Best Cities in Iowa for Schools

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Rank (of 385)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
1^st	Salem	1	0	0	0	0	0.995	37	36
2^nd	Denver	1	1	1	0	0	0.993	1	1
3^rd	Gilbert	2	1	1	0	0	0.993	4	1
4^th	Roland	0	1	0	0	0	0.991	17	13
5^th	Treynor	1	1	1	0	0	0.976	7	2
6^th	Van Meter	1	1	1	0	0	0.972	5	1
7^th	Runnells	1	0	0	0	0	0.971	8	1
8^th	Leclaire	2	1	0	0	0	0.971	12	4
9^th	Alton	0	1	0	0	3	0.964	19	10
10^th	Bedford	1	0	1	0	0	0.957	13	3
11^th	Little Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0.957	44	33
12^th	Mitchellville	1	0	0	0	0	0.952	3	9
13^th	Grundy Center	1	1	1	0	0	0.949	29	16
14^th	Story City	1	0	1	0	0	0.949	25	11
15^th	Saint Ansgar	1	1	1	0	0	0.949	23	8
16^th	Robins	1	0	0	0	0	0.944	15	1
17^th	Dike	1	0	1	0	0	0.94	41	24
18^th	Oxford	1	0	0	0	0	0.93	135	117
19^th	Sully	1	1	1	0	1	0.929	26	7
20^th	Lawton	0	0	1	0	0	0.927	16	4
21^st	Orange City	1	0	1	0	2	0.927	9	12
22^nd	Granger	2	0	0	0	0	0.923	33	11
23^rd	Decorah	3	1	1	0	4	0.918	21	2
24^th	Audubon	1	0	1	0	0	0.914	133	109
25^th	Parkersburg	1	0	1	0	0	0.911	28	3
26^th	Pella	2	2	1	0	3	0.91	14	12
27^th	Princeton	1	0	0	0	0	0.908	22	5
28^th	Long Grove	1	0	0	0	0	0.907	32	4
29^th	Hinton	1	1	1	0	0	0.9	43	14
30^th	Donahue	1	0	0	0	0	0.899	98	68
31^st	Delhi	1	1	1	0	0	0.899	30	1
32^nd	Polk City	2	0	0	0	0	0.894		(n/a)
33^rd	Underwood	1	1	1	0	0	0.892	40	7
34^th	Inwood	1	1	1	0	1	0.887	38	4
35^th	Center Point	1	1	1	0	0	0.884	31	4
36^th	Cascade	1	0	1	0	1	0.884	55	19
37^th	Rock Rapids	1	0	1	0	1	0.883	47	10
38^th	Schaller	1	0	0	0	0	0.882	52	14
39^th	Lansing	0	1	1	0	0	0.879	50	11
40^th	Delmar	1	0	0	0	0	0.876	114	74
41^st	Garner	1	1	1	0	0	0.87	49	8
42^nd	Bronson	1	0	0	0	0	0.869	27	15
43^rd	Mount Vernon	1	1	1	0	0	0.864	18	25
44^th	Readlyn	1	0	0	0	1	0.864	24	20
45^th	Janesville	1	0	1	0	0	0.861	102	57
46^th	Westside	1	0	1	0	0	0.86	72	26
47^th	Jewell	1	0	1	0	0	0.856	35	12
48^th	Sheldon	1	1	1	0	2	0.854	65	17
49^th	Alleman	1	1	1	0	0	0.853	36	13
50^th	Alburnett	1	1	1	0	0	0.852	231	181
51^st	Adel	2	1	1	0	0	0.852	20	31
52^nd	Britt	1	0	1	0	0	0.851	11	41
53^rd	Kanawha	0	1	0	0	1	0.843	10	43
54^th	Paullina	0	0	1	0	1	0.842	168	114
55^th	Sanborn	0	1	0	0	1	0.834	156	101
56^th	Armstrong	0	0	1	0	1	0.828	86	30
57^th	Lake Mills	1	1	1	0	0	0.823	100	43
58^th	Swea City	1	1	0	0	0	0.82	6	52
59^th	Mediapolis	1	1	1	0	0	0.814	68	9
60^th	Akron	1	1	1	0	0	0.81	60
61^st	Logan	1	0	1	0	0	0.809	64	3
62^nd	Solon	2	1	1	0	0	0.801	51	11
63^rd	La Porte City	1	0	1	0	0	0.8	113	50
64^th	Williamsburg	1	0	1	1	1	0.8	46	18
65^th	Manning	0	1	1	0	0	0.8	62	3
