Enrollment
195
Middle
DISTRICT 204 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSAWATOMIE·NCES 201026000773
Osawatomie Middle School
428 Pacific, Osawatomie, KS 66064 · (913) 755-4155 · Miami County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL195 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Kansas public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
134 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 59 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 76 | 39% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 31% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 58% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Osawatomie Middle School→Osawatomie High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Osawatomie. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
29.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
28.8%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.8% | 28.8% |
| 2023-24 | 23.7% | 26.7% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Osawatomie Middle School
Osawatomie Middle School's state test result (29.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osawatomie Middle School this school | 195 | 68.7% | 29.7% |
| Galena Middle School Galena | 174 | 66.1% | 37.1% |
| Everest Middle Everest | 151 | 64.2% | 27.4% |
| Southeast Middle School Cherokee | 128 | 70.3% | 24.2% |
| Iola Middle School Iola | 238 | 61.8% | 23.1% |
| Galesburg Middle School Galesburg | 112 | 66.1% | 27.8% |
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 Osawatomie Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #111 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #133 of 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #148 of 192 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 195 | #163 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.7% | #46 of 195 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #30 of 98 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
195
-47 (-19%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 272
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 15.4 | 12.6:1 | 69% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 209 | 19.5 | 10.7:1 | 63% (132) |
| 2022-23 | 226 | 19.5 | 11.6:1 | 63% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 242 | 18 | 13.4:1 | 60% (145) |
| 2017-18 | 234 | 16 | 14.6:1 | 69% (161) |
| 2015-16 | 261 | 19 | 13.7:1 | 64% (166) |
| 2010-11 | 282 | 21 | 13.4:1 | 70% (197) |
| 2000-01 | 280 | 20 | 14.0:1 | 46% (130) |
| 1990-91 | 272 | 18 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Osawatomie Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (234 to 195); teachers down 4% (16 to 15.4).
About Osawatomie Middle School
Osawatomie Middle School, a small middle school, is located in Osawatomie, Kansas. The school counted 195 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. That is 51% below the average of about 402 students for middle schools in Kansas.
The district, Osawatomie, has 1,021 students enrolled across 5 schools.
The share of students at Osawatomie Middle School who are White is 82%. Other students are 8% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. By comparison, Miami County residents are about 90% White. A diversity index of 31% means there is a 31% chance two randomly chosen students at Osawatomie Middle School are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Osawatomie Middle School totals 15.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.6:1. The average for middle schools in Kansas is about 12.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Osawatomie Middle School is about 69%. Across public schools in Miami County, the average is 36%.
Osawatomie Middle School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 60% of Kansas public middle schools.
Compared with Kansas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Osawatomie Middle School's results are within a point of predicted: 29.7% against 29.3%.
Census data for Miami County show median household income comes to about $89,000, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 17 public schools in the county, enrolling about 6,529, Osawatomie Middle School among them.
Osawatomie Virtual School, about 0.9 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 4. Osawatomie Middle School is 5th of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Osawatomie Middle School has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
A 19% decline took enrollment from 242 in 2020-21 to 195 in 2024-25.
Osawatomie Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Miami County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,938
Census ACS
Median income
$89,000
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
6,529 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Osawatomie
- Trojan ElemElementary · 341 students
- Osawatomie HighHigh · 295 students
- Swenson Early Childhood Education CenterElementary · 172 students
- Osawatomie Virtual SchoolHigh · 18 students
Other schools in Osawatomie
- Trojan ElemElementary · 341 students
- Osawatomie HighHigh · 295 students
- Swenson Early Childhood Education CenterElementary · 172 students
- Osawatomie Virtual SchoolHigh · 18 students
Nearby schools
- Osawatomie Virtual School0.9 mi · 18
- Osawatomie High0.9 mi · 295
- Swenson Early Childhood Education Center1.6 mi · 172
- Trojan Elem1.6 mi · 341
- Paola Middle7.1 mi · 413
- Paola High7.2 mi · 567
Frequently asked questions
About Osawatomie Middle SchoolHow large is Osawatomie Middle School?
Osawatomie Middle School enrolls approximately 195 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Osawatomie Middle School serve?
Osawatomie Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Osawatomie Middle School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Osawatomie Middle School.
How diverse is Osawatomie Middle School?
Osawatomie Middle School reports a student body of 82% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Osawatomie Middle School public or private?
Osawatomie Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Osawatomie.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.