Summary:
The Oswego school district in Kansas consists of three schools: Oswego Junior-Senior High School, Oswego Neosho Heights Elementary, and Service Valley Charter Academy. The district faces several challenges, including declining performance at the high school level, consistently low performance at the elementary level, high chronic absenteeism rates, and socioeconomic factors that may be impacting student success.
Oswego Junior-Senior High School has seen a steady decline in its statewide ranking, dropping from 69th out of 327 Kansas high schools in 2022-2023 to 131st out of 332 in 2024-2025. However, the school has maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating it is still performing better than average. The school has a relatively high 4-year graduation rate of 89.5% and a low dropout rate of 1.3%, but test scores are mixed, with 10th-grade students performing above the state average in ELA but below average in math.
In contrast, both Oswego Neosho Heights Elementary and Service Valley Charter Academy have consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Kansas elementary schools, with 1-star ratings from SchoolDigger. Test scores at these schools are significantly below the state average in both ELA and math across all grade levels, and they both have high chronic absenteeism rates of 19.5%. These findings suggest a need for significant improvement in the elementary education system in Oswego.
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