Photo: Billwhittaker · CC BY-SA 3.0Hills’s public schools
Iowa City Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Hills. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Iowa’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Hills’s schools, in brief
School by school
12 of Hills’s 26 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s 1,177 public schools. Wickham Elementary places highest (better than 98%); Kirkwood Elementary School lowest (2%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
20 elementary schools serve Hills, graded from D− to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then three middle schools and three high schools: Iowa City High School, West Senior High School and Liberty High School. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Hills, with each school’s own grade.
6th grade in Hills · depends on your address
Southeast Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 1,269 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Iowa City
Northwest Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 1,113 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Coralville
North Central Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 925 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in North Liberty
7th grade in Hills · depends on your address
Southeast Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 1,269 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Iowa City
Northwest Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 1,113 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Coralville
North Central Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 925 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in North Liberty
8th grade in Hills · depends on your address
Southeast Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 1,269 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Iowa City
Northwest Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 1,113 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Coralville
North Central Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 925 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in North Liberty
9th grade in Hills · depends on your address
Iowa City High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,666 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Iowa City
West Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,514 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Iowa City
Liberty High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,286 students · 17:1 students per teacher · in North Liberty
10th grade in Hills · depends on your address
Iowa City High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,666 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Iowa City
West Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,514 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Iowa City
Liberty High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,286 students · 17:1 students per teacher · in North Liberty
11th grade in Hills · depends on your address
Iowa City High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,666 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Iowa City
West Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,514 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Iowa City
Liberty High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,286 students · 17:1 students per teacher · in North Liberty
12th grade in Hills · depends on your address
Iowa City High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,666 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Iowa City
West Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,514 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Iowa City
Liberty High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,286 students · 17:1 students per teacher · in North Liberty
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Iowa City Community School District.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Above the state in reading
Hills vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Iowa towns that share Hills’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Hills | — | Iowa City |
Every school in Hills
26 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Iowa’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Hills’s schools
Are Hills’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Hills. Iowa City Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Hills. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 12 of its 26 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Hills in?
Iowa City Community School District.
Where do Hills kids go to high school?
One of three high schools, depending on your address: Iowa City High School, West Senior High School and Liberty High School.
Parents talk
What Hills families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Hills → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.