Students
Enrollment during the fall quarter of the 2004–2005 school year was 1541 students. 90% of the student body is white, 7% is Hispanic, 2% is Asian, 1% is African American, and less than 1% is of another descent.
10% of the student body qualifies for a special education program, while just over 37% of the student body speaks English as a second language. 6% of all graduates completed four years of English/language arts study and three years of either mathematics, science, or social studies in 2004–2005.
Ottumwa High School enrolls around twenty foreign exchange students each year.
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