Iowa · Pipeline Atlas
Every Iowa high school feeding college sport.
547 schools tracked. 315 feeders.
Football is the engine, accounting for 58.3% of all college placements.
Schools tracked
547
Top sport
Football
How feeder tiers work
Tiers are percentile rankings across every U.S. high school for a given sport and college division, measured over the last 5 years.
Elite
Top 2% of U.S. high schools in this sport and division.
Strong
Top 10% (excluding elite schools).
Rising
Top 25% (excluding elite and strong schools).
Emerging
At least one verified placement in the 5-year window.
Football is ranked separately for FBS (top-level D1) and FCS (D1-AA). Every other sport uses a single D1 tier.
The Leaderboard
Top 25 Iowa feeders.
The top 25 out of 315 Iowa feeders, ranked by college roster volume over the last 5 years. Schools whose roster links we are still checking are left out. Visit the national index to search all 315 by name.
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Iowa high schools A to Z
Every Iowa high school with alumni on the college rosters we track.
A
- Abraham Lincoln High School
- Adm Senior High School
- Agwsr High School
- Ahstw High School
- Akron Westfield Senior High School
- Albia High School
- Alburnett Senior High School
- Algona High School
- Alta-Aurelia High School
- Ames High School
- Anamosa High School
- Ankeny Centennial High School
- Ankeny Christian Academy
- Ankeny High School
- Aplington-Parkersburg High School
- Atlantic High School
- Audubon Middle-High School
B
- Ballard High School
- Baxter High School
- Bcluw High School
- Beckman Catholic Jr-Sr High School
- Bedford High School
- Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School
- Bellevue High School
- Benton Community Senior High School
- Bettendorf High School
- Bishop Garrigan Campus
- Bishop Heelan Catholic High School
- Bondurant-Farrar High School
- Boone High School
- Boyden-Hull High School
- Boyer Valley Middle/High School
- Burlington Community High School
- Burlington Notre Dame Inc
C
- Cam High School
- Camanche High School
- Carlisle High School
- Carroll High School
- Cedar Falls High School
- Cedar Valley Christian School
- Center Point-Urbana High School
- Centerville High School
- Central Decatur Ms/HS High School
- Central Dewitt High School
- Central High School
- Central Lee High School
- Central Lyon Secondary School
- Chariton High School
- Charles City High School
- Clarinda High School
- Clayton Ridge High School
- Clear Creek Amana High School
- Clear Lake High School
- Clinton High School
- Colfax-Mingo Jr/Sr High School
- Colo-Nesco Middle/High School
- Columbus Community High School
- Coon Rapids-Bayard 6-12 Attendance Center
- Creston High School
- Crestwood High School
D
- Dallas Center Christian School
- Dallas Center-Grimes High School
- Danville Junior-Senior High School
- Davis County Community High School
- Decorah High School
- Denison High School
- Denver Senior High School
- Diagonal Junior-Senior High School
- Dike-New Hartford High School
- Dowling Catholic High School
- Dubuque Senior High School
- Dunkerton High School
E
- Eagle Grove High School
- Earlham Senior High School
- East Buchanan High School
- East High School (Des Moines)
- East High School (Sioux City)
- East High School (Waterloo)
- East Marshall Senior High School
- East Mills Jr/Sr High School
- East Sac County High School
- Easton Valley Junior High / High School
- Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High
- Edgewood-Colesburg High School
- Emmetsburg High School
- English Valleys Jr-Sr High School
- Estherville Lincoln Central High School
- Exiraelk Horn-Kimballton High School
F
G
- Gehlen Catholic School
- George Washington High School
- George-Little Rock Senior High School
- Gilbert High School
- Gladbrook-Reinbeck Jr. High & High School
- Glenwood Senior High School
- Glidden-Ralston Jr-Sr High School
- Graettinger-Terril High School
- Grand View Christian School
- Greene County High School
- Grinnell Community Senior High School
- Griswold Middle/High School
- Grundy Center High School
- Guthrie Center High School
H
- Hampton-Dumont High School
- Harlan High School
- Harris-Lake Park High School
- Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School
- Hempstead High School
- Hillcrest Academy
- Hinton High School
- Holmes Junior High School
- Holy Family Catholic Schools
- Holy Trinity Catholic Schools
- Hoover High School
- Hudson High School
- Humboldt High School
I
J
K
L
- Lake Mills Senior High School
- Lamoni High School
- Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School
- Le Mars High School
- Lenox High School
- Lewis Central Senior High School
- Liberty High School
- Lincoln High School
- Linn-Mar High School
- Lisbon Secondary
- Logan-Magnolia Jr-Sr High School
- Louisa-Muscatine Jr/Sr High School
