Enrollment
294
Combined
STATE 281
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ONEKAMA CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS·NCES 262649006294
Onekama Consolidated Schools
5016 MAIN ST, ONEKAMA, MI 49675 · (231) 889-5521 · Manistee County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Michigan public K-12 schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
21 FTE teachers
STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
111 students
STATE 55%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 15 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 19 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 19 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 22 | 7% |
| Grade 10 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 11 | 28 | 10% |
| Grade 12 | 24 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (15) is 48% smaller than its 8th grade class (29).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
63.6%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
60.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.6%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 50% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Michigan's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Onekama Consolidated Schools
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onekama Consolidated Schools this school | 294 | 37.8% | 64.0% |
| Stephenson Area Public School STEPHENSON | 380 | 35.8% | 51.3% |
| Britton Deerfield SchoolsBritton Building BRITTON | 208 | 37.5% | N/A |
| WakefieldMarenisco School WAKEFIELD | 236 | 44.1% | N/A |
| Pentwater Public School PENTWATER | 226 | 33.6% | 53.1% |
| TriTownship School RAPID RIVER | 243 | 45.7% | N/A |
Matched among Michigan K-12 schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Onekama Consolidated Schools ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #3 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #3 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #2 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #34 of 200 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #32 of 61 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.4% | #40 of 61 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.8% | #91 of 102 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.7% | #5 of 41 |
Ranked against other public K-12 schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
294
-32 (-10%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 210
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 18.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 294 | 20.8 | 14.2:1 | 38% (111) |
| 2023-24 | 281 | 20.1 | 14.0:1 | 51% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 304 | 18.9 | 16.1:1 | 55% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 326 | 18 | 18.1:1 | 52% (168) |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 23.5 | 18.6:1 | 53% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 428 | 22 | 19.4:1 | 48% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 221 | 10 | 22.1:1 | 36% (80) |
| 2000-01 | 294 | 19 | 15.5:1 | 41% (120) |
| 1990-91 | 210 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Onekama Consolidated Schools.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (437 to 294); teachers down 12% (23.5 to 20.8).
About Onekama Consolidated Schools
Onekama Consolidated Schools is a medium-sized combined-grade school in ONEKAMA, Michigan, administered by Onekama Consolidated Schools. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 12, with 294 students enrolled.
In federal data, the district for Onekama Consolidated Schools is the school itself.
The large majority of students at Onekama Consolidated Schools, 92%, are White. Other reported shares: 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is close to the 89% White share among all Manistee County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Onekama Consolidated Schools belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 15%.
Staffing totals 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.2:1. For comparison, combined schools in Michigan average 17.3:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 38%. The 67% average for public schools in Manistee County is 29 points higher.
allk12 grades Onekama Consolidated Schools an A. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public K-12 schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Michigan with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 49.6%. Onekama Consolidated Schools posts 64.0%, 14.4 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Within Manistee County, median household income is about $63,516, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Manistee County number 14 and enroll about 6,511.
Bear Lake Elementary School is the public school closest to Onekama Consolidated Schools, about 4.7 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools.
Onekama Consolidated Schools has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Onekama Consolidated Schools went from 326 students to 294. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 18.1:1 to 14.2:1.
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Manistee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,350
Census ACS
Median income
$63,516
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
6,511 students
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Nearby schools
- Bear Lake Elementary School4.7 mi · 147
- Bear Lake High School4.7 mi · 133
- Manistee ISD Center Programs7.8 mi · 46
- Brethren Middle School9.9 mi · 85
- KND Elementary9.9 mi · 289
- Brethren High School9.9 mi · 140
Frequently asked questions
About Onekama Consolidated SchoolsHow large is Onekama Consolidated Schools?
Onekama Consolidated Schools enrolls approximately 294 students in grades KG-12.
What grades does Onekama Consolidated Schools serve?
Onekama Consolidated Schools serves grades KG-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Onekama Consolidated Schools?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Onekama Consolidated Schools is approximately 14.2:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Onekama Consolidated Schools?
At Onekama Consolidated Schools, the student body is approximately 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Onekama Consolidated Schools?
Onekama Consolidated Schools is overseen by Onekama Consolidated Schools in Manistee County.
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