Osage High School

Osage High School operates as a compact 9-12 campus in Osage, Iowa, overseen by Osage Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 294 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 37% below the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 468 students.

Osage High School is one of 3 schools operated by Osage Comm School District, a district that hosts 988 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Osage High School reports that nearly all students (92%) are White. The remainder comes out to 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Osage High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 77.8%, the actual is 84.3%, a residual of +6.5 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Mitchell County shows median household earnings sit near $71,365, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Mitchell County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,631 students), of which Osage High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Osage Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Osage High School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 80.7%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Osage High School has stayed largely flat, going from 287 students in 2018 to 294 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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