WACO High School is in the top 10% in Iowa The Iowa School Report Card, a new systerm for determining how well a school is performing was recently released. The system has six possible ratings for each school, exceptional, high-performing, commendable, acceptable, needs improvement and priority. WACO High School received a High-Performing rating from the state.

The ratings are based on proficiency, college and career-ready growth, annual expected growth, closing achievement gap, graduation rate, attendance and staff retention.