education funding will go to A- E-A’s and ten percent to schools. New Tonight… U.S. News and World Report released the best High School rankings from across the country. It ranks more than 17-thousand public schools on a variety of factors like college readiness, testing scores and graduation rate. A few schools in Central Iowa that made the list. Pella High School placed in the top 11- hundred schools nationally. Pella was the third best in the state. Ankeny High School was ranked sixth in the state. Adel-DeSoto- Minburn was 7th in state. Nationally… it ranked IN THE TOP 18-HUNDRED. Valley High School- in West Des Moines was listed as well… as 11th best in Iowa
Iowa’s best public high school: See what school tops US News & World Report’s rankings this year
Updated: 9:13 AM CDT May 17, 2024
For the second straight year, Iowa City is home to Iowa’s best public high school, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings.The list, released this spring, has Iowa City West ranked as the state’s top public high school — 626th nationally — followed by Gilbert and Pella. Decorah, which was second last year to West, and Liberty High School round out the top five. The nation’s No. 1 public high school is BASIS Peoria in Arizona, according to the magazine, which evaluated 17,660 high schools this year — including 317 in Iowa — in six factors including students’ college readiness, state assessment proficiency and performance and graduation rate from the 2021-22 school year. Forty-two Iowa high schools are ranked in the nation’s top 5,000.See the full list of ranked Iowa high schools» Download the free KCCI app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google PlayGet the latest headlines from KCCIU.S. News and World Report’s Top 10 best public high schools in Iowa1. Iowa City WestNational ranking: 626Graduation rate: 94%College readiness: 61.7Enrollment: 1,503 2. GilbertNational ranking: 996Graduation rate: 100%College readiness: 18.2Enrollment: 5373. PellaNational ranking: 1,073Graduation rate: 98%College readiness: 26.2Enrollment: 7644. DecorahNational ranking: 1,098Graduation rate: 97%College readiness: 20.4Enrollment: 5765. LibertyNational ranking: 1,556Graduation rate: 97%College readiness: 42.0Enrollment: 1,1676. AnkenyNational ranking: 1,560Graduation rate: 94%College readiness: 25.2Enrollment: 1,3477. ADM (Adel)National ranking: 1,744Graduation rate: 97%College readiness: 33.1Enrollment: 6518. Pleasant ValleyNational ranking: 1,946Graduation rate: 93%College readiness: 37.1Enrollment: 1,6589. WilliamsburgNational ranking: 2,051Graduation rate: 96%College readiness: 29.9Enrollment: 40910. Iowa City HighNational ranking: 2,183Graduation rate: 94%College readiness: 35.0Enrollment: 1,599
For the second straight year, Iowa City is home to Iowa’s best public high school, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings.
The list, released this spring, has Iowa City West ranked as the state’s top public high school — 626th nationally — followed by Gilbert and Pella. Decorah, which was second last year to West, and Liberty High School round out the top five.
The nation’s No. 1 public high school is BASIS Peoria in Arizona, according to the magazine, which evaluated 17,660 high schools this year — including 317 in Iowa — in six factors including students’ college readiness, state assessment proficiency and performance and graduation rate from the 2021-22 school year.
Forty-two Iowa high schools are ranked in the nation’s top 5,000.
See the full list of ranked Iowa high schools
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U.S. News and World Report’s Top 10 best public high schools in Iowa
1. Iowa City West
- National ranking: 626
- Graduation rate: 94%
- College readiness: 61.7
- Enrollment: 1,503
2. Gilbert
- National ranking: 996
- Graduation rate: 100%
- College readiness: 18.2
- Enrollment: 537
3. Pella
- National ranking: 1,073
- Graduation rate: 98%
- College readiness: 26.2
- Enrollment: 764
4. Decorah
- National ranking: 1,098
- Graduation rate: 97%
- College readiness: 20.4
- Enrollment: 576
5. Liberty
- National ranking: 1,556
- Graduation rate: 97%
- College readiness: 42.0
- Enrollment: 1,167
6. Ankeny
- National ranking: 1,560
- Graduation rate: 94%
- College readiness: 25.2
- Enrollment: 1,347
7. ADM (Adel)
- National ranking: 1,744
- Graduation rate: 97%
- College readiness: 33.1
- Enrollment: 651
8. Pleasant Valley
- National ranking: 1,946
- Graduation rate: 93%
- College readiness: 37.1
- Enrollment: 1,658
9. Williamsburg
- National ranking: 2,051
- Graduation rate: 96%
- College readiness: 29.9
- Enrollment: 409
10. Iowa City High
- National ranking: 2,183
- Graduation rate: 94%
- College readiness: 35.0
- Enrollment: 1,599
