The Iowa AP Index for the Top 50 Schools
(Based on 2004 AP exam data)
| Rank |
School |
City |
Grads |
Exams |
Index |
| 1 |
Regina Jr Sr High School |
Iowa City |
60 |
117 |
1.95 |
| 2 |
George Washington High School |
Cedar Rapids |
333 |
480 |
1.44 |
| 3 |
John F Kennedy High School |
Cedar Rapids |
377 |
395 |
1.05 |
| 4 |
West Senior High School |
Iowa City |
377 |
381 |
1.01 |
| 5 |
Norwalk Senior High School |
Norwalk |
126 |
120 |
0.95 |
| 6 |
East Buchanan High School |
Winthrop |
46 |
41 |
0.89 |
| 7 |
Ames High School |
Ames |
376 |
281 |
0.75 |
| 8 |
Hempstead High School |
Dubuque |
356 |
251 |
0.71 |
| 9 |
Spencer High School |
Spencer |
155 |
93 |
0.60 |
| 10 |
Kuemper High School |
Carroll |
112 |
67 |
0.60 |
| 11 |
BCLUW High School |
Conrad |
39 |
23 |
0.59 |
| 12 |
Dowling Catholic High School |
West Des Moines |
297 |
174 |
0.59 |
| 13 |
Muscatine High School |
Muscatine |
305 |
178 |
0.58 |
| 14 |
Roosevelt High School |
Des Moines |
351 |
201 |
0.57 |
| 15 |
Mid-Prairie High School |
Wellman |
78 |
43 |
0.55 |
| 16 |
Pleasant Valley High School |
Riverdale |
254 |
138 |
0.54 |
| 17 |
Bettendorf High School |
Bettendorf |
337 |
183 |
0.54 |
| 18 |
Lisbon High School |
Lisbon |
36 |
19 |
0.53 |
| 19 |
Ankeny High School |
Ankeny |
386 |
201 |
0.52 |
| 20 |
West Liberty High School |
West Liberty |
73 |
38 |
0.52 |
| 21 |
Cedar Falls High School |
Cedar Falls |
394 |
205 |
0.52 |
| 22 |
Sheffield-Chapin High School |
Sheffield |
50 |
26 |
0.52 |
| 23 |
Johnston Senior High School |
Johnston |
264 |
137 |
0.52 |
| 24 |
Xavier High School |
Cedar Rapids |
184 |
95 |
0.52 |
| 25 |
Dubuque Wahlert High School |
Dubuque |
184 |
89 |
0.48 |
| 26 |
Dubuque Senior High School |
Dubuque |
314 |
151 |
0.48 |
| 27 |
Linn-Mar High School |
Marion |
300 |
144 |
0.48 |
| 28 |
Columbus High School |
Waterloo |
84 |
40 |
0.48 |
| 29 |
Iowa City High School |
Iowa City |
330 |
151 |
0.46 |
| 30 |
West Bend-Mallard High School |
West Bend |
44 |
20 |
4.45 |
| 31 |
Walnut Ridge Baptist School |
Waterloo |
18 |
8 |
0.44 |
| 32 |
West High School |
Waterloo |
338 |
147 |
0.43 |
| 33 |
Red Oak High School |
Red Oak |
86 |
37 |
0.43 |
| 34 |
Prince of Peace College Prep |
Clinton |
17 |
7 |
0.41 |
| 35 |
Oskaloosa High School |
Oskaloosa |
196 |
80 |
0.41 |
| 36 |
Nevada High School |
Nevada |
102 |
39 |
0.38 |
| 37 |
Villisca Comm High School |
Villisca |
25 |
9 |
0.36 |
| 38 |
Montezuma High School |
Montezuma |
39 |
14 |
0.36 |
| 39 |
West Monona High School |
Onawa |
40 |
14 |
0.35 |
| 40 |
Urbandale High School |
Urbandale |
306 |
107 |
0.35 |
| 41 |
Bedford High School |
Bedford |
50 |
17 |
0.34 |
| 42 |
St Ansgar High School |
St. Ansgar |
59 |
20 |
0.34 |
| 43 |
Marshalltown High School |
Marshalltown |
326 |
110 |
0.34 |
| 44 |
Ft Madison (Aquinas) Catholic |
Ft. Madison |
24 |
8 |
0.33 |
| 45 |
Assumption High School |
Davenport |
109 |
36 |
0.33 |
| 46 |
Tipton High School |
Tipton |
62 |
20 |
0.32 |
| 47 |
Clarke Comm High School |
Osceola |
95 |
30 |
0.32 |
| 48 |
Moc-Floyd Valley High School |
Orange City |
98 |
30 |
0.31 |
| 49 |
Winterset Senior High School |
Winterset |
125 |
38 |
0.30 |
| 50 |
West Des Moines Valley High
School |
West Des Moines |
588 |
177 |
0.30 |