66^th	Peosta	1	0	0	0	1	0.799	45	21
67^th	Huxley	0	1	1	0	0	0.797	42	25
68^th	Waukon	2	1	1	0	1	0.793	71	3
69^th	Ankeny	10	2	2	0	3	0.792	56	13
70^th	Shellsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.79	198	128
71^st	Sergeant Bluff	2	1	1	0	0	0.786	54	17
72^nd	Epworth	1	0	1	0	0	0.781	67	5
73^rd	Aplington	1	1	0	0	0	0.781	120	47
74^th	Troy Mills	1	1	1	0	0	0.781	85	11
75^th	Glenwood	2	1	1	0	0	0.777	79	4
76^th	Manly	1	0	1	0	0	0.775	34	42
77^th	Cedar Falls	7	2	1	0	2	0.775	70	7
78^th	Corydon	1	0	1	0	0	0.769	97	19
79^th	Dallas Center	1	1	0	0	1	0.768	222	143
80^th	Coon Rapids	1	0	1	0	0	0.768	169	89
81^st	Collins	1	0	0	0	0	0.767	170	89
82^nd	Rock Valley	2	1	1	0	3	0.767	127	45
83^rd	Avoca	1	1	1	0	0	0.766	123	40
84^th	Lacona	0	1	0	0	0	0.761	285	201
85^th	Waukee	4	3	2	0	0	0.761	82	3
86^th	Truro	1	1	1	0	0	0.758	158	72
87^th	Moville	1	1	1	0	0	0.758	128	41
88^th	Boyden	1	0	0	0	0	0.758	101	13
89^th	Ossian	1	1	0	0	0	0.752	196	107
90^th	Johnston	5	1	1	0	0	0.752	74	16
91^st	Grinnell	3	1	1	0	1	0.75	81	10
92^nd	Waverly	3	1	2	0	1	0.747	48	44
93^rd	Humboldt	1	1	1	0	1	0.746	84	9
94^th	Galva	0	1	0	0	0	0.745	61	33
95^th	State Center	1	1	1	0	0	0.744	129	34
96^th	Goose Lake	1	0	1	0	0	0.743	75	21
97^th	Liberty Center	0	0	1	0	0	0.741	322	225
98^th	Albia	2	1	1	0	0	0.74	94	4
99^th	Montezuma	1	1	1	0	0	0.739	78	21
100^th	Manchester	1	1	1	0	1	0.739	105	5
101^st	Cambridge	1	0	0	0	0	0.738	53	48
102^nd	Osage	1	1	1	0	0	0.736	119	17
103^rd	Kingsley	1	0	1	0	0	0.735	57	46
104^th	Churdan	1	0	1	0	0	0.735	240	136
105^th	Jesup	2	1	1	0	1	0.734	76	29
106^th	Afton	1	0	1	0	0	0.733	207	101
107^th	Radcliffe	1	0	0	0	0	0.731	77	30
108^th	Martensdale	1	0	1	0	0	0.73	215	107
109^th	Hudson	1	1	1	0	0	0.725	39	70
110^th	Mount Ayr	1	0	1	0	0	0.723	147	37
111^th	Springville	1	0	1	0	0	0.723	93	18
112^th	Clear Lake	1	1	1	0	1	0.719	92	20
113^th	Ogden	1	1	1	0	0	0.715	115	2
114^th	Mechanicsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.713	107	7
115^th	Hull	0	0	1	0	4	0.712	109	6
116^th	Fontanelle	0	1	0	0	0	0.709	95	21
117^th	Earlham	1	1	1	0	0	0.709	175	58
118^th	Dunlap	0	0	1	0	0	0.708	199	81
119^th	Bettendorf	9	1	2	0	3	0.708	90	29
120^th	Madrid	1	1	1	0	0	0.707	163	43
121^st	Calmar	0	0	1	0	1	0.704	139	18
122^nd	Letts	1	0	1	0	0	0.704	181	59
123^rd	New Albin	1	0	0	0	0	0.7	103	20
124^th	Spirit Lake	1	1	1	0	0	0.692	110	14
125^th	Eldridge	2	1	1	0	0	0.691	96	29
126^th	Algona	3	1	1	0	2	0.689	118	8
127^th	Woodward	0	1	2	0	1	0.689	69	58
128^th	Emmetsburg	1	1	1	0	1	0.686	225	97
129^th	New Sharon	1	0	1	0	0	0.684	99	30
