Oswego Neosho Hgts Elem

Located at 12 Oregon, in Oswego, Kansas, Oswego Neosho Hgts Elem is a close-knit primary school that hosts 178 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Oswego. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Oswego Neosho Hgts Elem sits 43% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Oswego (479 students total), Oswego Neosho Hgts Elem accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Oswego Neosho Hgts Elem shows that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 14% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. Compared to Labette County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Oswego Neosho Hgts Elem reports 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Oswego Neosho Hgts Elem tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Labette County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Oswego Neosho Hgts Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.6%, the actual is 32.1%, a residual of -4.5 points.

Across the wider county, Labette County reports that median household income runs about $56,325, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Oswego Neosho Hgts Elem is one of 18 public schools in Labette County (combined enrollment of about 3,468 students).

The closest other public school is Oswego Junior-Senior High School, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Oswego Neosho Hgts Elem comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 30.3%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oswego Neosho Hgts Elem has ticked down 13%, going from 205 students in 2018 to 178 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 89% to 81%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

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