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The 2011 Iowa AP Index

Top 50 AP Schools in Iowa


The Iowa AP Index 2005-2011


State average AP Index for All Public Schools, 2005-2011
  2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
State Average for Public Schools 0.38 0.36 0.31 0.29 0.27 0.24 -

The AP Index refers to exams and graduates from the previous spring. For example, the AP Index for 2005 is based on AP exams taken in May 2004 and a school’s total May/June graduates.


AP Index Scores of Schools Ranked #1 and #50, 2005-2011
  2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
#1 Index 2.93 2.60 2.21 2.19 2.83 3.36 1.95
#50 Index 0.40 0.40 0.38 0.38 0.32 0.35 0.30

The #1 school in 2006 and 2007 was Rivermont Collegiate, a Specially Accredited College Preparatory School. Specially Accredited College Preparatory Schools are not ranked in the AP Index beginning in 2008.

Nonpublic Schools__ Magnet School__ Top-Ranked Specially Accredited College Preparatory School

AP Index Scores (and Rank) of Schools in the Top 50, 2005-2011

The table below presents the AP Index score (and rank) for public schools, accredited nonpublic schools, specially accredited college preparatory schools, and magnet schools who ranked in the Top 50 from 2005 through 2011.


Public Schools
City School 2011 (rank) 2010 (rank) 2009 (rank) 2008 (rank) 2007 (rank) 2006 (rank) 2005 (rank)
Adel ADM Senior High School - - 0.41 (43) - - - -
Alleman North Polk Middle School & High School - - - 0.41 (42) - 0.35 (49) -
Ames Ames High School 1.87 (5) 1.75 (4) 1.59 (5) 1.24 (6) 1.05 (7) 0.93 (7) 0.75 (7)
Anamosa Anamosa High School - - 0.40 (46) - - - -
Ankeny Ankeny High School 0.72 (26) 0.64 (23) 0.54 (30) 0.40 (45) 0.46 (31) 0.54 (26) 0.52 (19)
Arlington Starmont High School - - 0.57 (28) - - - -
Bedford Bedford High School - - - - - - 0.34 (41)
Bettendorf Bettendorf High School 1.01 (11) 1.03 (10) 0.92 (13) 0.75 (13) 0.61 (21) 0.49 (30) 0.54 (17)
Bettendorf Pleasant Valley High School 0.55 (37) 0.55 (35) 0.52 (32) 0.61 (25) 0.67 (17) 0.59 (23) 0.54 (16)
Bondurant Bondurant-Farrar Jr-Sr High School - - 0.39 (48) - - - -
Cedar Falls Cedar Falls High School 0.66 (28) 0.75 (17) 0.65 (25) 0.65 (22) 0.57 (25) 0.59 (22) 0.52 (21)
Cedar Rapids George Washington High School 2.93 (1) 2.60 (1) 2.21 (1) 2.02 (2) 2.17 (2) 1.66 (3) 1.44 (2)
Cedar Rapids John F Kennedy High School 2.55 (2) 2.50 (2) 1.73 (2) 1.55 (3) 1.50 (5) 1.40 (4) 1.05 (3)
Cedar Rapids Prairie High School 0.90 (18) 0.64 (24) 0.41 (42) 0.39 (48) - - -
Cedar Rapids Thomas Jefferson High School 0.62 (30) 0.63 (25) 0.51 (33) 0.45 (36) 0.40 (34) 0.36 (46) -
Clinton Clinton High School 0.43 (49) 0.44 (43) 0.45 (39) - - - -
Conrad BCLUW High School 0.56 (36) - 0.40 (45) - - 0.40 (40) 0.59 (11)
Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln High School 0.79 (23) 0.48 (39) - 0.40 (47) 0.39 (36) 0.41 (39) -
Davenport Central High School 0.48 (44) - - - - - -
Davenport West High School 0.48 (42) - - - - - -
De Witt Central High School - 0.43 (46) - - - - -
Decorah Decorah High School 0.98 (13) 0.70 (18) 0.69 (21) 0.41 (43) 0.53 (29) - -
Des Moines Abraham Lincoln High School - - - - - 0.37 (45) -
Des Moines Hoover High School 0.49 (41) - 0.46 (38) 0.55 (29) - - -
Des Moines Roosevelt High School 1.68 (6) 1.62 (5) 1.49 (6) 1.31 (5) 0.58 (23) 1.26 (5) 0.57 (14)
Dubuque Dubuque Senior High School 1.03 (10) 1.00 (11) 0.76 (16) 0.90 (9) 1.04 (8) 0.70 (17) 0.48 (26)
Dubuque Hempstead High School 1.11 (9) 1.05 (9) 1.01 (10) 1.13 (8) 0.87 (11) 0.81 (9) 0.71 (8)
Durant Durant High School - 0.42 (49) - - - - -
Fairfield Fairfield High School 0.55 (38) - - - - - -
Greenfield Nodaway Valley High School - - - - 0.34 (45) - -
Grimes Dallas Center-Grimes Community High School 0.45 (46) - - - - - -
Hinton Hinton High School - 0.53 (37) - - - - -
Holstein Galva-Holstein High School 0.43 (48) - - - - - -
Ida Grove Battle Creek-Ida Grove Senior High School - - - 0.38 (49) - 0.35 (50) -
