High · Iowa
South O'Brien Secondary School
South O'Brien Secondary School, a public high school in Paullina, Iowa: grades 7–12, 241 students, 11.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of South O'Brien Comm School District.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 241
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.6
- Students per teacher
- 11.7
- Grades
- 7–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 76% of high schools in Iowa
Median 13.9 · 346 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 70% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 64% of high schools in Iowa
Median 295 · 351 schools compared
Smaller than 65% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Iowa's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Iowa: 73%87%proficient
−7.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 79% of high schools in Iowa
Median 79% · 119 high schools compared
75 students tested, grades 3–8 · ISASP; proficient means Levels 2-3
Math
Iowa: 73%89%proficient
−0.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 96% of high schools in Iowa
Median 75% · 119 high schools compared
75 students tested, grades 3–8 · ISASP; proficient means Levels 2-3
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 7–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Area
- Remote rural area
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with South O'Brien Comm School District.
Location
- Address
- 307 W Groesbeck, Paullina, IA 51046
- Phone
- (712)949-3454
- City or town
- Paullina
- County
- O'Brien County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9–12 | 213 | 14.2 | |
| 9–12 | 356 | 13.5 | |
| 9–12 | 366 | 13.0 | |
| 9–12 | 203 | 11.3 | |
| 9–12 | 486 | 14.1 | |
| 9–12 | 518 | 15.5 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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