Iola’s public schools beat 61% of Pennsylvania districts
The public schools Iola’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 61% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation.
How Iola compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Pennsylvania’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Pennsylvania only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Iola.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
How students score
Iola vs. its neighbors
Iola’s schools rank 1st of 4 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Pennsylvania districts.
Every school in Iola
0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Parents talk
What Iola families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Iola
There’s no college in Iola, but 10 are within 30 miles. The closest is Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania in Bloomsburg, 9.7 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Iola. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Pennsylvania. Stars are from neighbors.