Enrollment
296
High
DISTRICT 159 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IOLA·NCES 200774000244
Iola Sr High
300 E Jackson, Iola, KS 66749 · (620) 365-4715 · Allen County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL296 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of Kansas public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
162 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 51%
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 65 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 80 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 75 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 76 | 26% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 58% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
Based on grade levels within Iola. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
31.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
22.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.6% | 22.4% |
| 2023-24 | 21.4% | 15.1% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. 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
22.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Kansas 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 Kansas'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 →
Schools most like Iola Sr High
Iola Sr High's state test result (22.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iola Sr High this school | 296 | 54.7% | 22.1% |
| Osawatomie High Osawatomie | 295 | 55.6% | 18.3% |
| Nickerson High Nickerson | 255 | 52.9% | 27.0% |
| Jayhawk-Linn High Mound City | 263 | 53.6% | 28.6% |
| Galena High Galena | 236 | 57.6% | 24.2% |
| Republic County Jr./Sr. High School Belleville | 245 | 52.2% | 29.8% |
Matched among Kansas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Iola Sr High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #200 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #215 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #187 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 296 | #127 of 332 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #44 of 172 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.3% | #105 of 172 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.7% | #70 of 263 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.1% | #3 of 100 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
296
-52 (-15%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 330
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 15.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 296 | 26.5 | 11.2:1 | 55% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 322 | 22 | 14.6:1 | 61% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 313 | 23.6 | 13.3:1 | 51% (159) |
| 2020-21 | 348 | 22 | 15.8:1 | 44% (152) |
| 2017-18 | 406 | 26.4 | 15.4:1 | 50% (204) |
| 2015-16 | 364 | 33 | 11.0:1 | 59% (213) |
| 2010-11 | 397 | 29 | 13.7:1 | 47% (188) |
| 2000-01 | 490 | 32 | 15.3:1 | 34% (166) |
| 1990-91 | 330 | 26 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Iola Sr High.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (406 to 296); teachers unchanged (26.4 to 26.5).
About Iola Sr High
Iola Sr High sits in Iola, Kansas, and is classified as a high school. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 296 students. Against the 410-student average for high schools in Kansas, enrollment here is 28% lower.
The 4 schools in Iola enroll 1,175 students altogether, Iola Sr High among them.
At Iola Sr High, White students make up 83% of the student body. The remaining students are 8% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Iola Sr High has a diversity index of 29%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Iola Sr High total 26.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.2:1. High schools in Kansas average about 11.9:1, a similar figure. The school counts 162 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 55%. That is close to the 57% average for public schools in Allen County.
The allk12 Grade for Iola Sr High is C. Compared with Kansas public high schools, the school scored higher than 26% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Iola Sr High's lunch-eligibility share in Kansas is predicted to score 36.0%. Iola Sr High scores 22.1%, 13.8 points below that line.
Allen County census figures show that median household income is about $60,689, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Iola Sr High is among the 11 public schools in Allen County.
Iola High School Virtual is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 3 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Iola Sr High ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Iola Sr High falls in the Town: Remote locale category, used for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
Iola Sr High saw enrollment fall 15% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.8:1 to 11.2:1 over the same years.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Allen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,483
Census ACS
Median income
$60,689
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
2,464 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Iola
- Iola Elementary SchoolElementary · 619 students
- Iola Middle SchoolMiddle · 238 students
- Iola High School VirtualHigh · 22 students
Other schools in Iola
- Iola Elementary SchoolElementary · 619 students
- Iola Middle SchoolMiddle · 238 students
- Iola High School VirtualHigh · 22 students
Nearby schools
- Iola High School Virtual0.0 mi · 22
- Iola Middle School0.2 mi · 238
- Iola Elementary School0.6 mi · 619
- Humboldt Elementary School7.8 mi · 342
- Humboldt Middle School8.0 mi · 144
- Humboldt High School8.0 mi · 176
Frequently asked questions
About Iola Sr HighHow large is Iola Sr High?
Iola Sr High enrolls approximately 296 students in grades 09-12.
Is Iola Sr High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Iola Sr High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Iola Sr High?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at Iola Sr High.
How diverse is Iola Sr High?
Iola Sr High reports a student body of 83% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Iola Sr High?
Iola Sr High is overseen by Iola in Allen County.
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