AuTrainOnota Public School

AuTrainOnota Public School is a primary school of rural-scale scale in DEERTON, Michigan, overseen by AuTrain-Onota Public Schools, enrolling 20 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so AuTrainOnota Public School sits 95% leaner than that benchmark.

Operationally, AuTrainOnota Public School answers to AuTrain-Onota Public Schools, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, AuTrainOnota Public School records that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Alger County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting AuTrainOnota Public School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Alger County's rate of about 49%.

In the broader community, census data for Alger County shows median household earnings sit near $61,286, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Alger County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 932 students), AuTrainOnota Public School is one campus in the mix.

Superior Central School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 9.0 miles from this campus.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. AuTrainOnota Public School's enrollment has shrank 52% since 2018, when it stood at 42 (now 20). The White share of enrollment edged down from 90% to 80% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 7.9:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.

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