130^th	New Hampton	1	1	1	0	1	0.679	122	8
131^st	Alta	1	0	1	0	0	0.677	238	107
132^nd	Remsen	1	1	0	0	2	0.676	88	44
133^rd	Alden	1	0	0	0	0	0.673	278	145
134^th	Lisbon	1	0	1	0	0	0.67	89	45
135^th	Hartley	1	0	1	0	0	0.669	112	23
136^th	Sibley	1	1	1	0	0	0.668	137	1
137^th	Milford	1	1	1	0	0	0.667	121	16
138^th	Adair	1	1	0	0	0	0.667	218	80
139^th	Morning Sun	1	0	0	0	0	0.666	116	23
140^th	Harlan	2	1	1	0	1	0.666	104	36
141^st	Clarksville	1	0	1	0	0	0.665	80	61
142^nd	Norwalk	3	1	1	0	2	0.66	125	17
143^rd	Farley	1	1	0	0	1	0.66	202	59
144^th	Conrad	1	0	1	0	0	0.659	205	61
145^th	Hartford	1	0	0	0	0	0.657	210	65
146^th	Calamus	1	0	0	0	0	0.654	241	95
147^th	Early	0	1	0	0	0	0.653	184	37
148^th	De Witt	1	2	1	0	1	0.653	131	17
149^th	Vinton	1	1	1	0	0	0.652	87	62
150^th	Blue Grass	1	0	0	0	0	0.652	63	87
151^st	Guthrie Center	1	0	1	0	0	0.651	83	68
152^nd	Lenox	1	0	1	0	0	0.648	140	12
153^rd	Stanton	1	0	1	0	0	0.638	73	80
154^th	Albert City	1	0	0	0	0	0.636	280	126
155^th	Whiting	1	0	1	0	0	0.633	264	109
156^th	Tabor	1	0	1	0	0	0.631	91	65
157^th	Cresco	1	1	1	0	1	0.629	214	57
158^th	Jackson Junction	1	0	1	0	0	0.628	145	13
159^th	Elgin	1	1	0	0	0	0.624	211	52
160^th	Lake City	0	0	1	0	0	0.624	260	100
161^st	Prairie City	1	1	0	0	0	0.621	134	27
162^nd	Nevada	1	1	1	0	0	0.62	130	32
163^rd	Sloan	1	0	1	0	0	0.615	219	56
164^th	Marion	8	5	2	0	1	0.614	150	14
165^th	Marcus	2	0	1	0	0	0.613	179	14
166^th	Altoona	4	0	0	0	0	0.613	153	13
167^th	Marengo	1	0	1	0	0	0.613	124	43
168^th	Urbandale	6	1	1	0	2	0.604	180	12
169^th	Sigourney	1	0	1	0	0	0.601	106	63
170^th	Dayton	1	0	0	0	0	0.601	66	104
171^st	Sidney	1	0	1	1	0	0.599	173	2
172^nd	Griswold	1	0	1	0	0	0.599	204	32
173^rd	Sioux Center	2	1	1	0	1	0.597	165	8
174^th	Lake Park	1	0	1	0	0	0.596	192	18
175^th	Spencer	3	1	1	0	2	0.596	160	15
176^th	Keosauqua	0	0	1	0	0	0.594	229	53
177^th	Mc Gregor	1	1	0	0	0	0.591	239	62
178^th	Brooklyn	1	0	1	0	0	0.59	174	4
179^th	Ames	6	1	1	0	2	0.59	177	2
180^th	Orient	1	0	1	0	0	0.589	319	139
181^st	Oakland	2	0	1	0	0	0.587	185	4
182^nd	Donnellson	1	1	1	0	0	0.585	148	34
183^rd	Monroe	1	0	1	0	0	0.583	126	57
184^th	North Liberty	5	1	1	0	2	0.582	142	42
185^th	West Des Moines	9	1	2	0	7	0.579	176	9
186^th	Iowa Falls	2	1	1	0	0	0.579	188	2
187^th	Tripoli	1	0	1	0	0	0.578	172	15
188^th	Andrew	1	0	0	0	0	0.576	193	5
189^th	Neola	1	1	1	0	0	0.575	178	11
190^th	Wellman	1	0	1	1	0	0.573	281	91
191^st	North English	1	0	1	0	0	0.573	189	2
192^nd	Rockwell	1	0	0	0	0	0.573	162	30
193^rd	Tiffin	2	1	1	0	0	0.569	144	49
194^th	Villisca	1	1	0	0	0	0.568	233	39
195^th	Indianola	4	1	1	0	1	0.567	167	28
