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Best Public Schools in Washington County, IA

At a glance

Schools

3,820

Students

Districts

Top rankedHighland High School112^th of 340 Iowa high schools

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Biggest riser

Mid-Prairie West Elementary School up 99 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Highland High School 10.3 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Waco Elementary School

SchoolDigger ratings

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3 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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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
Highland High School	Public	9-12	1715 Vine Avenue	Riverside	52327	Washington County	Highland Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(319) 648-2891	149	14	10.3	21.5%	127 (85.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (12.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	66.4	112^th of 340 public high schools	67.1%		56	168^th of 338 public high schools	50.3%	56							82.1	84.2	70.3							75.0	76.3	78.4			71.1	$15,774	$112	$15,662
Highland Middle School	Public	6-8	1715 Vine Avenue	Riverside	52327	Washington County	Highland Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(319) 648-2891	119	10	11.4	20.2%	110 (92.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)	46	220^th of 344 public middle schools	36.0%		47	209^th of 337 public middle schools	38.0%	11				84.4	71.4	81.6							75.6	68.6	60.5					68.4		$11,058	$57	$11,001
Highland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	220 Schnoebelen Street	Riverside	52327	Washington County	Highland Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(319) 648-2821	242	21	11.7	25.2%	223 (92.1%)	3 (1.2%)	14 (5.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	34.3	440^th of 576 public elementary schools	23.6%		19.1	472^nd of 557 public elementary schools	15.3%	32	44.1	67.6	74.4							58.8	73.5	72.1							48.8			$12,857	$486	$12,371
Mid-Prairie East Elementary School	Public	K-2	702 6th St	Kalona	52247	Washington County	Mid-Prairie Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(319) 656-2243	255	21	12.3	22.4%	229 (89.8%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (7.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)								(n/a)																						$13,475	$1,353	$12,122
Mid-Prairie High School	Public	9-12	1634 Highway 22 E	Wellman	52356	Washington County	Mid-Prairie Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(319) 646-6091	362	30	12.0	29.6%	325 (89.8%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (7.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.8%)	50.7	195^th of 340 public high schools	42.6%		47.2	211^th of 338 public high schools	37.6%	16							77.8	69.2	64.8							70.4	76.9	64.8			70.3	$16,672	$833	$15,839
Mid-Prairie Middle School	Public	5-8	713 F Ave	Kalona	52247	Washington County	Mid-Prairie Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(319) 656-2241	415	27	15.4	27.2%	370 (89.2%)	4 (1.0%)	29 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.9%)	60.4	137^th of 344 public middle schools	60.2%		45.8	212^th of 337 public middle schools	37.1%	75			75.2	81.8	79.4	82.8						73.5	79.8	76.5	82.8				71.7	66.7		$12,362	$755	$11,606
Mid-Prairie West Elementary School	Public	3-4	800 6th Ave	Wellman	52356	Washington County	Mid-Prairie Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(319) 646-2984	330	21	15.5	19.1%	289 (87.6%)	1 (0.3%)	31 (9.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.4%)	61.3	252^nd of 576 public elementary schools	56.3%		46.6	351^st of 557 public elementary schools	37.0%	99	71.8	75.9								80.9	80.4											$11,611	$953	$10,658
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	31	0		12.9%	29 (93.5%)	1 (3.2%)	1 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Waco Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	200 S. Main Street	Crawfordsville	52621	Washington County	Waco Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(319) 658-2931	317	22	14.3	42.9%	283 (89.3%)	3 (0.9%)	24 (7.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	32.1	451^st of 576 public elementary schools	21.7%					(n/a)	41.9	70.0	60.6	56.8						65.1	73.3	75.8	73.0						60.6			$11,342	$487	$10,856
Lincoln Upper Elementary School	Public	3-5	606 S 4th Ave	Washington	52353	Washington County	Washington Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(319) 653-3691	344	28	12.5	40.4%	240 (69.8%)	7 (2.0%)	79 (23.0%)	6 (1.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.2%)	35.4	432^nd of 576 public elementary schools	25.0%		38.8	396^th of 557 public elementary schools	28.9%	36	54.5	70.3	65.0							63.4	65.9	72.5							62.5			$13,084	$1,773	$11,310
Stewart Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	821 N 4th Ave	Washington	52353	Washington County	Washington Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(319) 653-3244	457	35	12.8	34.8%	323 (70.7%)	6 (1.3%)	99 (21.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (5.5%)								(n/a)																						$15,272	$894	$14,379
Washington High School	Public	9-12	1111 S. Ave. B	Washington	52353	Washington County	Washington Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(319) 653-2143	452	32	14.1	38.3%	324 (71.7%)	8 (1.8%)	100 (22.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.8%)	11.8	309^th of 340 public high schools	9.1%		19.2	295^th of 338 public high schools	12.7%	14							60.7	49.5	51.0							47.3	53.3	52.0			47.7	$14,648	$741	$13,907
Washington Middle School	Public	6-8	313 S. 4th Ave.	Washington	52353	Washington County	Washington Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(319) 653-5414	347	32	10.6	42.9%	247 (71.2%)	6 (1.7%)	77 (22.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.3%)	28.2	277^th of 344 public middle schools	19.5%		23.4	286^th of 337 public middle schools	15.1%	9				64.4	60.0	81.0							61.0	60.9	71.0					71.0		$13,172	$690	$12,482

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