Summary:
Zip code 61450 has one school, La Harpe Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 8, with 181 students. Because it is the only school listed, there is no school-to-school comparison. The most important finding is that its latest all-grades results were below the state in both subjects: 51% in English language arts (ELA) versus 56% statewide, and 32% in math versus 40%.
La Harpe is both the area’s top- and bottom-ranked school by default; the more useful comparisons are with state results and across grades. The all-grades math gap was larger: 8 points, compared with 5 points in ELA. Yet reported grade-level ELA results were stronger: third grade scored 64% versus 48% statewide, a 16-point advantage, and fourth grade scored 75% versus 56%, a 19-point advantage. Third-grade math was nearly even at 50% versus 49.2%. Science results also differed by grade in 2024–2025: fifth grade was 3 points below the state, while eighth grade was 15 points above it.
Across the two supplied years, ELA lost ground relative to the state: in 2024–2025, results were nearly even at 52.9% for La Harpe and 53.1% statewide, but the gap widened to 5 points in 2025–2026. Math stayed about 8 points below the state in both years. Separately, SchoolDigger’s ranking improved from 1,104 of 2,067 schools (47th percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–2024 to 556 of 1,737 (68th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026. Chronic absenteeism was 12%, versus 24% statewide. Other context includes a 10.4 student-teacher ratio and 83% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; these figures do not establish why results differ.
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