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Aerial View of La Harpe Kansas 09-04-2013Photo: Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0
Schools in La Harpe

La Harpe’s public schools

Iola Unified School District 257 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for La Harpe. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools above Kansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Kansas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
25%
2021–22
Math proficiency
20%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.7K
▼ 2% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.4
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,153 students on the public path
In brief

La Harpe’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of La Harpe’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Iola Sr High places highest (better than 31%); Iola Middle School lowest (18%). 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 La Harpe, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Iola Elementary Schoolin IolaNo scores
6–8Iola Middle Schoolin IolaC−
9–12Iola Sr Highin IolaC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Iola Unified School District 257.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Iola Unified School District 257Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,175 students, down 3% since 2022–23 · 11.4 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$14,661KS $14,966 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading25%
State average 32.5% · 559 students tested
Math20%
State average 29.4% · 556 students tested

La Harpe vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Kansas towns that share La Harpe’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
La Harpe—Iola Unified School District 257

Every school in La Harpe

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Kansas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving La Harpein other towns
Iola Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Iola
619 students12:1Rate it →
Iola Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Iola
C−
238 students9:1Rate it →
Iola Sr High
High · Grades 9–12 · Iola
C
296 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about La Harpe’s schools

Are La Harpe’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for La Harpe. Iola Unified School District 257 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for La Harpe. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is La Harpe in?

Iola Unified School District 257.

Where do La Harpe kids go to high school?

Iola Sr High.

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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.