Summary:
Zip code 66757 has three schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Heller Elementary (PK–3), North Lawn Elementary (K–6), and Neodesha High (grades 7–12), with 747 students combined. In the latest all-grades results, local schools averaged 39% in English, 39% in math, and 38% in science, compared with state results of 46%, 41%, and 38%, respectively. Results vary notably by subject and school, so there is no single school that leads across the board.
Heller Elementary led in English at 48%, 2 points above the state result, while North Lawn Elementary led in math at 48% and science at 43%—7 and 5 points above state results. Neodesha High was lowest in all three subjects: 28% in English, 32% in math, and 32% in science, respectively 18, 9, and 6 points below state results. The high school’s test results are a contrast with its completion measures: its graduation rate was 96%, above the state’s 90%, and its dropout rate was 1%, below the state’s 1%.
Overall, results moved closer to state levels from 2024–25 to 2025–26, but the improvement was not uniform: the average local gap narrowed from 9 points to 3, driven by gains in math and science, while the English gap widened slightly from 7 points to 7. SchoolDigger’s ranking percentile fell 19 points for Neodesha High (from 72 to 53) and rose 21 for North Lawn Elementary (from 23 to 44); their ratings shifted from four to three stars and one to two stars, respectively. The elementary schools have similar reported student–teacher ratios (12.6 at Heller Elementary and 12.2 at North Lawn Elementary) and free/reduced-lunch rates (58% and 58%), yet their strongest subjects differ. Chronic absenteeism was below the state rate at all three schools: 3% at Heller Elementary, 6% at North Lawn Elementary, and 9% at Neodesha High, compared with 18% statewide.
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