Sibley-Ocheyedan High School

Sibley-Ocheyedan High School is a tight-knit senior high in Sibley, Iowa, part of Sibley-Ocheyedan Comm School District. The school instructs 195 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 58% leaner than the state mean of about 468.

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

On demographics, Sibley-Ocheyedan High School lists that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment; the rest reads as 27% Hispanic, 4% Pacific Islander, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Sibley-Ocheyedan High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 48% of students at Sibley-Ocheyedan High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sibley-Ocheyedan High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.8%; this one delivers 77.1%.

In the area at large, census data for Osceola County shows median household earnings sit near $69,239, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Osceola County's 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 688 students), Sibley-Ocheyedan High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sibley-Ocheyedan Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Sibley-Ocheyedan High School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sibley-Ocheyedan High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 69.3%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Sibley-Ocheyedan High School's enrollment has contracted 19% since 2018, when it stood at 240 (now 195). The White share of enrollment decreased from 82% to 67% over that span.

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