Rankings · Iowa
Largest schools in Iowa
Ranked by enrollment — academic rankings appear once test-score data is loaded.
| # | School | City | District | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lincoln High School | Des Moines | Des Moines Independent Comm School District | 2423 |
| 2 | Waukee High School | Waukee | Waukee Comm School District | 2277 |
| 3 | Linn-Mar High School | Marion | Linn-Mar Comm School District | 2233 |
| 4 | East High School | Des Moines | Des Moines Independent Comm School District | 2204 |
| 5 | Southeast Polk High School | Pleasant Hill | Southeast Polk Comm School District | 2172 |
| 6 | Roosevelt High School | Des Moines | Des Moines Independent Comm School District | 2086 |
| 7 | Valley High School | West Des Moines | West Des Moines Comm School District | 2047 |
| 8 | Johnston Senior High School | Johnston | Johnston Comm School District | 1772 |
| 9 | West High School | Waterloo | Waterloo Comm School District | 1721 |
| 10 | Johnston Senior High School | Johnston | Johnston Comm School District | 1708 |
| 11 | Hempstead High School | Dubuque | Dubuque Comm School District | 1700 |
| 12 | John F Kennedy High School | Cedar Rapids | Cedar Rapids Comm School District | 1661 |
| 13 | North High School | Sioux City | Sioux City Comm School District | 1629 |
| 14 | Thomas Jefferson High School | Cedar Rapids | Cedar Rapids Comm School District | 1588 |
| 15 | Central High School | Davenport | Davenport Comm School District | 1586 |
| 16 | Iowa City High School | Iowa City | Iowa City Comm School District | 1572 |
| 17 | Dubuque Senior High School | Dubuque | Dubuque Comm School District | 1552 |
| 18 | Pleasant Valley High School | Bettendorf | Pleasant Valley Comm School District | 1541 |
| 19 | Marshalltown High School | Marshalltown | Marshalltown Comm School District | 1538 |
| 20 | Bettendorf High School | Bettendorf | Bettendorf Comm School District | 1523 |
| 21 | North High School | Des Moines | Des Moines Independent Comm School District | 1497 |
| 22 | Muscatine High School | Muscatine | Muscatine Comm School District | 1489 |
| 23 | Dubuque Senior High School | Dubuque | Dubuque Comm School District | 1483 |
| 24 | East High School | Sioux City | Sioux City Comm School District | 1475 |
| 25 | West Senior High School | Iowa City | Iowa City Comm School District | 1466 |
| 26 | West High School | Davenport | Davenport Comm School District | 1445 |
| 27 | Thomas Jefferson High School | Cedar Rapids | Cedar Rapids Comm School District | 1441 |
| 28 | Abraham Lincoln High School | Council Bluffs | Council Bluffs Comm School District | 1394 |
| 29 | Ames High School | Ames | Ames Comm School District | 1370 |
| 30 | Ankeny Centennial High School | Ankeny | Ankeny Comm School District | 1340 |
| 31 | Ankeny High School | Ankeny | Ankeny Comm School District | 1337 |
| 32 | North Middle School | Sioux City | Sioux City Comm School District | 1327 |
| 33 | Urbandale High School | Urbandale | Urbandale Comm School District | 1307 |
| 34 | Prairie Point | Cedar Rapids | College Comm School District | 1296 |
| 35 | West High School | Sioux City | Sioux City Comm School District | 1293 |
| 36 | Ottumwa High School | Ottumwa | Ottumwa Comm School District | 1291 |
| 37 | Thomas Jefferson High School | Council Bluffs | Council Bluffs Comm School District | 1271 |
| 38 | North High School | Davenport | Davenport Comm School District | 1260 |
| 39 | Prairie High School | Cedar Rapids | College Comm School District | 1250 |
| 40 | Cedar Falls High School | Cedar Falls | Cedar Falls Comm School District | 1229 |
| 41 | Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School | Dubuque | Dubuque Comm School District | 1191 |
| 42 | George Washington High School | Cedar Rapids | Cedar Rapids Comm School District | 1189 |
| 43 | Southeast Polk Junior High | Pleasant Hill | Southeast Polk Comm School District | 1165 |
| 44 | Liberty High School | North Liberty | Iowa City Comm School District | 1155 |
| 45 | Summit Middle School | Johnston | Johnston Comm School District | 1126 |
| 46 | Indianola High School | Indianola | Indianola Comm School District | 1122 |
| 47 | Johnston Middle School | Johnston | Johnston Comm School District | 1118 |
| 48 | East Middle School | Sioux City | Sioux City Comm School District | 1109 |
| 49 | Evans Middle School | Ottumwa | Ottumwa Comm School District | 1101 |
| 50 | Fort Dodge High School | Fort Dodge | Fort Dodge Comm School District | 1099 |