Indianola Indianola High School 0.55 (39) 0.62 (27) 0.56 (29) 0.43 (38) - - -
Iowa City Iowa City High School 0.75 (25) 0.81 (14) 0.67 (22) 0.67 (19) 0.59 (22) 0.70 (18) 0.46 (29)
Iowa City West Senior High School 1.95 (4) 1.80 (3) 1.63 (4) 1.50 (4) 1.14 (6) 1.15 (6) 1.01 (4)
Johnston Johnston Senior High School 0.61 (32) 0.62 (26) 0.43 (40) 0.58 (27) 0.79 (12) 0.57 (24) 0.52 (23)
Lansing Kee High School - - - 0.38 (50) - - -
Le Grand East Marshall Senior High School - 0.56 (34) 0.53 (31) 0.64 (23) 1.62 (4) 0.75 (13) -
Lisbon Lisbon High School - 0.40 (50) 0.38 (49) 0.72 (16) 0.45 (32) 0.69 (19) 0.53 (18)
Manning Manning High School - - 0.38 (50) - - - -
Marengo Iowa Valley Jr-Sr High School - - - - - 0.36 (48) -
Marion Linn-Mar High School 0.92 (16) 0.81 (15) 0.85 (15) 0.83 (11) 0.68 (16) 0.71 (16) 0.48 (27)
Marshalltown Marshalltown High School - 0.48 (40) 0.48 (37) - - 0.36 (47) 0.34 (43)
Montezuma Montezuma High School - - - - 0.32 (50) - 0.36 (38)
Mount Vernon Mount Vernon High School 0.43 (47) 0.66 (21) 0.66 (24) 0.57 (28) - - -
Muscatine Muscatine High School 0.62 (31) 0.51 (38) 0.50 (35) 0.66 (20) 0.73 (15) 0.71 (15) 0.58 (13)
Neola Tri-Center High School - - - - 0.34 (47) - -
Nevada Nevada High School - - - 0.46 (33) 0.65 (19) 0.45 (32) 0.38 (36)
New London New London Jr-Sr High School - - 0.50 (34) - - - -
Northwood Northwood-Kensett Jr-Sr High School - - - 0.40 (44) 0.56 (26) 0.40 (41) -
Norwalk Norwalk Senior High School 0.88 (20) 0.93 (12) 0.88 (14) 0.79 (12) 0.91 (10) 0.89 (8) 0.95 (5)
Onawa West Monona High School - - - - - - 0.35 (39)
Orange City MOC-Floyd Valley High School - - - - 0.37 (39) - 0.31 (48)
Osceola Clarke Community High School - - - - - - 0.32 (47)
Oskaloosa Oskaloosa High School - - - 0.41 (41) 0.36 (42) 0.43 (34) 0.41 (35)
Packwood Pekin Community High School - - - 0.44 (37) 0.38 (38) 0.50 (29) -
Pella Pella High School - 0.43 (47) - - - - -
Pleasant Hill Southeast Polk High School 0.56 (34) 0.59 (30) 0.59 (27) 0.75 (14) - 0.37 (43) -
Red Oak Red Oak High School - - - - - - 0.43 (33)
Russell Russell High School* x x - - 0.55 (28) 0.73 (14) -
Sheffield West Fork High School** - - - - - 0.39 (42) 0.52 (22)
Sioux Center Sioux Center High School 0.48 (43) 0.47 (41) - - - - -
Sioux City Central Campus Individualized Learning Center - - - - - 0.67 (20) -
Sioux City East High School - 0.44 (45) - - - - -
Sioux City North High School 0.61 (33) 0.44 (44) - - - - -
Sioux Rapids Sioux Central High 0.95 (15) - - - - - -
Spencer Spencer High School 0.47 (45) 0.66 (22) - 0.40 (46) 0.42 (33) - 0.60 (9)
St. Ansgar St. Ansgar High School - - - - - - 0.34 (42)
Thornburg Tri-County High School - - - 0.46 (34) - - -
Tiffin Clear Creek Amana High School 0.56 (35) 0.42 (48) - - - - -
Tipton Tipton High School - - - - 0.34 (48) - 0.32 (46)
Urbandale Urbandale High School - 0.45 (42) 0.39 (47) 0.43 (40) 0.39 (35) 0.41 (38) 0.35 (40)
Villisca Villisca Community High School - - - - - - 0.36 (37)
Waterloo East High School - - - - - 0.49 (31) -
Waterloo West High School - - - - - - 0.43 (32)
Waukee Waukee Senior High School - - - - 0.36 (41) - -
Waukon Waukon High School - - - - 0.35 (43) - -
Wellman Mid-Prairie High School 0.89 (19) 1.39 (6) 1.01 (9) 1.21 (7) 0.97 (9) 0.51 (28) 0.55 (15)
West Bend West Bend-Mallard High School - 0.55 (36) 0.71 (20) 0.73 (15) 0.55 (27) 0.77 (12) 0.45 (30)
West Branch West Branch High School 0.82 (21) - 0.72 (19) 0.90 (10) - - -
West Des Moines Valley High School 1.13 (8) 1.16 (8) 1.10 (7) 0.64 (24) 0.34 (46) 0.37 (44) 0.30 (50)
West Liberty West Liberty High School 0.95 (14) 0.67 (20) 0.92 (12) 0.60 (26) 0.77 (13) 0.42 (37) 0.52 (20)
Williamsburg Williamsburg Jr-Sr High School 0.69 (27) 0.67 (19) - 0.49 (32) 0.38 (37) 0.52 (27) -
Winterset Winterset Senior High School - - - - - - 0.30 (49)
Winthrop East Buchanan High School - - - - 0.35 (44) 0.65 (21) 0.89 (6)
Wyoming Midland Middle/High School - - - 0.43 (39) 0.32 (49) - -
Wilton Wilton Jr-Sr High School 0.40 (50) - - - - - -

