Sibley-Ocheyedan Middle School

Sibley-Ocheyedan Middle School is one of the cozy junior highs in Sibley, Iowa, part of Sibley-Ocheyedan Comm School District, with 185 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 54% leaner than the state mean of about 400.

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

Demographically, Sibley-Ocheyedan Middle School reports that White students make up the majority at 66%; the rest is composed of 26% Hispanic, 4% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sibley-Ocheyedan Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.8%, the actual is 74.4%, a residual of +7.6 points.

In the surrounding community, Osceola County reports that median household income runs about $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 Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sibley-Ocheyedan High School, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sibley-Ocheyedan Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 69.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Sibley-Ocheyedan Middle School's enrollment has contracted 27% since 2018, when it stood at 252 (now 185). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 80% to 66%. Class-load math has fell: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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