Neodesha

Neodesha has three schools: Heller Elementary serves pre-K through grade 3, North Lawn Elementary serves kindergarten through grade 6, and Neodesha High serves grades 7–12. Their reported results vary by school and grade, while attendance is a bright spot: chronic absenteeism is lower at each school than the statewide rate of 18%. The clearest area-wide academic concern is ELA: the schools’ average is 39%, compared with 46% statewide, a 7-point shortfall.

In the reported all-grades results, Heller leads in ELA at 48%, about 2 points above the state; North Lawn leads in math at 48%, 7 points above, and science at 43%, 5 points above. Neodesha High is lowest across all three subjects: 28% in ELA, 32% in math, and 32% in science—18, 9, and 6 points below the respective state figures. Grade-level results at the high school show a notable split: 11th-grade science is 44%, 14 points above the state, while 8th-grade science is 22%, 17 points below. Because the schools serve different grades, their all-grades figures are not like-for-like school comparisons.

From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the average ELA gap with the state was essentially unchanged; the math gap narrowed by 6 points and the science gap by 16 points. SchoolDigger’s high-school ranking fell from the 72nd percentile to the 53rd over three years, while North Lawn’s rose from the 23rd to the 44th percentile. Chronic absenteeism is 3% at Heller, 6% at North Lawn, and 9% at Neodesha High, versus 18% statewide. Student-teacher ratios range from 10.5 at the high school to 12.6 at Heller; free/reduced-lunch rates are 48% at the high school and about 58% at each elementary school. These are useful context for families, not explanations for test results.