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Best Public Schools in Dallas County, IA

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22,590

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Top rankedWalnut Hills Elementary School8^th of 576 Iowa elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Dallas Center Elementary up 99 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Dallas Center Elementary 11.6 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

West Central Valley Middle School and 4 more

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ISASP English Language Arts (2025)									ISASP Mathematics (2025)									ISASP Science (2025)			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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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
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	403	31	12.9	16.1%	364 (90.3%)	6 (1.5%)	20 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.0%)								(n/a)																						$11,491	$454	$11,038
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	666	43	15.4	19.2%	613 (92.0%)	5 (0.8%)	21 (3.2%)	8 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.1%)	90.8	5^th of 340 public high schools	98.5%		92.2	4^th of 338 public high schools	98.8%	1							95.2	96.4	93.3							84.9	88.0	89.7			84.4	$13,069	$279	$12,789
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	337	25	13.7	20.2%	302 (89.6%)	4 (1.2%)	17 (5.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)								(n/a)			84.0	94.9								87.4	91.1						77.1			$10,530	$359	$10,171
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	352	25	14.1	20.2%	312 (88.6%)	4 (1.1%)	18 (5.1%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.0%)	84.5	17^th of 344 public middle schools	95.1%		69.9	86^th of 337 public middle schools	74.5%	69					94.3	92.4								86.1	86.4					86.4		$10,460	$110	$10,351
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	40	13.0	19.6%	467 (89.8%)	6 (1.2%)	29 (5.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.3%)	78.2	93^rd of 576 public elementary schools	83.9%		76.4	99^th of 557 public elementary schools	82.2%	6	79.9	87.0								85.4	85.3
Dallas Center-Grimes High School	Public	9-12	2555 W 1st St	Grimes	50111	Dallas County	Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 986-9747	1,073	64	16.8	17.8%	922 (85.9%)	46 (4.3%)	57 (5.3%)	16 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	30 (2.8%)	68.7	98^th of 340 public high schools	71.2%		65.7	116^th of 338 public high schools	65.7%	18							85.5	82.8	72.9							76.9	76.5	71.9			73.9	$12,103	$211	$11,892
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	586	43	13.6	19.3%	492 (84.0%)	37 (6.3%)	25 (4.3%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (4.3%)								(n/a)			88.4	87.0								80.6	88.5						86.4			$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	169	15	11.6	23.7%	158 (93.5%)	2 (1.2%)	6 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)	86.6	30^th of 576 public elementary schools	94.8%		72.6	129^th of 557 public elementary schools	76.8%	99	84.2	93.5								97.4	84.8											$13,581	$653	$12,928
Dc-G Oak View	Public	7-8	1300 SW County Line Rd	Grimes	50111	Dallas County	Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 986-0105	537	35	15.1	20.5%	463 (86.2%)	27 (5.0%)	22 (4.1%)	9 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.8%)	81.5	26^th of 344 public middle schools	92.4%		79.6	39^th of 337 public middle schools	88.4%	13					89.7	89.0								84.6	88.2					85.2		$11,541	$246	$11,295
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	816	63	12.9	60.0%	329 (40.3%)	43 (5.3%)	402 (49.3%)	11 (1.3%)	4 (0.5%)	3 (0.4%)	24 (2.9%)	47.7	345^th of 576 public elementary schools	40.1%					(n/a)	53.7	88.1	69.2							59.5	89.0	71.0							57.0			$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	549	37	15.0	54.5%	209 (38.1%)	24 (4.4%)	301 (54.8%)	6 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.5%)	42	231^st of 340 public high schools	32.1%					(n/a)							72.2	80.4	68.0							49.2	59.8	64.5			74.1	$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	370	27	13.6	57.3%	153 (41.4%)	16 (4.3%)	181 (48.9%)	6 (1.6%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	9 (2.4%)	42.9	241^st of 344 public middle schools	29.9%					(n/a)				73.1	76.5	80.3							68.1	66.3	74.8					68.5		$13,951	$186	$13,764