*Closed at the end of the 2007-2008 school year. Students from the district were sent to schools in Chariton, Wayne County, and Albia.

**Listed as SCMT High School in earlier AP Indices.

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Nonpublic Schools
City School 2011 (rank) 2010 (rank) 2009 (rank) 2008 (rank) 2007 (rank) 2006 (rank) 2005 (rank)
Carroll Kuemper High School 1.13 (7) 0.57 (32) 0.66 (23) 0.52 (30) 0.52 (30) 0.45 (33) 0.60 (10)
Cedar Rapids Xavier High School 0.77 (24) 0.82 (13) 1.02 (8) 0.70 (18) 0.65 (20) 0.81 (10) 0.52 (24)
Clinton Prince of Peace College Preparatory 1.00 (12) 0.79 (16) 0.60 (26) - 0.36 (40) - 0.41 (34)
Davenport Assumption High School 0.53 (40) - 0.74 (17) - - - 0.33 (45)
Dubuque Wahlert Catholic High School 0.92 (17) 0.58 (31) 0.92 (11) 0.65 (21) 0.66 (18) 0.57 (25) 0.48 (25)
Dyersville Beckman High School - - - - - 0.43 (35) -
Fort Madison Holy Trinity High School Holy Trinity Jr.-Sr. High* - - - - - - 0.33 (44)
Iowa City Regina Jr Sr. High School 2.05 (3) 1.32 (7) 1.69 (3) 2.19 (1) 2.14 (3) 2.20 (2) 1.95 (1)
Kalona Iowa Mennonite School 0.82 (22) 0.61 (29) 0.49 (36) 0.46 (35) - - -
Mason City Newman Catholic High School - - 0.73 (18) 0.71 (17) - - -
Waterloo Columbus Catholic High School - 0.57 (33) 0.42 (41) - 0.75 (14) 0.42 (36) 0.48 (28)
Waterloo Waterloo Christian School** - - - - - - 0.44 (31)
West Des Moines Dowling Catholic High School 0.63 (29) 0.61 (28) 0.40 (44) 0.51 (31) 0.58 (24) 0.78 (11) 0.59 (12)

*Formerly Ft. Madison Aquinas Catholic and Marquette.

**Formerly Walnut Ridge Baptist School.

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Magnet School
City School 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Des Moines Des Moines Central Campus High School 3.28 6.24 6.07 6.64 3.04 6.09 5.93

Note: Magnet schools are not included in the AP Index rankings.

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Top-Ranked Specially Accredited College Preparatory School
City School 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 (rank) 2006 (rank) 2005 (rank)
Bettendorf Rivermont Collegiate 3.50 2.10 4.00 4.75 2.83 (1) 3.36 (1) -

Note: Beginning with the 2008 AP Index, specially accredited college preparatory schools are no longer included in the AP Index rankings.

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Key
  -    no score,
opted out,
or not in top 50
  x    school no
longer exists
(consolidated,
closed, etc.)