield Community School DistrictBatavia4/10  Below Average · 35th pct6
Interstate 35 Community School DistrictInterstate4/10  Below Average · 35th pct3
Jesup Community School DistrictJesup4/10  Below Average · 35th pct1
MFL MarMac Community School DistrictFarmersburg4/10  Below Average · 35th pct5
Midland Community School DistrictCenter Junction4/10  Below Average · 35th pct6
Newell-Fonda Community School DistrictFonda4/10  Below Average · 35th pct3
North Cedar Community School DistrictClarence4/10  Below Average · 35th pct4
Northwood-Kensett Community School DistrictKensett4/10  Below Average · 35th pct2
Osage Community School DistrictLittle Cedar4/10  Below Average · 35th pct3
Schaller-Crestland Community School DistrictEarly4/10  Below Average · 35th pct3
Starmont Community School DistrictArlington4/10  Below Average · 35th pct3
Tipton Community School DistrictTipton4/10  Below Average · 35th pct1
West Fork Community School DistrictWest Fork4/10  Below Average · 35th pct8
Alta-Aurelia Community School DistrictAlta4/10  Below Average · 33th pct2
Atlantic Community School DistrictAtlantic4/10  Below Average · 33th pct2
Glidden-Ralston Community School DistrictGlidden4/10  Below Average · 33th pct2
Mount Pleasant Community School DistrictMount Pleasant4/10  Below Average · 33th pct2
North Tama County Community School DistrictTraer4/10  Below Average · 33th pct2
River Valley Community School DistrictCorrectionville4/10  Below Average · 33th pct4
Southeast Warren Community School DistrictSoutheast Warren4/10  Below Average · 33th pct3
Tri-Center Community School DistrictMinden4/10  Below Average · 33th pct3
Central Springs Community School DistrictHanlontown4/10  Below Average · 31th pct5
English Valleys Community School DistrictDeep River4/10  Below Average · 31th pct4
Madrid Community School DistrictMadrid4/10  Below Average · 31th pct1
Alden Community School DistrictAlden4/10  Below Average2
Chariton Community School DistrictChariton4/10  Below Average4
Hubbard-Radcliffe Community School DistrictHubbard-Radcliffe4/10  Below Average3
Panorama Community School DistrictPanorama3/10  Below Average · 29th pct5
CAM Community School DistrictCAM3/10  Below Average · 28th pct4
Central City Community School DistrictCentral City3/10  Below Average · 28th pct2
Knoxville Community School DistrictKnoxville3/10  Below Average · 28th pct3
Corning Community School DistrictCarbon3/10  Below Average · 26th pct2
Denison Community School DistrictDeloit3/10  Below Average · 26th pct3
Dunkerton Community School DistrictDewar3/10  Below Average · 26th pct2
Edgewood-Colesburg Community School DistrictColesburg3/10  Below Average · 26th pct2
Eldora-New Providence Community School DistrictEldora-New Providence3/10  Below Average · 26th pct2
Greene County Community School DistrictGreene3/10  Below Average · 26th pct5
Lamoni Community School DistrictLamoni3/10  Below Average · 26th pct1
Remsen-Union Community School DistrictOyens3/10  Below Average · 26th pct2
Riceville Community School DistrictMc Intire3/10  Below Average · 26th pct2
Stratford Community School DistrictStratford3/10  Below Average · 26th pct1
Boone Community School DistrictBoone3/10  Below Average · 22th pct1
WACO Community School DistrictCrawfordsville3/10  Below Average · 22th pct4
Winfield-Mount Union Community School DistrictMount Union3/10  Below Average · 22th pct2
Cedar Rapids Community School DistrictCedar Rapids3/10  Below Average · 21th pct8
Easton Valley Community School DistrictMiles3/10  Below Average · 21th pct5
Missouri Valley Community School DistrictHoney Creek3/10  Below Average · 21th pct2
Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton Community School DistrictExira-Elk Horn-Kimballton3/10  Below Average3
Central Decatur Community School DistrictCentral Decatur2/10  Poor · 20th pct4
Emmetsburg Community School DistrictCurlew2/10  Poor · 20th pct3
George-Little Rock Community School DistrictGeorge2/10  Poor · 20th pct2
North Kossuth Community School DistrictBancroft2/10  Poor · 20th pct3
Collins-Maxwell Community School DistrictCollins-Maxwell2/10  Poor · 19th pct2
Durant Community School DistrictDurant2/10  Poor · 19th pct2
Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Community School DistrictBlakesburg2/10  Poor · 19th pct6
Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School DistrictAnthon2/10  Poor · 19th pct6
Webster City Community School DistrictWebster2/10  Poor · 19th pct5
Highland Community School DistrictAinsworth2/10  Poor · 16th pct2
Mormon Trail Community School DistrictMormon Trail2/10  Poor · 16th pct3
New London Community School DistrictNew London2/10  Poor · 16th pct1
Orient-Macksburg Community School DistrictOrient-Macksburg2/10  Poor · 16th pct2
Tri-County Community School DistrictTri-County2/10  Poor · 16th pct5
United Community School DistrictUnited2/10  Poor · 16th pct2
West Monona Community School DistrictOnawa2/10  Poor · 16th pct2
Belmond-Klemme Community School DistrictBelmond-Klemme2/10  Poor · 12th pct4
Central Community School DistrictElkader2/10  Poor · 12th pct5
Maquoketa Community School DistrictMaquoketa2/10  Poor · 12th pct3
Van Buren County Community School DistrictBirmingham2/10  Poor · 12th pct10
East Buchanan Community School DistrictAurora2/10  Poor · 11th pct3
North Iowa Community School DistrictNorth Iowa2/10  Poor · 11th pct4