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	191	14	13.4	41.9%	166 (86.9%)	2 (1.0%)	16 (8.4%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.1%)	68.1	97^th of 344 public middle schools	71.8%					(n/a)				77.0	93.0	92.3							70.5	77.2	80.0					82.8		$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	186	14	13.3	43.5%	166 (89.2%)	3 (1.6%)	9 (4.8%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.8%)	58.1	276^th of 576 public elementary schools	52.1%					(n/a)	71.4	83.3	63.9							83.9	77.3	65.6							72.1			$13,118	$1,177	$11,941
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	578	35	16.4	8.1%	538 (93.1%)	2 (0.3%)	14 (2.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.6%)	91.3	11^th of 576 public elementary schools	98.1%		86.9	28^th of 557 public elementary schools	95.0%	17	93.2	94.5	89.5							98.9	89.0	89.7							87.4			$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	316	21	14.7	9.2%	287 (90.8%)	4 (1.3%)	14 (4.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.5%)	91.2	3^rd of 340 public high schools	99.1%		91.9	5^th of 338 public high schools	98.5%	2							95.2	93.8	95.6							90.4	82.7	92.6			87.7	$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	252	8	33.1	6.7%	237 (94.0%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (2.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)	90.1	6^th of 344 public middle schools	98.3%		90.1	6^th of 337 public middle schools	98.2%					91.0	95.3	94.7							88.8	91.9	94.7					89.5		$7,390	$259	$7,131
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	590	40	14.7	28.1%	381 (64.6%)	92 (15.6%)	48 (8.1%)	26 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (7.3%)	69.6	177^th of 576 public elementary schools	69.3%		77.1	87^th of 557 public elementary schools	84.4%	90	78.3	86.0	75.0							80.2	81.0	76.0							74.0			$10,989	$276	$10,712
Brookview Elementary School	Public	K-5	8000 E.P. True Parkway	West Des Moines	50266	Dallas County	Waukee Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 987-5166	592	41	14.3	22.0%	369 (62.3%)	43 (7.3%)	53 (9.0%)	77 (13.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (8.3%)	79.4	79^th of 576 public elementary schools	86.3%		79.9	74^th of 557 public elementary schools	86.7%	5	79.3	85.9	85.0							84.8	84.7	87.0							76.0			$11,444	$186	$11,258
Prairieview School	Public, Alternative	9	655 SE University Ave	Waukee	50263	Dallas County	Waukee Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 987-2770	539	36	15.0	14.3%	389 (72.2%)	33 (6.1%)	55 (10.2%)	35 (6.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.8%)								(n/a)							84.2									76.0						$12,062	$173	$11,889
Walnut Hills Elementary School	Public	K-5	4240 156th St	Urbandale	50323	Dallas County	Waukee Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 987-3585	708	41	17.2	7.1%	547 (77.3%)	30 (4.2%)	43 (6.1%)	43 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (6.4%)	92.2	8^th of 576 public elementary schools	98.6%		92.5	5^th of 557 public elementary schools	99.1%	3	90.0	94.9	91.9							91.7	97.1	96.3							84.6			$11,663	$253	$11,410
Maple Grove Elementary School	Public	K-5	1455 98th St	West Des Moines	50266	Dallas County	Waukee Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 987-3363	577	44	13.0	33.8%	288 (49.9%)	107 (18.5%)	62 (10.7%)	46 (8.0%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (12.3%)	66	208^th of 576 public elementary schools	63.9%		63.3	219^th of 557 public elementary schools	60.7%	11	76.4	80.2	73.1							80.9	80.2	76.9							71.8			$11,397	$370	$11,027
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	706	46	15.4	20.5%	471 (66.7%)	57 (8.1%)	67 (9.5%)	43 (6.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (9.3%)	81.5	59^th of 576 public elementary schools	89.8%		76.5	98^th of 557 public elementary schools	82.4%	39	85.0	86.3	81.1							89.0	86.3	82.8							80.3			$10,849	$259	$10,590
Waukee Middle School	Public	6-8	905 S. Warrior Lane	Waukee	50263	Dallas County	Waukee Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 987-5177	867	65	13.3	16.0%	663 (76.5%)	42 (4.8%)	57 (6.6%)	53 (6.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (5.9%)	81.4	28^th of 344 public middle schools	91.9%		77.7	46^th of 337 public middle schools	86.4%	18				87.4	89.1	93.4							89.2	84.5	84.9					81.1		$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	1,375	82	16.7	23.0%	870 (63.3%)	142 (10.3%)	127 (9.2%)	124 (9.0%)	4 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	105 (7.6%)	46.1	214^th of 340 public high schools	37.1%		62	135^th of 338 public high schools	60.1%	79								72.9	68.4								70.5	66.7			61.6	$13,035	$231	$12,804
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	1,092	74	14.8	25.5%	680 (62.3%)	113 (10.3%)	92 (8.4%)	119 (10.9%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	86 (7.9%)	70.2	80^th of 344 public middle schools	76.7%		69.7	88^th of 337 public middle schools	73.9%	8				83.6	85.0								80.8	75.6								$12,239	$285	$11,954
