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South O'Brien Secondary School
307 W Groesbeck, Paullina, IA 51046
Grades
7–12
High
Students
241
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
11.7 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
South O'Brien Comm School District
O'Brien County
Schola Grade C · Average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 331 Iowa high schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other Iowa high schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About South O'Brien Secondary School
South O'Brien Secondary School is a public high school in Paullina, Iowa, serving grades 7–12. It is part of South O'Brien Comm School District. The school is located in a remote rural area in O'Brien County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 241 students were enrolled, with about 11.7 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical Iowa high school (13.8 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is C (average), compared with 331 Iowa high schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 7–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 7–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 241 students
- Students per teacher
- 11.7 to 1
- AP courses offered
- 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Virtual learning
- Offers virtual courses
- Locale
- Rural — Remote
- School district
- South O'Brien Comm School District
- County
- O'Brien County
- NCES school ID
- 190002601341
Schools near South O'Brien Secondary School
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Washington High School
Public · Grades 9–12 · 366 students
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School
Public · Grades 9–12 · 203 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.