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South O'brien Secondary School

Serves grades 7 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
307 W Groesbeck
Paullina, IA 51046
Phone
(712) 949-3454
District
SOUTH O'BRIEN COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
O'BRIEN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
257
Classroom Teachers
21

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Iowa

5

(10 is best)

Better than 49.8% of all IA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

South O'brien Secondary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

80 60 40 20 0
47%
68%
41%
72%
52%
64%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

100 80 60 40 20 0
69%
71%
80%
75%
58%
66%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 9

100 80 60 40 20 0
81%
65%
88%
72%
73%
59%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
82%
67%
90%
72%
73%
62%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

100 80 60 40 20 0
69%
64%
84%
69%
54%
60%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
12
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 37 14.4%
Grade 8 41 16.0%
Grade 9 45 17.5%
Grade 10 46 17.9%
Grade 11 48 18.7%
Grade 12 40 15.6%
Total 257 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 92.3% 94.1% 76.7%
Black 0.4% 0.4% 7.1%
Hispanic 7.3% 5.5% 12.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.0% 2.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 33.1% 35.3% 39.6%
Free lunch eligible 27.6% 29.6% 34.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.4% 5.6% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 4,194 3,200,517
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 14.3 57
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.9% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.2% 20.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 24.3% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.0% 24.4%
65 OR OLDER 23.6% 17.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 1,776 1,290,139
Single Parent Households With Children 5.9% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.3% 93.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 19.7% 30.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 7.0% 14.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.1% 18.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 23.6% 14.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.8% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.5% 15.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.9% 11.2%
$15,000 or less 7.0% 7.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,305 $4,448,745 54.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $212 $129,108 1.6%
Staff $849 $517,041 6.3%
General Administration $691 $420,819 5.1%
School Administration $660 $401,940 4.9%
Operation $1,084 $660,156 8.0%
Transportation $580 $353,220 4.3%
Other $232 $141,288 1.7%
Total Support $4,307 $2,622,963 31.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,874 $1,141,266 13.9%
Total Expenditures $13,486 $8,212,974 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,254 $3,706,502,521 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $439 $224,329,756 3.0%
Staff $576 $294,221,316 3.9%
General Administration $292 $149,044,777 2.0%
School Administration $659 $336,761,023 4.5%
Operation $1,023 $522,686,702 7.0%
Transportation $419 $214,147,817 2.9%
Other $319 $162,947,541 2.2%
Total Support $3,727 $1,904,099,046 25.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,668 $1,874,193,187 25.0%
Total Expenditures $14,649 $7,484,864,234 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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