Enrollment
174
High
DISTRICT 171 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRIS-LAKE PARK COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191614000967
Harris-Lake Park High School
905 South Market, Lake Park, IA 51347 · (712) 832-3809 · Dickinson County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL174 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
67 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
83.6%
IA avg 73.6% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
79.5%
IA avg 70.9% . +10.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
78.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.7%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
174
+2 (+1%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 11.4:1
% White
91%
was 95%
% Hispanic
7%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Harris-Lake Park High School
Harris-Lake Park High School is a 9-12 campus of minimally staffed scale in Lake Park, Iowa, overseen by Harris-Lake Park Comm School District, caters to 174 students in grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 468 students each, so Harris-Lake Park High School sits 63% leaner than that benchmark.
Within Harris-Lake Park Comm School District, which oversees 2 schools and 341 students, Harris-Lake Park High School is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Harris-Lake Park High School lists that nearly all students (91%) are White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic. Compared to Dickinson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Harris-Lake Park High School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 39% of students at Harris-Lake Park High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Dickinson County's rate of about 31%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Harris-Lake Park High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.7%; this one delivers 78.9%.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Dickinson County) logs that median household income runs about $75,432, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Dickinson County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,005 students), Harris-Lake Park High School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Harris-Lake Park Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Harris-Lake Park High School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 73.2%.
The campus sits in a countryside setting.
Five-year trend. Harris-Lake Park High School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 172 (now 174). Class-load math has tightened: from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 in 2025.
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Dickinson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,990
Census ACS
Median income
$75,432
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
3,005 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harris-Lake Park Comm School District
- Harris-Lake Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 167 students
Other schools in Lake Park
- Harris-Lake Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 167 students
Nearby schools
- Harris-Lake Park Elementary School0.7 mi · 167
- Spirit Lake High School11.3 mi · 393
- Spirit Lake Elementary School11.3 mi · 547
- Spirit Lake Middle School11.4 mi · 379
- Okoboji High School11.7 mi · 366
- Okoboji Middle School11.8 mi · 339
Frequently asked questions
About Harris-Lake Park High SchoolHow many students attend Harris-Lake Park High School?
Harris-Lake Park High School enrolls approximately 174 students in grades 06-12.
Is Harris-Lake Park High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Harris-Lake Park High School is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at Harris-Lake Park High School?
Approximately 9.5:1 students per teacher at Harris-Lake Park High School.
How diverse is Harris-Lake Park High School?
Harris-Lake Park High School reports a student body of 91% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Harris-Lake Park High School?
Harris-Lake Park High School is overseen by Harris-Lake Park Comm School District in Dickinson County.
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