Shuler Elementary School	Public	K-5	16400 Douglas Parkway	Clive	50325	Dallas County	Waukee Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 987-8597	592	40	14.7	6.6%	470 (79.4%)	20 (3.4%)	26 (4.4%)	34 (5.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (6.8%)	87.3	23^rd of 576 public elementary schools	96.0%		87.6	20^th of 557 public elementary schools	96.4%	3	89.8	84.1	86.3							92.6	88.8	92.7							85.5			$10,872	$236	$10,636
Woodland Hills Elementary School	Public	K-5	1120 South 95th Street	West Des Moines	50266	Dallas County	Waukee Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 987-5196	578	38	15.1	21.6%	355 (61.4%)	44 (7.6%)	38 (6.6%)	92 (15.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (8.3%)	82	56^th of 576 public elementary schools	90.3%		81.5	60^th of 557 public elementary schools	89.2%	4	77.3	87.5	85.8							88.6	88.8	85.8							78.3			$12,334	$488	$11,846
Timberline School	Public, Alternative	8-9	2605 SE LA Grant Parkway	Waukee	50263	Dallas County	Waukee Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 987-9444	992	62	16.0	26.4%	584 (58.9%)	117 (11.8%)	99 (10.0%)	108 (10.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	82 (8.3%)								(n/a)						88.2	75.2								78.9	69.4				72.8		$11,911	$176	$11,734
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	666	47	14.1	28.2%	419 (62.9%)	64 (9.6%)	85 (12.8%)	50 (7.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	45 (6.8%)	65.4	220^th of 576 public elementary schools	61.8%		77.8	84^th of 557 public elementary schools	84.9%	136	80.2	78.2	75.0							82.0	73.6	78.7							69.4			$10,993	$199	$10,794
Radiant Elementary School	Public	K-5	5050 170th ST	Urbandale	50323	Dallas County	Waukee Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 987-5161	273	23	11.7	30.4%	150 (54.9%)	45 (16.5%)	25 (9.2%)	27 (9.9%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	22 (8.1%)	61.1	254^th of 576 public elementary schools	55.9%		78.5	78^th of 557 public elementary schools	86.0%	176	72.4	77.8	71.7							86.2	77.8	84.8							58.7
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	1,574	73	21.4	11.6%	1,199 (76.2%)	92 (5.8%)	112 (7.1%)	91 (5.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	78 (5.0%)	77.5	46^th of 340 public high schools	86.5%		76.4	51^st of 338 public high schools	84.9%	5								85.3	80.0								83.1	78.1			79.5
Sugar Creek Elementary School	Public	K-5	965 Ashworth RD	Waukee	59263	Dallas County	Waukee Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(515) 987-5160	630	37	16.9	18.6%	424 (67.3%)	52 (8.3%)	45 (7.1%)	72 (11.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (5.7%)	74	128^th of 576 public elementary schools	77.8%		73.8	120^th of 557 public elementary schools	78.5%	8	82.0	86.0	72.5							87.0	86.0	86.3							66.7
Trailridge School	Public	6-8	1455 NW Douglas Parkway	Waukee	50263	Dallas County	Waukee Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(515) 987-5161	754	37	20.4	12.1%	565 (74.9%)	50 (6.6%)	47 (6.2%)	48 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (5.8%)	74.9	57^th of 344 public middle schools	83.4%		86.2	15^th of 337 public middle schools	95.5%	42				84.0	84.5	87.6							84.8	82.5	83.6					80.1
Waterford Elementary School	Public	K-5	5635 156th ST	Urbandale	50323	Dallas County	Waukee Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(515) 987-5161	464	30	15.4	10.1%	352 (75.9%)	34 (7.3%)	22 (4.7%)	42 (9.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.6%)								(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	248	12	21.4	24.2%	228 (91.9%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)	60.4	138^th of 344 public middle schools	59.9%		74.4	64^th of 337 public middle schools	81.0%	74				80.0	73.3	89.4							70.3	81.6	75.8					83.3		$17,033	$616	$16,417
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	27	12.9	24.6%	317 (90.8%)	3 (0.9%)	21 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.3%)	83.8	42^nd of 576 public elementary schools	92.7%		84.1	43^rd of 557 public elementary schools	92.3%	1	83.5	87.0	82.7							92.3	91.3	85.2							77.8			$16,809	$855	$15,954
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	270	23	11.9	20.7%	260 (96.3%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	66.1	115^th of 340 public high schools	66.2%		60.1	146^th of 338 public high schools	56.8%	31							84.3	86.9	73.1							75.7	75.0	74.4			65.6	$21,963	$616	$21,347
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	253	14	18.6	14.6%	227 (89.7%)	1 (0.4%)	11 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.5%)								(n/a)

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