- Lynnville-Sully High School
M
- Madrid High School
- Manson Northwest Webster Junior High/High School
- Maple Valley-Anthon Oto High School
- Maquoketa Community High School
- Maquoketa Valley Senior High School
- Marion High School
- Marquette Catholic Schools Pk-12
- Marshalltown High School
- Martensdale-St Marys Jr-Sr High School
- Mason City High School
- Mediapolis High School
- Meskwaki Settlement School
- Mfl Marmac HS
- Mid-Prairie High School
- Mmcru High School
- Moc-Floyd Valley High School
- Montezuma High School
- Mormon Trail Jr-Sr High School
- Morning Star Academy
- Moulton-Udell High School
- Mount Ayr High School
- Mount Pleasant High School
- Mount Vernon High School
- Mt Pleasant Christian School
- Muscatine High School
N
- Nevada High School
- New London Jr-Sr High School
- Newell-Fonda High School
- Newton Senior High School
- Nodaway Valley High School
- North Cedar Jr/Sr High School
- North Fayette Valley High School
- North High School (Davenport)
- North High School (Des Moines)
- North High School (Sioux City)
- North Iowa High School
- North Mahaska Jr-Sr High School
- North Polk High School
- North Scott High School
- North Tama High School
- North Union High School
- North-Linn Senior High School
- Northeast Iowa Montessori School
- Northwest High School
- Northwood-Kensett Middle/High School
- Norwalk Senior High School
O
P
R
S
- Saydel High School
- Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School
- Sheldon High School
- Shenandoah High School
- Sibley-Ocheyedan High School
- Sidney High School
- Sigourney Jr-Sr High Sch
- Sioux Center High School
- Sioux Central High School
- Solon High School
- South Central Calhoun High School
- South Hamilton Middle And High School
- South Hardin High School
- South O'Brien Secondary School
- South Page Senior High School
- South Tama County High School
- South Winneshiek High School
- Southeast Polk High School
- Southeast Valley High School
- Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School
- Spencer High School
- Spirit Lake High School
- Springville Secondary School
- St Albert Catholic
- St Ansgar High School
- St Lake/Ia Cntrl/Buena Vista Early College HS
- St Mary'S School
- Stanton High School
- Starmont High School
- Storm Lake High School
- Sumner-Fredericksburg HS
T
V
W
- Waco High School
- Wapello Senior High School
- Wapsie Valley High School
- Washington High School (Cherokee)
- Washington High School (Washington)
- Waterloo Christian School
- Waukee High School
- Waukon High School
- Waverly-Shell Rock Senior High School
- Wayne Community Jr-Sr High School
- Webster City High School
- West Bend-Mallard High School
- West Branch High School
- West Burlington Arnold Jr./Sr. High School
- West Central Valley High School
- West Delaware High School
- West Fork High School
- West Hancock High School
- West Harrison Middle School/High School
- West High School (Davenport)
- West High School (Sioux City)
- West High School (Waterloo)
- West Liberty High School
- West Lyon High School
- West Marshall High School
- West Monona High School
- West Senior High School
- West Sioux High School
- Western Dubuque High School
- Westwood High School
- Williamsburg Jr-Sr High School
- Wilton Jr-Sr High School
- Winfield-Mt Union Jr-Sr High School
- Winterset Senior High School
- Woodbine High School
- Woodbury Central High School
- Woodward Academy
- Woodward-Granger High School
Frequently asked
Iowa recruiting, answered.
Which Iowa high schools send the most athletes to college?
The leaderboard above shows the top 25 by volume. RawRecruit tracks 315 Iowa feeders. Search the national index to find any school in the database.
What sports drive Iowa's college pipeline?
Football leads with 58.3% of all placements, followed by Men's track & field at 14.4%. These numbers reflect verified roster placements at all college divisions, from FBS through JUCO, over a rolling 5-year window.
How are Iowa high schools ranked on RawRecruit?
Rankings are based on verified college roster placements. RawRecruit scrapes rosters from 1,900+ schools, cross-references each athlete's high school against the NCES federal database, and counts placements per school over a rolling 5-year window. Tier assignments (Elite, Strong, Rising, Emerging) are percentile-based within each sport and college division.
How do I get recruited from a Iowa high school?
Start by understanding which colleges already recruit from your area. The leaderboard above shows where Iowa athletes have landed. Then build your athletic profile, get your academic metrics in order, and reach out to coaches at programs that match your size, speed, and grades. RawRecruit's Fit Score matches you with programs based on 135+ data points per school.
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