Red Oak Community School DistrictEmerson2/10  Poor · 11th pct2
Colfax-Mingo Community School DistrictColfax-Mingo2/10  Poor · 10th pct3
Sioux City Community School DistrictSioux City2/10  Poor · 10th pct5
Bennett Community School DistrictBennett1/10  Poor · 9th pct2
Lone Tree Community School DistrictLone Tree1/10  Poor · 9th pct1
Moravia Community School DistrictMoravia1/10  Poor · 9th pct3
Muscatine Community School DistrictMontpelier1/10  Poor · 9th pct2
Saydel Community School DistrictSaydel1/10  Poor · 9th pct2
Cardinal Community School DistrictAgency1/10  Poor · 8th pct3
Clarinda Community School DistrictClarinda1/10  Poor · 8th pct2
Mason City Community School DistrictMason1/10  Poor · 8th pct1
Villisca Community School DistrictNodaway1/10  Poor · 8th pct2
Perry Community School DistrictPerry1/10  Poor · 7th pct3
South Tama County Community School DistrictSouth Tama1/10  Poor · 7th pct5
West Liberty Community School DistrictAtalissa1/10  Poor · 7th pct3
Charter Oak-Ute Community School DistrictUte1/10  Poor · 5th pct3
Clarke Community School DistrictClarke1/10  Poor · 5th pct4
Eagle Grove Community School DistrictEagle Grove1/10  Poor · 5th pct4
Keokuk Community School DistrictKeokuk1/10  Poor · 5th pct1
Laurens-Marathon Community School DistrictLaurens1/10  Poor · 5th pct2
Ottumwa Community School DistrictOttumwa1/10  Poor · 5th pct1
Ruthven-Ayrshire Community School DistrictAyrshire1/10  Poor · 5th pct3
South Page Community School DistrictBlanchard1/10  Poor · 5th pct5
Columbus Community School DistrictColumbus City1/10  Poor · 4th pct3
Marshalltown Community School DistrictMarshalltown1/10  Poor · 4th pct3
Washington Community School DistrictWashington1/10  Poor · 4th pct1
Gilmore City-Bradgate Community School DistrictBradgate1/10  Poor · 3th pct2
Moulton-Udell Community School DistrictMoulton1/10  Poor · 3th pct2
Olin Consolidated School DistrictOlin1/10  Poor · 3th pct1
Storm Lake Community School DistrictStorm Lake1/10  Poor · 3th pct1
Twin Cedars Community School DistrictTwin Cedars1/10  Poor · 3th pct3
Burlington Community School DistrictBurlington1/10  Poor · 2th pct3
Charles City Community School DistrictFloyd1/10  Poor · 2th pct3
Davenport Community School DistrictBlue Grass1/10  Poor · 2th pct8
Fort Dodge Community School DistrictFort Dodge1/10  Poor · 2th pct3
Graettinger-Terril Community School DistrictGraettinger1/10  Poor · 2th pct2
Melcher-Dallas Community School DistrictMelcher-Dallas1/10  Poor · 2th pct2
Oelwein Community School DistrictHazleton1/10  Poor · 2th pct3
Seymour Community School DistrictPlano1/10  Poor · 2th pct3
Wapello Community School DistrictWapello1/10  Poor · 2th pct1
Waterloo Community School DistrictGilbertville1/10  Poor · 2th pct6
West Sioux Community School DistrictChatsworth1/10  Poor · 2th pct3
Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictDes Moines1/10  Poor · 1th pct10
Des Moines Public SchoolsDes Moines1/10  Poor · 1th pct2
Postville Community School DistrictCastalia1/10  Poor · 1th pct2
Anamosa Community School DistrictAnamosaNot rated3
Aplington-Parkersburg Community School DistrictAplingtonNot rated4
Cedar Falls Community School DistrictCedar FallsNot rated1
Central Lee Community School DistrictArgyleNot rated3
Clarksville Community School DistrictClarksvilleNot rated1
Clear Creek-Amana Community School DistrictAmanaNot rated6
College Community School DistrictElyNot rated5
Council Bluffs Community School DistrictCarter LakeNot rated2
Creston Community School DistrictCrestonNot rated3
East Sac County Community School DistrictSac CityNot rated4
Estherville Lincoln Central Community School DistrictDolliverNot rated4
Fort Madison Community School DistrictDenmarkNot rated6
Fremont-Mills Community School DistrictRandolphNot rated3
Glenwood Community School DistrictGlenwoodNot rated4
Griswold Community School DistrictGrantNot rated4
Grundy Center Community School DistrictGrundy CenterNot rated2
H-L-V Community School DistrictHartwickNot rated3
Hampton-Dumont Community School DistrictHamptonNot rated2
Keota Community School DistrictHarperNot rated2
Kingsley-Pierson Community School DistrictKingsleyNot rated2
Nashua-Plainfield Community School DistrictNashuaNot rated2
North Linn Community School DistrictCoggonNot rated3
Norwalk Community School DistrictNorwalkNot rated2
Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Community School DistrictBattle CreekNot rated4
Oskaloosa Community School DistrictBeaconNot rated4
Schleswig Community School DistrictRickettsNot rated2
Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School DistrictSibleyNot rated3
South Winneshiek Community School DistrictCalmarNot rated3
Spencer Community School DistrictSpencerNot rated2
Springville Community School DistrictSpringvilleNot rated1
Stanton Community School DistrictStantonNot rated1
Tripoli Community School DistrictFrederikaNot rated2
Turkey Valley Community School DistrictFort AtkinsonNot rated5
Twin Rivers Community School DistrictBodeNot rated3
West Central Community School DistrictMaynardNot rated3
West Central Valley Community School DistrictWest Central ValleyNot rated4
West Harrison Community School DistrictLittle SiouxNot rated5
Whiting Community School DistrictWhitingNot rated1
Wilton Community School DistrictMoscowNot rated2
Woodbury Central Community School DistrictClimbing HillNot rated2

