OSBORN HIGH

OSBORN HIGH operates as a minimally staffed secondary school in OSBORN, Missouri, one of the schools within OSBORN R-O. Current enrollment sits at 63 students spanning grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 501 students each, so OSBORN HIGH sits 87% below that benchmark.

OSBORN R-O comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 127 students; OSBORN HIGH is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, OSBORN HIGH shows that nearly all students (97%) are White. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, OSBORN HIGH has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. An estimated 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below DeKalb County's rate of about 34%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), OSBORN HIGH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.3%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (DeKalb County) logs that median household earnings sit near $69,826, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across DeKalb County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,028 students), OSBORN HIGH is one campus in the mix.

OSBORN ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, OSBORN HIGH comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.2%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 24%: 51 students in 2018 compared to 63 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged up from 86% to 97%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 6.2:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.