Sibley Ocheyedan Elementary School

As a reasonably sized primary school in Sibley, Iowa, Sibley Ocheyedan Elementary School instructs 308 students from grades pre-K through 4, operated by Sibley-Ocheyedan Comm School District.

Across the 3 schools in Sibley-Ocheyedan Comm School District (688 students total), Sibley Ocheyedan Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Sibley Ocheyedan Elementary School shows that 63% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 25% Hispanic, 10% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Osceola County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Sibley Ocheyedan Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Iowa public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 63.9%; Sibley Ocheyedan Elementary School posts 77.8%, +13.9 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Osceola County shows the typical household earns roughly $69,239 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Osceola County's 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 688 students), Sibley Ocheyedan Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Sibley-Ocheyedan High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sibley Ocheyedan Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 76.1%.

Sibley Ocheyedan Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sibley Ocheyedan Elementary School has contracted 8%, going from 334 students in 2018 to 308 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 79% to 63%.

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