196^th	Forest City	1	1	1	0	0	0.566	59	137
197^th	Mapleton	1	0	1	0	0	0.563	305	108
198^th	Allison	1	1	0	0	0	0.562	265	67
199^th	Malvern	0	0	1	0	0	0.554	58	141
200^th	West Burlington	1	0	1	0	0	0.554	206	6
201^st	Clive	2	1	0	0	0	0.553	151	50
202^nd	Winterset	1	2	1	0	0	0.552	152	50
203^rd	Sheffield	0	1	1	0	0	0.549	339	136
204^th	Bondurant	2	2	1	0	0	0.548	257	53
205^th	Garnavillo	1	0	0	0	0	0.548	136	69
206^th	Van Horne	1	1	1	0	0	0.547	228	22
207^th	Greene	1	0	1	0	0	0.538	226	19
208^th	Dunkerton	1	0	1	0	0	0.538	154	54
209^th	Elkader	1	0	1	0	0	0.532	277	68
210^th	Cherokee	1	1	1	0	0	0.528	201	9
211^th	Monticello	2	1	1	0	1	0.526	161	50
212^th	Schleswig	1	1	0	0	0	0.525	141	71
213^th	Denison	2	1	1	0	2	0.522	203	10
214^th	Eldora	1	0	1	0	0	0.522	269	55
215^th	Wilton	1	0	1	0	0	0.519	242	27
216^th	Onawa	1	1	1	0	0	0.518	267	51
217^th	Sumner	1	0	1	0	0	0.517	108	109
218^th	Carlisle	1	1	1	0	0	0.515	306	88
219^th	Packwood	1	0	1	0	1	0.509	171	48
220^th	West Union	1	0	1	0	0	0.509	132	88
221^st	Buffalo Center	1	1	1	0	0	0.509	246	25
222^nd	Colo	0	0	1	0	0	0.508	234	12
223^rd	Mondamin	1	0	1	0	0	0.507	255	32
224^th	Lake View	0	0	1	0	0	0.504	345	121
225^th	Clarinda	1	0	1	0	2	0.503	208	17
226^th	Sioux Rapids	1	1	1	0	0	0.502	166	60
227^th	Le Mars	3	1	2	0	1	0.5	183	44
228^th	Edgewood	0	0	1	0	0	0.496	273	45
229^th	Baxter	1	0	1	0	0	0.496	197	32
230^th	Primghar	1	0	0	0	0	0.496	212	18
231^st	Miles	1	0	0	0	0	0.494	324	93
232^nd	Greenfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.494	223	9
233^rd	Panora	1	1	1	0	0	0.493	191	42
234^th	Sac City	1	0	0	0	0	0.492	362	128
235^th	West Bend	1	1	1	0	0	0.487	164	71
236^th	Reinbeck	1	0	1	0	0	0.487	272	36
237^th	Lowden	1	0	0	0	0	0.487	195	42
238^th	Keota	1	0	1	0	0	0.485	331	93
239^th	Arlington	1	1	1	0	0	0.482	253	14
240^th	Elk Horn	1	0	2	0	0	0.481	290	50
241^st	Shenandoah	1	1	1	1	0	0.477	266	25
242^nd	Zearing	1	0	0	0	0	0.476	182	60
243^rd	Carroll	2	1	1	0	3	0.476	138	105
244^th	Stuart	1	0	1	0	0	0.473	221	23
245^th	Creston	2	1	1	0	2	0.472	251	6
246^th	Winthrop	1	1	1	0	0	0.472	237	9
247^th	Independence	3	0	1	0	2	0.472	159	88
248^th	Diagonal	1	0	1	0	0	0.471	374	126
249^th	Coralville	4	1	0	0	3	0.47	213	36
250^th	Pleasantville	1	1	1	0	0	0.467	187	63
251^st	Danville	1	0	1	0	0	0.465	200	51
252^nd	Nashua	1	0	1	0	0	0.461	157	95
253^rd	Latimer	1	0	0	0	1	0.452	358	105
254^th	Pleasant Hill	1	2	1	0	0	0.452	190	64
255^th	Buffalo	1	0	0	0	0	0.451	302	47
256^th	Holstein	1	0	1	0	0	0.45	364	108
257^th	Hawarden	1	1	1	0	0	0.447	271	14
258^th	Norway	1	1	0	0	0	0.445	117	141
259^th	Gilman	0	1	0	0	0	0.445	143	116
