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11
East Mills Junior/Senior High School
Public
7-12
1505 E 15th Street
Malvern
51551
Mills County
East Mills Community School District
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(712) 624-8645
215
18
11.7
35.8%
194 (90.2%)
4 (1.9%)
10 (4.7%)
0 (0.0%)
1 (0.5%)
0 (0.0%)
6 (2.8%)
$17,336
$249
$17,088
87.2
58.3
141
130
190873000498
12
Decorah Middle School
Public
5-8
405 Winnebago St.
Decorah
52101
Winneshiek County
Decorah Community School District
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(563) 382-8427
461
35
13
26.0%
417 (90.5%)
7 (1.5%)
18 (3.9%)
3 (0.7%)
0 (0.0%)
1 (0.2%)
15 (3.3%)
$13,267
$314
$12,953
86.9
84.5
23
11
192247001351
13
Pella Middle School
Public
7-8
613 E 13th
Pella
50219
Marion County
Pella Community School District
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(641) 628-4784
382
25
15.3
20.7%
336 (88.0%)
4 (1.0%)
18 (4.7%)
8 (2.1%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
16 (4.2%)
$12,183
$122
$12,060
85.6
92.7
3
10
191644000981
14
Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School
Public
7-12
100 Tara Way
Lawton
51030
Woodbury County
Lawton-Bronson Community School District
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(712) 944-5181
326
20
15.9
24.2%
288 (88.3%)
7 (2.1%)
18 (5.5%)
0 (0.0%)
3 (0.9%)
0 (0.0%)
10 (3.1%)
$15,496
$256
$15,240
85.5
89.8
8
6
192664001549
15
South Hamilton Middle And High School
Public
7-12
315 Division St
Jewell
50130
Hamilton County
South Hamilton Community School District
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(515) 827-5418
328
24
13.4
26.2%
279 (85.1%)
3 (0.9%)
36 (11.0%)
2 (0.6%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
8 (2.4%)
$14,740
$192
$14,548
85.1
91.5
5
10
190543000928
16
West Hancock Middle School
Public
5-8
423 E. 5th St.
Kanawha
50447
Hancock County
West Hancock Community School District
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(641) 762-3261
165
13
12.4
41.8%
129 (78.2%)
1 (0.6%)
30 (18.2%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
5 (3.0%)
$13,769
$334
$13,435
84.8
78.2
52
36
190666002041
17
Center Point-Urbana Middle School
Public
6-8
613 Summit Street
Center Point
52213
Linn County
Center Point-Urbana Community School District
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(319) 849-1102
337
24
13.8
16.3%
316 (93.8%)
1 (0.3%)
8 (2.4%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
12 (3.6%)
$12,542
$448
$12,095
84.4
78.9
47
30
190456000120
18
Bedford High School
Public
6-12
906 Pennsylvania St
Bedford
50833
Taylor County
Bedford Community School District
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(712) 523-2656
243
22
11.1
35.4%
232 (95.5%)
0 (0.0%)
5 (2.1%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
6 (2.5%)
$15,158
$335
$14,824
84.3
88.6
11
7
193051001743
19
Waukee Middle School
Public
6-7
905 S. Warrior Lane
Waukee
50263
Dallas County
Waukee Community School District
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(515) 987-5177
1,069
68
15.7
12.1%
834 (78.0%)
42 (3.9%)
79 (7.4%)
62 (5.8%)
1 (0.1%)
0 (0.0%)
51 (4.8%)
$11,676
$209
$11,466
84.3
86.4
18
1
192658000707
20
Solon Middle School
Public
6-8
1775 Racine Ave.
Solon
52333
Johnson County
Solon Community School District
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(319) 624-2381
345
23
14.9
6.7%
325 (94.2%)
0 (0.0%)
6 (1.7%)
3 (0.9%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
11 (3.2%)
$12,824
$214
$12,609
84.2
85.7
19
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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on ISASP English Language Arts, ISASP Mathematics, ISASP Science test scores released by the Iowa Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 29, 2023, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Iowa Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Iowa Department of Education.
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