Iowa City Comm School District Schools

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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.

1. A+ Wickham Elementary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
2. A+ Penn Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
3. A+ Lincoln Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
4. A+ Bohumil Shimek Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
5. A+ North Central Junior High School (Middle school, meets expectations)
6. A+ Northwest Junior High School (Middle school, exceeds expectations)
7. A Liberty High School (High school, exceeds expectations)
8. A West Senior High School (High school, exceeds expectations)
9. A Christine Grant Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
10. A Weber Elementary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)

High schools (4)

• C- Elizabeth Tate Alt High School, Iowa City
• A- Iowa City High School, Iowa City
• A Liberty High School, North Liberty
• A West Senior High School, Iowa City

Middle and junior high schools (3)

• A+ North Central Junior High School, North Liberty
• A+ Northwest Junior High School, Coralville
• A Southeast Junior High School, Iowa City

Elementary and primary schools (21)

• B Alexander Elementary, Iowa City
• A+ Bohumil Shimek Elementary School, Iowa City
• A- Buford Garner Elementary, North Liberty
• B+ Central Elementary School, Coralville
• A Christine Grant Elementary, North Liberty
• A- Ernest Horn Elementary School, Iowa City
• B- Grant Wood Elementary School, Iowa City
• A- Helen Lemme Elementary School, Iowa City
• B+ Herbert Hoover Elementary School, Iowa City
• B- Hills Elementary School, Hills
• B+ Horace Mann Elementary School, Iowa City
• A- James Van Allen Elementary School, North Liberty
• C- Kirkwood Elementary School, Coralville
• A+ Lincoln Elementary School, Iowa City
• A- Longfellow Elementary School, Iowa City
• B- Mark Twain Elementary, Iowa City
• A Norman Borlaug Elementary School, Coralville
• A+ Penn Elementary School, North Liberty
• B Robert Lucas Elementary School, Iowa City
• A Weber Elementary, Iowa City
• A+ Wickham Elementary, Coralville

Other schools and academies (1)

• Iccsd Pk 12 Online Learning Program, Iowa City

Cities and towns served (4)

• Iowa City (17)
• North Liberty (6)
• Coralville (5)
• Hills (1)

• State: Best schools in Iowa
• County: Johnson County
• Type: regular local school district
• Setting: small city (NCES locale of the district office)
• Enrollment: 14,776 students with 1,043 full-time-equivalent teachers and 2,481 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
• NCES district ID: 1914700
• Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works

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