| 51 | Ames Middle School | Ames | Ames Comm School District | 1097 |
| 52 | Bettendorf Middle School | Bettendorf | Bettendorf Comm School District | 1088 |
| 53 | Fort Dodge Middle School | Fort Dodge | Fort Dodge Comm School District | 1066 |
| 54 | Hoover High School | Des Moines | Des Moines Independent Comm School District | 1059 |
| 55 | Gerald W Kirn Middle School | Council Bluffs | Council Bluffs Comm School District | 1052 |
| 56 | Storm Lake Elementary | Storm Lake | Storm Lake Comm School District | 1040 |
| 57 | Prairie Ridge Middle School | Ankeny | Ankeny Comm School District | 1021 |
| 58 | East High School | Waterloo | Waterloo Comm School District | 1011 |
| 59 | North Scott High School | Eldridge | North Scott Comm School District | 1004 |
| 60 | Burlington Community High School | Burlington | Burlington Comm School District | 991 |
| 61 | Mason City High School | Mason City | Mason City Comm School District | 984 |
| 62 | Waukee Middle School | Waukee | Waukee Comm School District | 977 |
| 63 | Clinton High School | Clinton | Clinton Comm School District | 971 |
| 64 | Norwalk Senior High School | Norwalk | Norwalk Comm School District | 962 |
| 65 | West Middle School | Sioux City | Sioux City Comm School District | 947 |
| 66 | Northview Middle School | Ankeny | Ankeny Comm School District | 945 |
| 67 | Lewis Central Senior High School | Council Bluffs | Lewis Central Comm School District | 931 |
| 68 | Urbandale Middle School | Urbandale | Urbandale Comm School District | 930 |
| 69 | Western Dubuque High School | Epworth | Western Dubuque Comm School District | 923 |
| 70 | Prairieview School | Waukee | Waukee Comm School District | 919 |
| 71 | Woodrow Wilson Middle School | Council Bluffs | Council Bluffs Comm School District | 899 |
| 72 | Prairie Creek | Cedar Rapids | College Comm School District | 886 |
| 73 | Hoover Middle School | Waterloo | Waterloo Comm School District | 885 |
| 74 | Oskaloosa Elementary School | Oskaloosa | Oskaloosa Comm School District | 881 |
| 75 | Berg Middle School | Newton | Newton Comm School District | 878 |
| 76 | Parkview Middle School | Ankeny | Ankeny Comm School District | 871 |
| 77 | Titan Hill Intermediate School | Council Bluffs | Lewis Central Comm School District | 869 |
| 78 | Iowa Virtual Academy | Guttenberg | Clayton Ridge Comm School District | 866 |
| 79 | Henry A Wallace Elementary School | Johnston | Johnston Comm School District | 863 |
| 80 | Indianola Middle School | Indianola | Indianola Comm School District | 857 |
| 81 | Timberline School | Waukee | Waukee Comm School District | 851 |
| 82 | Southview Middle School | Ankeny | Ankeny Comm School District | 849 |
| 83 | Newton Senior High School | Newton | Newton Comm School District | 846 |
| 84 | South Middle School | Waukee | Waukee Comm School District | 845 |
| 85 | Storm Lake High School | Storm Lake | Storm Lake Comm School District | 836 |
| 86 | Pleasant Valley Junior High School | Leclaire | Pleasant Valley Comm School District | 824 |
| 87 | B R Miller Middle School | Marshalltown | Marshalltown Comm School District | 816 |
| 88 | Southeast Junior High School | Iowa City | Iowa City Comm School District | 816 |
| 89 | Harding Middle School | Des Moines | Des Moines Independent Comm School District | 815 |
| 90 | Northwest Junior High School | Coralville | Iowa City Comm School District | 815 |
| 91 | Harding Middle School | Des Moines | Des Moines Independent Comm School District | 810 |
| 92 | Denison High School | Denison | Denison Comm School District | 783 |
| 93 | Norwalk Middle School | Norwalk | Norwalk Comm School District | 777 |
| 94 | Perry Elementary | Perry | Perry Comm School District | 771 |
| 95 | Clinton Middle School | Clinton | Clinton Comm School District | 761 |
| 96 | Lenihan Intermediate School | Marshalltown | Marshalltown Comm School District | 761 |
| 97 | Storm Lake Middle School | Storm Lake | Storm Lake Comm School District | 757 |
| 98 | Merrill Middle School | Des Moines | Des Moines Independent Comm School District | 750 |
| 99 | Mccombs Middle School | Des Moines | Des Moines Independent Comm School District | 747 |
| 100 | Weeks Middle School | Des Moines | Des Moines Independent Comm School District | 743 |
| 101 | Meredith Middle School | Des Moines | Des Moines Independent Comm School District | 740 |
| 102 | Westridge Elementary | West Des Moines | West Des Moines Comm School District | 733 |
