Summary:
ZIP code 66523 has three public schools in Osage City, serving preschool through grade 12: Osage City Elementary (340 students), Osage City Middle School (134), and Osage City High (218). The clearest takeaway is that results differ sharply by subject: elementary science proficiency is 75%, compared with 27% in math, while area-wide ELA averages 39% versus 46% statewide.
Osage City Middle School is the strongest all-around test-score performer, leading in ELA (46%) and math (53%) and exceeding state rates in all three subjects; its science rate is 49% versus 38% statewide, while ELA is essentially level with the state. Osage City Elementary stands out in science at 75%, 37 percentage points above the state, but its math rate is 27%, 14 points below the state, and ELA is 40%, 6 points below. Osage City High is second in math at 53%, close to the middle school, but has the lowest ELA (30%, 16 points below the state) and science (33%, 6 points below).
Recent changes are mixed: middle-school ELA fell 4 points while math rose 1 and science rose 13; high-school math gained 12 points, but ELA dropped 17. Across the three schools, average ELA fell 10 points year over year, math was nearly unchanged, and comparable elementary and middle-school science results rose 9 points. SchoolDigger ranks the middle school 84th of 368, at the 77th percentile with four stars; the high school is at the 56th percentile with three stars, and the elementary school at the 30th percentile with two stars. Student-teacher ratios range from 11.3 at the high school to 13.5 at the elementary school; free/reduced-lunch rates range from 39% to 59%, respectively—figures that provide context but do not explain score differences.
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