260^th	Ida Grove	1	0	1	0	0	0.443	209	51
261^st	Webster City	2	1	1	0	1	0.438	300	39
262^nd	West Branch	1	1	1	0	1	0.435	232	30
263^rd	Missouri Valley	1	1	1	0	0	0.433	259	4
264^th	Maxwell	0	0	1	0	0	0.427	318	54
265^th	Oxford Junction	1	0	0	0	0	0.425	328	63
266^th	Laurel	1	0	0	0	0	0.422	314	48
267^th	Atlantic	2	1	1	0	0	0.42	268	1
268^th	Northwood	1	0	1	0	0	0.42	149	119
269^th	Lone Tree	1	0	1	0	0	0.419	279	10
270^th	Bellevue	1	0	1	0	1	0.418	270
271^st	Riceville	1	0	1	0	0	0.417	224	47
272^nd	Murray	1	0	1	0	0	0.416	216	56
273^rd	Tipton	1	1	1	0	0	0.415	250	23
274^th	Ackley	2	0	1	0	0	0.412	146	128
275^th	Clarion	1	1	1	0	0	0.411	236	39
276^th	Hamburg	1	2	1	0	0	0.411	254	22
277^th	Boone	3	1	1	0	2	0.409	258	19
278^th	Hastings	1	0	0	0	0	0.406	337	59
279^th	Eddyville	1	0	1	0	0	0.403	308	29
280^th	Colfax	1	0	1	0	0	0.399	296	16
281^st	Hampton	2	1	1	0	0	0.394	263	18
282^nd	Camanche	1	1	1	0	0	0.393	249	33
283^rd	Belle Plaine	1	0	1	0	0	0.392	244	39
284^th	Clinton	4	1	1	0	1	0.384	288	4
285^th	Leon	2	0	1	0	1	0.384	275	10
286^th	Pocahontas	1	0	2	0	1	0.383	217	69
287^th	Le Grand	0	0	1	0	0	0.382	252	35
288^th	Newell	1	1	1	0	0	0.381	283	5
289^th	Wayland	0	0	1	0	0	0.378	186	103
290^th	Victor	1	0	1	0	0	0.378	230	60
291^st	Oskaloosa	1	1	2	0	1	0.376	301	10
292^nd	Charter Oak	1	1	0	0	0	0.375	343	51
293^rd	Fairfield	2	1	1	0	2	0.374	294	1
294^th	Kalona	1	1	0	0	3	0.371	276	18
295^th	Woodbine	1	0	1	0	0	0.364	286	9
296^th	Newton	4	1	2	0	1	0.348	295	1
297^th	Riverside	1	1	1	0	0	0.345	245	52
298^th	Wheatland	0	0	1	0	0	0.342	282	16
299^th	Durant	1	0	1	0	0	0.342	235	64
300^th	Douds	1	0	0	0	0	0.338	256	44
301^st	Iowa City	12	1	3	1	4	0.334	298	3
302^nd	Glidden	1	0	1	0	0	0.334	371	69
303^rd	Anamosa	1	1	1	0	1	0.332	247	56
304^th	Thornburg	1	0	1	0	0	0.332	243	61
305^th	Rockford	1	0	1	0	0	0.329	354	49
306^th	Dubuque	12	3	3	0	12	0.327	284	22
307^th	George	0	1	1	0	0	0.324	333	26
308^th	Bennett	1	0	0	0	0	0.323	334	26
309^th	Mount Pleasant	3	1	2	0	1	0.322	303	6
310^th	Burnside	0	1	0	0	0	0.32	274	36
311^th	Estherville	1	1	1	0	0	0.32	299	12
312^th	Corning	1	0	1	0	0	0.32	248	64
313^th	Bussey	1	0	1	0	0	0.319	375	62
314^th	Guttenberg	0	1	1	1	1	0.31	289	25
315^th	Moravia	1	0	1	0	0	0.308	262	53
316^th	Keokuk	2	1	1	0	2	0.306	304	12
317^th	Eldon	1	1	1	0	0	0.305	325	8
318^th	Dallas	1	0	0	0	0	0.3	307	11
319^th	Ruthven	1	0	1	0	0	0.3	349	30
320^th	Hiawatha	2	0	0	0	1	0.299	326	6
321^st	Council Bluffs	11	3	3	0	3	0.297	317	4
322^nd	Blakesburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.296	344	22
323^rd	New London	1	0	1	0	0	0.295	293	30
