Schools in Zip Code 66749

ZIP code 66749 has four schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Iola Elementary School, Iola Middle School, Iola Senior High, and Iola High School Virtual, which has no test-score results in the supplied data. The most important finding is that results vary considerably by school: elementary leads in ELA and math, while senior high has the lowest results in all three tested subjects.

Iola Elementary stands out in all-grades ELA, at 50%, and math, at 33%; these results are 27 and 11 percentage points above Iola Senior High, respectively, at 23% in ELA and 22% in math. Elementary ELA is also 4 points above the state result, though its math is 8 points below. Iola Middle leads in science at 41%, 3 points above the state and 18 points above senior high. Senior high is substantially below the state in all three subjects: by 23 points in ELA, 19 in math, and 15 in science.

Recent results show differing school trajectories. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, elementary ELA rose 3 points, while middle fell 1 and senior high fell 9; middle math rose 3 points. Across the three tested schools, the average ELA gap from the state widened from 6 to 10 points, and the math gap from 13 to 14, while science at elementary and middle moved from 6 points below the state to near even. SchoolDigger ranks elementary at the 31st percentile, middle at the 28th, and senior high at the 16th. Other reported indicators add context: senior high’s chronic absenteeism was 35%, compared with 18% statewide, and the tested schools’ free/reduced-lunch rates ranged from 55% to 62%, with student-teacher ratios from 9.3 to 12.2.