Summary:
Harper has one listed school, Harper Elementary, serving prekindergarten through grade 6 with 255 students in the Chaparral Schools district. Its 2025–26 results are mixed: students were more likely to meet standards in math than Kansas students overall, but less likely in ELA and science. The most important concern is science, where proficiency fell sharply year over year, from 56% to 34%.
With only one listed school, there is no school-to-school comparison for Harper; the clearest differences are among subjects. Math is the strongest result: 48% of students were proficient, 7 percentage points above the state’s 41%. ELA is the weakest relative result: 41% were proficient, 5 points below the state’s 46%; science was also below Kansas, at 34% versus 38%. Compared with the district, Harper was slightly higher in ELA and science and essentially level in math. Within the school, grade-level results varied: math was below the state in grade 3 but above it in grades 4–6, while ELA trailed in grades 3–5 and was slightly above the state in grade 6.
Recent changes reinforce the uneven picture: Harper’s science proficiency dropped 21 points from 2024–25, while math rose 3 points and ELA fell 8 points. SchoolDigger placed Harper in the 40th percentile in 2025–26, down from the 55th percentile in each of the prior two years. Chronic absenteeism was lower than comparison rates—10% at Harper, versus 13% districtwide and 18% statewide. The student-teacher ratio was 11.6 in 2024–25, and 63% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch; these figures provide context but do not explain test results.
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