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What's the one class at OSSEO SENIOR HIGH every student should take?
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Enrollment
2,289
High
DISTRICT 1,026 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272520001218
OSSEO SENIOR HIGH
317 2ND AVE NW, OSSEO, MN 55369 · (763) 391-8500 · Hennepin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,289 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of Minnesota 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.
- 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 Minnesota public high schools
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
117 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
1,169 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 48%
Community
5
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 549 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 585 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 612 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 543 | 24% |
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 60% · 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
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
49.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
26.6%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. 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
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.6%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Minnesota 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 Minnesota'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 OSSEO SENIOR HIGH
OSSEO SENIOR HIGH's state test result (39.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OSSEO SENIOR HIGH this school | 2,289 | 51.1% | 39.0% |
| Coon Rapids High School COON RAPIDS | 1,975 | 50.6% | 39.0% |
| ROSEVILLE AREA SENIOR HIGH ROSEVILLE | 2,276 | 45.6% | 36.2% |
| ROBBINSDALE ARMSTRONG SENIOR HIGH PLYMOUTH | 1,840 | 43.7% | 44.3% |
| Irondale Senior High NEW BRIGHTON | 1,812 | 45.3% | 40.8% |
| APOLLO SENIOR HIGH SAINT CLOUD | 1,264 | 61.8% | 24.0% |
Matched among Minnesota 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 OSSEO SENIOR HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #198 of 397 | #22 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #257 of 401 | #23 of 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #165 of 397 | #21 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,289 | #15 of 764 | #7 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #256 of 332 | #30 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.9% | #8 of 338 | #1 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.1% | #117 of 444 | #27 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.0% | #83 of 181 | #12 of 23 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
2,289
+687 (+43%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 1,925
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 2,289 | 117 | 19.6:1 | 51% (1,169) |
| 2023-24 | 2,249 | 115.3 | 19.5:1 | 58% (1,306) |
| 2022-23 | 2,280 | 104.2 | 21.9:1 | 55% (1,253) |
| 2020-21 | 1,602 | 92 | 17.4:1 | 33% (533) |
| 2017-18 | 2,080 | 107.3 | 19.4:1 | 48% (1,003) |
| 2015-16 | 1,918 | 96 | 20.0:1 | 48% (920) |
| 2010-11 | 1,599 | 81 | 19.7:1 | 37% (586) |
| 2000-01 | 1,598 | 86 | 18.6:1 | 14% (218) |
| 1990-91 | 1,925 | 107 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OSSEO SENIOR HIGH.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (2,080 to 2,289); teachers up 9% (107.3 to 117).
About OSSEO SENIOR HIGH
OSSEO SENIOR HIGH is a large high school in OSSEO, Minnesota, one of the schools in OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school had 2,289 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for high schools in Minnesota is about 371, so this school runs 517% bigger than that.
OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT is made up of 31 schools with 21,138 students in all.
At OSSEO SENIOR HIGH, the largest share of students is Black, at 37%. Next come 26% White, 16% Asian, 13% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. The county population is about 13% Black. OSSEO SENIOR HIGH's diversity index is 75%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 117 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 19.6:1. On average, high schools in Minnesota have 16.3:1, compared with 19.6:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 51% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for OSSEO SENIOR HIGH is B+. Compared with Minnesota public high schools, the school scored higher than 67% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at OSSEO SENIOR HIGH are 1.4 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (39.0% actual, 37.6% predicted).
Census estimates describe Hennepin County this way: the median household income is $97,653, about 54% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. In all, Hennepin County has 496 public schools and roughly 177,509 students.
The shortest distance from OSSEO SENIOR HIGH to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Osseo Middle School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. OSSEO SENIOR HIGH places 5th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 1,602 to 2,289. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.6:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MAPLE GROVE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,453 students
- PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOLHigh · 2,061 students
- Maple Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,598 students
- Osseo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,128 students
- FERNBROOK ELEMENTARYElementary · 952 students
- Brooklyn Middle STEAM SchoolMiddle · 931 students
Other schools in OSSEO
- Osseo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,128 students
- Osseo Education CenterHigh · 99 students
Nearby schools
- Osseo Middle School0.3 mi · 1,128
- Noble Academy Middle School0.5 mi · 138
- Noble Academy Elementary0.5 mi · 395
- Osseo Education Center0.6 mi · 99
- ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 565
- Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric1.1 mi · 258
Frequently asked questions
About OSSEO SENIOR HIGHHow many students attend OSSEO SENIOR HIGH?
OSSEO SENIOR HIGH enrolls approximately 2,289 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does OSSEO SENIOR HIGH serve?
OSSEO SENIOR HIGH serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at OSSEO SENIOR HIGH?
The student-to-teacher ratio at OSSEO SENIOR HIGH is approximately 19.6:1 (117 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at OSSEO SENIOR HIGH?
At OSSEO SENIOR HIGH, the student body is approximately 26% White, 13% Hispanic, 37% Black, 16% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is OSSEO SENIOR HIGH public or private?
OSSEO SENIOR HIGH is a public K-12 school, overseen by OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.