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Oswego Junior-Senior High School

1501 Tomahawk Trail, Oswego, KS 67356 · (620) 795-2125 · Labette County
GRADES 06–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL195 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Kansas 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 Kansas public high schools

Enrollment
195
High
DISTRICT 160 · STATE 410
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
136 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 51%
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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 62714%
Grade 72111%
Grade 83518%
Grade 93719%
Grade 103216%
Grade 112010%
Grade 122312%
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 58% · US 70%
White
16384%
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
116%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 23% · US 30%
Black
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 7% · US 15%
Two+
179%
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
9549%
Female
10051%

School pathway

Feeds from
Oswego Neosho Hgts ElemPK–05
Based on grade levels within Oswego. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + Exceeding
English Language Arts
39.1%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
30.0%
KS avg 38.8%

What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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
2024-2539.1%30.0%
2023-2435.2%16.3%
% 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
29.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
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 Oswego Junior-Senior High School

Oswego Junior-Senior High School's state test result (29.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Oswego Junior-Senior High School this school19569.7%29.6%
North East High
Arma
13371.4%15.6%
Cherryvale Sr / Middle School
Cherryvale
27766.1%27.8%
Herington High
Herington
14166.0%24.4%
Sedan High
Sedan
18264.3%19.4%
Eureka Jr/Sr High
Eureka
23464.1%32.6%
Matched among Kansas 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 Oswego Junior-Senior High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Kansas
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
29.6%#125 of 262
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
30.0%#167 of 262
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
39.1%#118 of 262
Enrollment
ranked largest first
195#175 of 332
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
69.7%#24 of 263
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 2024-25
Enrollment
195
+65 (+50%) vs 2020
+67% since 1990-91, when it was 117
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 7.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2519519.210.2:170% (136)
2023-24192209.6:166% (127)
2022-2319118.410.4:163% (121)
2020-21130187.2:158% (76)
2017-1814917.48.6:158% (87)
2015-16163N/AN/A53% (86)
2010-111431211.9:151% (73)
2000-011331310.2:129% (38)
1990-91117139.0:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oswego Junior-Senior High School.

Since 2017-18: students up 31% (149 to 195); teachers up 10% (17.4 to 19.2).

About Oswego Junior-Senior High School

Oswego, Kansas, is home to Oswego Junior-Senior High School, a small high school. Students in grades 6 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 195 students. The school's enrollment is 52% smaller than the 410 average for high schools in Kansas.

The district for Oswego Junior-Senior High School is Oswego, with 3 schools and 479 students.

White students make up 84% of enrollment at Oswego Junior-Senior High School. The remaining shares are 9% multiracial and 6% Hispanic. The White share in Labette County as a whole is similar, at about 84%. Pick two students at random and there is a 29% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Teachers at the school number 19.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.2:1. This ratio sits 1.7 below the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas. Roughly 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.

Measured against Kansas public high schools, Oswego Junior-Senior High School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

Oswego Junior-Senior High School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 29.6%, compared with a predicted 28.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Kansas schools on BeatsExpectations.

Labette County census figures show that the median household income is $56,325, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 18 public schools in Labette County, enrolling about 3,468 students in all.

The closest public school, Oswego Neosho Hgts Elem, is about 1.1 miles from Oswego Junior-Senior High School. A ten-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Oswego Junior-Senior High School is 5th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.

In the federal locale system, Oswego Junior-Senior High School is coded Rural: Remote, for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.

Federal data put enrollment at 130 in 2020-21 and 195 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 7.2:1 to 10.2:1.

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Labette County at a glance

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Population
19,869
Census ACS
Median income
$56,325
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
3,468 students

Quick facts

School name
Oswego Junior-Senior High School
District
Oswego
Address
1501 Tomahawk Trail, Oswego, KS 67356
Phone
(620) 795-2125
County
Labette County
Level
High
Grade range
06–12
Total enrollment
195
Teachers (FTE)
19
Student–teacher ratio
10.2:1
Free and reduced lunch
136 (70%)
Locale
43-Rural: Remote
NCES ID
201035001491
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Oswego Junior-Senior High School
How many students attend Oswego Junior-Senior High School?
Oswego Junior-Senior High School enrolls approximately 195 students in grades 06-12.
Is Oswego Junior-Senior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oswego Junior-Senior High School is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does Oswego Junior-Senior High School have?
Oswego Junior-Senior High School employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Oswego Junior-Senior High School?
Student demographics at Oswego Junior-Senior High School are roughly 84% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Two or more.
What district is Oswego Junior-Senior High School in?
Oswego Junior-Senior High School is part of Oswego.
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