Education
Lapel contains an elementary school, a junior high school, and a high school. A new high school building was finished in December 2007. Lapel schools are a part of the Frankton-Lapel School Corporation in central Madison County.
The high school has roughly 450 students and is part of the 2A IHSAA. Lapel High School is home of the 2005 IHSAA basketball state champions. Lapel varsity football won the 1A sectional championship in 2008. The girls varsity softball team won the sectional in 2009. It is a four-star school.
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