Oehrli Elementary School

Oehrli Elementary School is a moderately sized K-5 school in MONTAGUE, Michigan, overseen by Montague Area Public Schools. The school enrolls 436 students in grades 1 through 5.

Oehrli Elementary School is one of 4 schools operated by Montague Area Public Schools, a district that serves 1,247 students overall.

On demographics, Oehrli Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Beyond that, the school records 10% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 45% of students at Oehrli Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Muskegon County's rate of about 59%.

With demographic context factored in, Oehrli Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 46.2%; Oehrli Elementary School posts 34.0%, -12.1 points below that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Muskegon County) records that median household income runs about $65,024, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Muskegon County runs 71 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,245 students), of which Oehrli Elementary School is one.

Montague High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Oehrli Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Oehrli Elementary School at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 45.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oehrli Elementary School has edged down 16%, going from 518 students in 2018 to 436 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.