| 103 | Irving Elementary School | Sioux City | Sioux City Comm School District | 732 |
| 104 | Westridge Elementary | West Des Moines | West Des Moines Comm School District | 721 |
| 105 | Morris Elementary | Bondurant | Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District | 720 |
| 106 | Waukee Elementary School | Waukee | Waukee Comm School District | 720 |
| 107 | Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School | Waverly | Waverly-Shell Rock Comm School District | 720 |
| 108 | Jordan Creek Elementary School | West Des Moines | West Des Moines Comm School District | 718 |
| 109 | Shuler Elementary School | Clive | Waukee Comm School District | 718 |
| 110 | Waverly-Shell Rock Senior High School | Waverly | Waverly-Shell Rock Comm School District | 717 |
| 111 | Lewis Central Middle School | Council Bluffs | Lewis Central Comm School District | 716 |
| 112 | Pella High School | Pella | Pella Comm School District | 715 |
| 113 | Carlisle Elementary School | Carlisle | Carlisle Comm School District | 713 |
| 114 | Spencer High School | Spencer | Spencer Comm School District | 709 |
| 115 | Clear Creek Elementary School | Clear Lake | Clear Lake Comm School District | 708 |
| 116 | Rock Creek Elementary | Ankeny | Ankeny Comm School District | 708 |
| 117 | Clear Creek Amana High School | Tiffin | Clear Creek Amana Comm School District | 707 |
| 118 | Harding Middle School | Cedar Rapids | Cedar Rapids Comm School District | 706 |
| 119 | Indian Hills Junior High School | Clive | West Des Moines Comm School District | 698 |
| 120 | Stilwell Junior High School | West Des Moines | West Des Moines Comm School District | 698 |
| 121 | Hopewell Elementary | Bettendorf | Pleasant Valley Comm School District | 696 |
| 122 | Vernon Middle School | Marion | Marion Independent School District | 695 |
| 123 | George Washington Middle School | Dubuque | Dubuque Comm School District | 691 |
| 124 | Maple Grove Elementary School | West Des Moines | Waukee Comm School District | 691 |
| 125 | Fort Madison Middle School | Fort Madison | Fort Madison Comm School District | 690 |
| 126 | Independence Junior Senior High School | Independence | Independence Comm School District | 690 |
| 127 | Marion High School | Marion | Marion Independent School District | 690 |
| 128 | Hoyt Middle School | Des Moines | Des Moines Independent Comm School District | 687 |
| 129 | Valley Southwoods | West Des Moines | West Des Moines Comm School District | 687 |
| 130 | Brody Middle School | Des Moines | Des Moines Independent Comm School District | 686 |
| 131 | Ashland Ridge Elementary | Ankeny | Ankeny Comm School District | 680 |
| 132 | Walnut Hills Elementary School | Urbandale | Waukee Comm School District | 679 |
| 133 | Leeds Elementary School | Sioux City | Sioux City Comm School District | 676 |
| 134 | Denison Elementary School | Denison | Denison Comm School District | 674 |
| 135 | Holmes Junior High School | Cedar Falls | Cedar Falls Comm School District | 673 |
| 136 | Peet Junior High School | Cedar Falls | Cedar Falls Comm School District | 673 |
| 137 | Pleasant View Elementary School | Bettendorf | Pleasant Valley Comm School District | 673 |
| 138 | Radiant Elementary School | Urbandale | Waukee Comm School District | 668 |
| 139 | Timber Ridge Elementary | Johnston | Johnston Comm School District | 668 |
| 140 | Carlisle High School | Carlisle | Carlisle Comm School District | 667 |
| 141 | George Washington Middle School | Dubuque | Dubuque Comm School District | 667 |
| 142 | Bondurant-Farrar High School | Bondurant | Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District | 666 |
| 143 | Dallas Center-Grimes High School | Grimes | Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District | 665 |
| 144 | Woodland Hills Elementary School | West Des Moines | Waukee Comm School District | 665 |
| 145 | Morningside Elementary | Sioux City | Sioux City Comm School District | 661 |
| 146 | Pleasant View Elementary School | Bettendorf | Pleasant Valley Comm School District | 659 |
| 147 | Riverdale Heights Elem School | Bettendorf | Pleasant Valley Comm School District | 659 |
| 148 | Liberty Elementary School | Sioux City | Sioux City Comm School District | 655 |
| 149 | Boone High School | Boone | Boone Comm School District | 649 |
| 150 | Kittrell Elementary School | Waterloo | Waterloo Comm School District | 646 |