Summary:
The 61450 zip code is home to a single school, La Harpe Elementary School, which serves grades PK-8 and has 190 students enrolled. The school is part of the La Harpe Central School District 347, which is ranked 478 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
La Harpe Elementary School faces several challenges, including a high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% and inconsistent academic performance. While the school's proficiency rates in ELA were generally higher than the state average in 2024-2025, its Math proficiency rates were lower across all grades. In the previous year, the school's proficiency rates in both ELA and Math were lower than the state average. Additionally, the school has an extremely high percentage of students (98.42%) eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among its student population.
Despite these challenges, La Harpe Elementary School spends more per student ($17,462) than the state average, and it has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 10.5 to 1. However, these factors do not appear to be translating into consistently strong academic results. The school's performance suggests the need for further investigation into its specific practices, resources, and strategies to support student learning and achievement.
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