School Districts in Iowa

Iowa is home to 322 public school districts serving approximately 537,696 students across 970+ zip codes. The average district rating statewide is 5/10, based on state reading and math assessment proficiency (NCES EDFacts, 2017–18 — the most recent district-level federal collection we have processed), ranked against other districts in the same state. Directory data (enrollment, schools, contacts) is NCES CCD 2024–25.

Top-rated districts in Iowa include Denver Community School District, Gilbert Community School District, Maquoketa Valley Community School District, and 2 more top-rated districts. Use the table above to sort and compare all districts, or click any district name to view its full profile including assigned schools, enrollment, and spending data.

Finding Your District in Iowa

School district boundaries in Iowa are determined by your residential address, not just your city or zip code. In some areas, a single zip code spans multiple districts, or a district may serve students across several zip codes. The most reliable way to confirm your district is to enter your exact zip code in the search tool above.

Why School Districts Matter for Homebuyers

In Iowa, as across the country, school district quality is one of the top three factors homebuyers cite when choosing a neighborhood. Homes in higher-rated districts often command a premium of 5–25% compared to similar homes in adjacent districts. Whether you're buying, renting, or planning a move, understanding which school district serves your address is an essential first step.

Frequently Asked Questions
How many school districts are in Iowa?
Iowa has 322 public school districts covering 970+ zip codes and serving an estimated 537,696 students. The statewide average district rating is 5/10 based on state assessment data.
How do I find my school district in Iowa?
Enter your 5-digit zip code in the search box above to instantly find your Iowa school district, including ratings, enrollment, and assigned elementary, middle, and high schools.
What is the best school district in Iowa?
The table above is sorted by rating (highest first). Districts rated 9–10/10 are top-tier based on state reading and math proficiency. Click any district name to view its full profile.
Can I search by address instead of zip code?
Yes — on any district page, enter a full street address in the search box and it will resolve to the correct zip code automatically.
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