Osseo Middle School

Osseo Middle School is one of the large middle schools in OSSEO, Minnesota, run under OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 1,128 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 128% bigger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 495 students.

Within OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 31 schools and 21,138 students, Osseo Middle School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Osseo Middle School logs that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 22% Black, 10% Asian, 9% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. By comparison, Hennepin County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.3:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 36% of students at Osseo Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Osseo Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.0%; this one delivers 44.3%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Hennepin County) logs that median household earnings sit near $97,653, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Hennepin County's 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), Osseo Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: OSSEO SENIOR HIGH, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Osseo Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Osseo Middle School's enrollment has increased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 1,043 (now 1,128). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.