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Ottumwa High School, Ottumwa, IA

CEP schoolOttumwa High School is a public high school in Ottumwa, part of Ottumwa Comm School District. It enrolled 910 students in 2024-25, with 16.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
910
Teachers (FTE)
54.0
Students per teacher
16.9
Grades
10 to 12

This school's ratio is 1.7 higher than the district figure of 15.2. The Iowa average across schools is 14.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.9
District15.2
Iowa14.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
501 E 2nd, Ottumwa, IA 52501
Phone
(641)683-4444
District
Ottumwa Comm School District
County
Wapello County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Town: Remote
NCES school ID
192211001322
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
313
Reduced-price lunch
27
Free or reduced-price lunch
34037.4% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Ottumwa Comm School District

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.