U.S. News & World Report released its 2026 rankings of the best schools , evaluating roughly 30,000 elementary and middle schools across the U.S. to determine which schools rank among the best. These schools join the best high schools, which were announced in September .

Here are the highest achieving schools in Iowa, according to U.S. News & World Report :

How did U.S. News and World Report determine the best schools?

The site used data from the U.S. Department of Education to examine the number of students "proficient or above proficient in their reading/language arts and math state assessments." U.S. News also incorporated the test results in the context of socioeconomic demographics, such as the proportion of students of color or who come from low-income households.

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