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Iowa school safety

City and district rankings from federal incident data · 2021-22 collection

1,321SCHOOLS
686WITH TRUSTED DATA
21RANKED CITIES

Safest ranked cities in Iowa

Percentile is against all ranked U.S. cities (higher = safer). Only cities with ≥5 trustworthy-data schools are ranked. Home value is Zillow's ZHVI.

#CITYSAFETY PCTL SCHOOLSHOME VALUE
1Cedar Falls938 of 11$271,836
2Iowa City8311 of 17$305,697
3Marion789 of 15$281,616
4Ames748 of 8$307,551
5Des Moines4449 of 64$213,036
6Ankeny4016 of 17$342,159
7Bettendorf3912 of 12$342,223
8Burlington395 of 8$128,940
9Cedar Rapids3837 of 42$215,210
10Clinton306 of 6$135,842
11Waterloo2816 of 16$149,410
12Marshalltown239 of 10$180,382
13Johnston218 of 8$403,139
14Council Bluffs2016 of 17$231,391
15Fort Dodge206 of 7$133,231
16Muscatine138 of 9$195,474
17Sioux City1218 of 21$202,782
18Dubuque1111 of 18$253,886
19Waukee88 of 10$343,420
20Norwalk85 of 5$337,407
21Indianola25 of 6$317,949

Safest ranked districts

#DISTRICTSAFETY PCTL SCHOOLS
1North Scott Comm School District925 of 7
2Cedar Falls Comm School District918 of 11
3Davenport Comm School District885 of 30
4Iowa City Comm School District8215 of 29
5Linn-Mar Comm School District708 of 12
6Ames Comm School District688 of 8
7Pleasant Valley Comm School District678 of 8
8College Comm School District428 of 10
9Des Moines Independent Comm School District4246 of 59
10Ankeny Comm School District3616 of 17
11Burlington Comm School District355 of 8
12Cedar Rapids Comm School District3431 of 33
13Clinton Comm School District286 of 6
14Waterloo Comm School District2618 of 19
15Bettendorf Comm School District257 of 7
16Marshalltown Comm School District229 of 10
17Johnston Comm School District208 of 8
18Fort Dodge Comm School District186 of 7
19Council Bluffs Comm School District1815 of 15
20Muscatine Comm School District128 of 9
21Sioux City Comm School District1218 of 21
22Dubuque Comm School District1111 of 18
23Waukee Comm School District109 of 16
24Norwalk Comm School District85 of 5
25Indianola Comm School District25 of 6

Every Iowa city with schools

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Every Iowa school district

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