324^th	Massena	1	0	0	0	0	0.293	194	130
325^th	Chariton	2	1	1	0	0	0.291	316	9
326^th	Essex	1	0	1	0	0	0.289	111	215
327^th	Knoxville	2	1	2	0	0	0.288	338	11
328^th	Cedar Rapids	25	9	5	1	13	0.287	315	13
329^th	Jefferson	1	1	1	0	0	0.279	311	18
330^th	Garwin	0	0	1	0	0	0.277	287	43
331^st	Wapello	1	1	1	0	0	0.276	347	16
332^nd	Mason City	4	2	3	0	3	0.276	350	18
333^rd	Tama	1	0	1	1	0	0.274	363	30
334^th	Central City	1	0	1	0	0	0.271	310	24
335^th	Carson	1	0	0	0	0	0.269	309	26
336^th	Walcott	1	1	0	0	0	0.267	320	16
337^th	Graettinger	0	1	1	0	0	0.258	369	32
338^th	Sioux City	15	3	3	0	10	0.251	348	10
339^th	Columbus Junction	1	1	1	0	0	0.249	321	18
340^th	Winfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.248	340
341^st	Hubbard	0	1	0	0	0	0.246	330	11
342^nd	Muscatine	6	1	1	0	2	0.24	335	7
343^rd	Preston	0	0	1	0	0	0.237	372	29
344^th	Traer	1	0	1	0	0	0.237	357	13
345^th	Red Oak	1	0	1	0	0	0.234	329	16
346^th	Melcher	0	0	1	0	0	0.234	313	33
347^th	Bloomfield	1	1	2	0	0	0.234	360	13
348^th	Anita	1	1	2	0	0	0.233	332	16
349^th	Centerville	1	1	1	0	0	0.228	356	7
350^th	Lamoni	1	1	1	0	0	0.226	292	58
351^st	Wyoming	0	0	1	0	0	0.225	341	10
352^nd	Belmond	1	0	2	0	0	0.217	367	15
353^rd	Burlington	4	2	1	0	3	0.21	381	28
354^th	Charles City	3	1	2	0	1	0.209	327	27
355^th	Clarence	0	1	1	0	0	0.203	342	13
356^th	Fort Madison	2	1	1	0	1	0.199	336	20
357^th	Manson	0	0	1	0	0	0.199	351	6
358^th	Marshalltown	6	2	2	0	2	0.195	361	3
359^th	Ottumwa	7	1	2	1	2	0.192	353	6
360^th	Osceola	1	1	1	0	0	0.19	370	10
361^st	Correctionville	0	0	1	0	0	0.19	359	2
362^nd	Monona	1	0	1	0	0	0.189	323	39
363^rd	Washington	2	1	1	0	1	0.189	355	8
364^th	Maynard	1	0	2	0	0	0.187	291	73
365^th	Waterloo	10	3	3	0	7	0.183	365
366^th	Toledo	0	1	0	0	0	0.181	312	54
367^th	Gowrie	0	0	1	0	0	0.18	368	1
368^th	Eagle Grove	1	1	1	0	0	0.178	373	5
369^th	Humeston	1	0	1	0	0	0.176	297	72
370^th	Farmington	2	0	0	0	0	0.162	352	18
371^st	Evansdale	1	1	0	0	0	0.158	346	25
372^nd	Des Moines	42	11	7	1	14	0.149	377	5
373^rd	Moulton	1	0	1	0	0	0.144	366	7
374^th	Fort Dodge	5	1	1	0	5	0.135	384	10
375^th	Postville	1	0	1	0	0	0.132	379	4
376^th	Oelwein	2	1	1	1	1	0.125	376
377^th	Seymour	1	0	1	0	0	0.113	387	10
378^th	Carter Lake	1	0	0	0	0	0.106	389	11
379^th	Davenport	12	4	4	0	5	0.093	383	4
380^th	West Liberty	1	1	1	0	0	0.086	382	2
381^st	Laurens	1	0	0	0	0	0.086	227	154
382^nd	Maquoketa	2	1	1	0	1	0.08	378	4
383^rd	Union	0	1	1	0	0	0.059		(n/a)
384^th	Storm Lake	2	1	2	0	0	0.043	388	4
385^th	Hills	1	0	0	0	0	0.038	385

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