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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSAGE CITY·NCES 201023001839

Osage City Middle School

420 S. 5th Street, Osage City, KS 66523 · (785) 528-3175 · Osage County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL134 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% of Kansas public middle schools
  • B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B+Beats 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 Kansas public middle schools

Enrollment
134
Middle
DISTRICT 231 · STATE 402
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
62 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 64332%
Grade 74634%
Grade 84534%
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 58% · US 70%
White
11787%
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
75%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 23% · US 30%
Asian
11%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
97%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
6750%
Female
6750%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Osage City Middle School→Osage City High
Feeds from
Osage City ElemPK–05
Based on grade levels within Osage City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + Exceeding
English Language Arts
50.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
52.7%
KS avg 38.8%

What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.

KAP results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2550.4%52.7%
2023-2425.8%45.6%
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Kansas 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 Kansas'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 Osage City Middle School

Osage City Middle School's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Osage City Middle School this school13446.3%39.6%
Kanopolis Middle
Kanopolis
14143.3%49.5%
Remington Middle School
Whitewater
15147.7%46.4%
Clifton-Clyde Middle School
Clifton
11645.7%36.2%
Marion Middle
Marion
11948.7%38.2%
Haven Middle School
Haven
11845.8%27.5%
Matched among Kansas middle 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 Osage City Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Kansas
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
39.6%#58 of 192
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
52.7%#32 of 192
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
50.4%#45 of 192
Enrollment
ranked largest first
134#188 of 225
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
46.3%#112 of 195
Ranked against other public middle 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 2024-25
Enrollment
134
-44 (-25%) vs 2020
-15% since 2010-11, when it was 157
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 17.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2513411.511.6:146% (62)
2023-2414711.712.6:148% (71)
2022-2314711.313.0:154% (80)
2020-211781017.8:149% (87)
2017-181581114.4:149% (78)
2015-161611114.6:156% (90)
2010-111571114.3:150% (79)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Osage City Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students down 15% (158 to 134); teachers up 5% (11 to 11.5).

About Osage City Middle School

Osage City, Kansas, is home to Osage City Middle School, a very small middle school. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 134 students. Across middle schools in Kansas, the average enrollment is about 402.

District-wide, Osage City has 3 schools and 692 students.

The share of White students at Osage City Middle School is 87%. The next largest groups are 7% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. A diversity index of 23% means there is a 23% chance two randomly chosen students at Osage City Middle School are from different groups.

Osage City Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1, with 11.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Kansas average 12.7:1. The school has 46% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Osage County is close, at 48%.

Osage City Middle School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 75% of Kansas public middle schools.

After adjusting for student poverty, Osage City Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 39.6%; the prediction is 40.0%.

In Osage County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $74,467 a year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Osage City Middle School, Osage County has 13 public schools.

A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Osage City High, is the closest to Osage City Middle School. Osage City Middle School has 2 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 34.0% proficiency; Osage City Middle School posts 39.6%.

Osage City Middle School has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.

The school shrank from 178 students in 2020-21 to 134 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 17.8:1 in 2020-21 to 11.6:1 in 2024-25.

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Osage County at a glance

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Population
15,744
Census ACS
Median income
$74,467
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
2,587 students

Quick facts

School name
Osage City Middle School
District
Osage City
Address
420 S. 5th Street, Osage City, KS 66523
Phone
(785) 528-3175
County
Osage County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
134
Teachers (FTE)
12
Student–teacher ratio
11.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
62 (46%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
201023001839
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Osage City Middle School
What is the total enrollment at Osage City Middle School?
Osage City Middle School enrolls approximately 134 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Osage City Middle School serve?
Osage City Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Osage City Middle School have?
Osage City Middle School employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
How diverse is Osage City Middle School?
Osage City Middle School reports a student body of 87% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Osage City Middle School?
Osage City Middle School is overseen by Osage City in Osage County.
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