Onaway Middle School

Onaway Middle School is an intermediate school of rural-scale scale in ONAWAY, Michigan, run under Onaway Area Community School District, enrolling 106 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 502 students each, so Onaway Middle School sits 79% leaner than that benchmark.

Onaway Middle School is one of 3 schools operated by Onaway Area Community School District, a district that educates 511 students overall.

Demographically, Onaway Middle School shows that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 3% Hispanic. Compared to Presque Isle County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Onaway Middle School has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, Presque Isle County reports that the typical household earns roughly $59,321 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Onaway Middle School is one of 8 public schools in Presque Isle County (combined enrollment of about 1,172 students).

The closest other public school is Onaway Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Onaway Middle School's enrollment has shrank 24% since 2018, when it stood at 140 (now 106). The White share of enrollment ticked up from 92% to 96% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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