Onaway Senior High School

Onaway Senior High School is a small high school with its address in ONAWAY, Michigan. A total of 159 students attend the school, which covers grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Michigan is about 460 students, so this school is 65% smaller than average.

Onaway Senior High School is one of the 3 schools that make up Onaway Area Community School District (511 students in total).

White students make up 93% of enrollment at Onaway Senior High School. The next largest groups are 4% multiracial. The White share in Presque Isle County as a whole is similar, at about 95%. Pick two students at random and there is a 13% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Onaway Senior High School employs 8.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 19.4:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Michigan. Onaway Senior High School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 48%. On average, public schools in Presque Isle County report 58%.

Within Presque Isle County, the median household income is $59,321, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, Presque Isle County has 8 public schools and roughly 1,172 students.

The nearest other public school, Onaway Elementary School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 3 more public schools inside five miles.

The school's locale code, Rural: Remote, means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.

Over 4 years, Onaway Senior High School's enrollment declined 7%, to 159. By 2024-25, the school had 19.4 students per teacher, compared with 24.4 in 2020-21.

The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Onaway Senior High School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.