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If you had an hour of school board time for FATIMA HIGH, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
426
High
DISTRICT 246 · STATE 501
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSAGE CO. R-III·NCES 293183002226
FATIMA HIGH
143 E MAIN, WESTPHALIA, MO 65085 · (573) 455-2550 · Osage County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL426 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 12.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
61 students
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
35.2%
MO avg 49.5% . -6.2pp since 2023
Source: MO DVT (Growth). 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
47.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
426
-43 (-9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.8:1
% White
98%
was 100%
% Hispanic
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About FATIMA HIGH
Located at 143 E MAIN, in WESTPHALIA, Missouri, FATIMA HIGH is a medium-sized secondary school that instructs 426 students (grades 7 through 12), run under OSAGE CO. R-III.
OSAGE CO. R-III comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 738 students; FATIMA HIGH is among them.
Looking at the student body, FATIMA HIGH records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (98%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, FATIMA HIGH has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 14% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Osage County's rate of about 32%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, FATIMA HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.0%, the actual is 47.0%, a residual of -4.0 points.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Osage County put the typical household earns roughly $76,681 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Osage County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,460 students), of which FATIMA HIGH is one.
The closest other public school is FATIMA ELEM., roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FATIMA HIGH ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 49.5%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FATIMA HIGH has decreased 9%, going from 469 students in 2018 to 426 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.
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Osage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
13,402
Census ACS
Median income
$76,681
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,460 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OSAGE CO. R-III
- FATIMA ELEM.Elementary · 256 students
- OSAGE CO. R-III PRESCHOOLElementary · 56 students
Other schools in WESTPHALIA
- FATIMA ELEM.Elementary · 256 students
- OSAGE CO. R-III PRESCHOOLElementary · 56 students
Nearby schools
- FATIMA ELEM.0.0 mi · 256
- OSAGE CO. R-III PRESCHOOL0.5 mi · 56
- LINN HIGH10.1 mi · 317
- OSAGE CO. ELEM.10.1 mi · 280
- BLAIR OAKS HIGH10.4 mi · 421
- BLAIR OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL10.4 mi · 290
Frequently asked questions
About FATIMA HIGHHow large is FATIMA HIGH?
FATIMA HIGH enrolls approximately 426 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does FATIMA HIGH serve?
FATIMA HIGH serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many teachers does FATIMA HIGH have?
FATIMA HIGH employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
How diverse is FATIMA HIGH?
FATIMA HIGH reports a student body of 98% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees FATIMA HIGH?
FATIMA HIGH is overseen by OSAGE CO. R-III in Osage County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.