Enrollment
195
High
DISTRICT 229 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIBLEY-OCHEYEDAN COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190001501487
Sibley-Ocheyedan High School
120 11th Ave NE, Sibley, IA 51249 · (712) 754-3601 · Osceola County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL195 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Iowa public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
94 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 55 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 44 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 56 | 29% |
| Grade 12 | 40 | 21% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
78.8%
IA avg 73.6% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
78.1%
IA avg 70.9% . +6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.8% | 78.1% |
| 2023-24 | 80.3% | 71.8% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
77.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Sibley-Ocheyedan High School
Sibley-Ocheyedan High School's state test result (77.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sibley-Ocheyedan High School this school | 195 | 48.2% | 77.1% |
| Boyden-Hull High School Hull | 253 | 44.3% | 76.6% |
| Estherville Lincoln Central High School Estherville | 359 | 47.1% | 62.2% |
| Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School Belmond | 297 | 51.9% | 68.4% |
| Lenox High School Lenox | 219 | 54.8% | 77.3% |
| Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School Hartley | 203 | 50.2% | 71.7% |
Matched among Iowa high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Sibley-Ocheyedan High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.1% | #101 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.1% | #71 of 314 ▲ 67 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #142 of 314 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 195 | #265 of 340 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.2% | #63 of 320 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #27 of 125 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
195
-61 (-24%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 271
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 13.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 195 | 17 | 11.5:1 | 48% (94) |
| 2023-24 | 208 | 17 | 12.3:1 | 45% (93) |
| 2022-23 | 227 | 19 | 12.0:1 | 43% (97) |
| 2020-21 | 256 | 19 | 13.5:1 | 45% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 240 | 19.7 | 12.2:1 | 42% (100) |
| 2015-16 | 233 | 18 | 12.9:1 | 33% (77) |
| 2010-11 | 234 | 20 | 11.7:1 | 23% (53) |
| 2000-01 | 331 | 21 | 15.8:1 | 18% (61) |
| 1990-91 | 271 | 20 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sibley-Ocheyedan High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (240 to 195); teachers down 14% (19.7 to 17).
About Sibley-Ocheyedan High School
Sibley-Ocheyedan High School is a low-enrollment high school in Iowa, with an address in Sibley. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 195 students. The typical figure for high schools in Iowa is about 468 students.
Sibley-Ocheyedan High School is one of the 3 schools that make up Sibley-Ocheyedan Comm School District (688 students in total).
White students account for 67% of enrollment at Sibley-Ocheyedan High School. Other students are 27% Hispanic, 4% Pacific Islander, and 3% multiracial. That is lower than the 86% White share among all Osceola County residents. By the diversity index, Sibley-Ocheyedan High School comes in at 48%.
Sibley-Ocheyedan High School employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 11.5:1. The average ratio among high schools in Iowa is 17.3:1, higher than at this school. Sibley-Ocheyedan High School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 48%.
The allk12 Grade for Sibley-Ocheyedan High School is A-. Compared with Iowa public high schools, the school scored higher than 82% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Sibley-Ocheyedan High School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 77.1% is 9.3 points above the 67.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
According to the American Community Survey, in Osceola County, median household income is about $69,239, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 3 public schools operate in Osceola County, serving about 688 students.
Nearest public school: Sibley-Ocheyedan Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Sibley-Ocheyedan High School holds 2 other public schools. Nearby schools average 69.3% on proficiency, and Sibley-Ocheyedan High School is above that at 77.1%.
The NCES locale for Sibley-Ocheyedan High School is Rural: Remote, which covers schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 195 was 24% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 256. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.5:1.
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Osceola County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
6,100
Census ACS
Median income
$69,239
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
3
688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sibley-Ocheyedan Comm School District
- Sibley Ocheyedan Elementary SchoolElementary · 308 students
- Sibley-Ocheyedan Middle SchoolMiddle · 185 students
Other schools in Sibley
- Sibley Ocheyedan Elementary SchoolElementary · 308 students
- Sibley-Ocheyedan Middle SchoolMiddle · 185 students
Nearby schools
- Sibley-Ocheyedan Middle School0.0 mi · 185
- Sibley Ocheyedan Elementary School0.3 mi · 308
- George-Little Rock Elementary School7.7 mi · 232
- George-Little Rock Senior High School13.7 mi · 102
- George-Little Rock Middle School13.7 mi · 61
- PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY14.9 mi · 690
Frequently asked questions
About Sibley-Ocheyedan High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sibley-Ocheyedan High School?
Sibley-Ocheyedan High School enrolls approximately 195 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Sibley-Ocheyedan High School serve?
Sibley-Ocheyedan High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Sibley-Ocheyedan High School?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at Sibley-Ocheyedan High School.
How diverse is Sibley-Ocheyedan High School?
Sibley-Ocheyedan High School reports a student body of 67% White, 27% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Is Sibley-Ocheyedan High School public or private?
Sibley-Ocheyedan High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sibley-Ocheyedan Comm School District.
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