Schools in Iowa: K-12 Directory

All listed cities in Iowa

Choose a city to browse its school profiles. Counts reflect the city listed in each school record, not attendance boundaries.

Featured school profiles in Iowa

A cross-section of profiles with useful directory data. This is not a ranking.

ALPHA OMEGA ACADEMYRock Rapids, IAPrivate · 3,412 students Lincoln High SchoolDes Moines, IAPublic · 2,364 students Linn-Mar High SchoolMarion, IAPublic · 2,229 students Valley High SchoolWest Des Moines, IAPublic · 2,178 students Johnston Senior High SchoolJohnston, IAPublic · 1,820 students Prairie High SchoolCedar Rapids, IAPublic · 1,766 students Pleasant Valley High SchoolBettendorf, IAPublic · 1,731 students Southeast Polk High SchoolPleasant Hill, IAPublic · 1,722 students West High SchoolWaterloo, IAPublic · 1,696 students Iowa City High SchoolIowa City, IAPublic · 1,666 students John F Kennedy High SchoolCedar Rapids, IAPublic · 1,648 students Marshalltown High SchoolMarshalltown, IAPublic · 1,629 students

Browse Iowa schools by level

Elementary

567 school profiles

Middle

471 school profiles

High

362 school profiles

K-12

58 school profiles

Pre-K

41 school profiles

Other

2 school profiles

Browse Iowa schools by type

Public

1,312 school profiles

Private

182 school profiles

Public Charter

7 school profiles

About K-12 education in Iowa

America EDU currently indexes 1,501 K-12 school profiles in Iowa across 442 listed cities. The directory currently includes about 1,319 public or charter records and 182 private-school records. Counts come from the school records currently loaded into the America EDU database and can change as federal datasets are refreshed.

Use city, level, and school-type information as a starting point. District boundaries, attendance zones, admissions policies, and program availability can differ from municipal boundaries and may change over time, so confirm current details with the school or district.

Major districts represented in the directory

Des Moines Independent Comm School District

59 directory records

Cedar Rapids Comm School District

31 directory records

Iowa City Comm School District

28 directory records

Davenport Comm School District

27 directory records

Sioux City Comm School District

21 directory records

Dubuque Comm School District

19 directory records

Waukee Comm School District

19 directory records

Ankeny Comm School District

18 directory records

Shown by number of school records in the current directory, not as a quality ranking.

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Iowa schools FAQ

How many school profiles does America EDU list in Iowa?

The current database contains 1,501 profiles for Iowa. Counts can change when source data is refreshed.

Does a city page show every school that serves that city?

No. It groups records whose directory address lists that city. School district and attendance-zone boundaries do not necessarily match city limits.

Are Featured Schools rankings?

No. Featured profiles are selected to make useful school records easier to discover. America EDU does not present this section as a ranking.

Where does the school data come from?

Profiles are built primarily from federal education datasets, including NCES school-directory sources. Individual profiles show source and data-year information when available.

Iowa schools

All listed cities in Iowa

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