OwendaleGagetown JrSr High School

OwendaleGagetown JrSr High School is an one-room-style 9-12 campus in OWENDALE, Michigan, operated by Owendale-Gagetown Area School District. The school teaches 69 students in grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 460 students per school, that is 85% below typical.

OwendaleGagetown JrSr High School is one of 2 schools operated by Owendale-Gagetown Area School District, a district that hosts 136 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, OwendaleGagetown JrSr High School shows that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 7% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, OwendaleGagetown JrSr High School has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting OwendaleGagetown JrSr High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Huron County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Huron County put median household income runs about $58,870, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Huron County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,235 students), of which OwendaleGagetown JrSr High School is one.

OwendaleGagetown Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at OwendaleGagetown JrSr High School has contracted 17%, going from 83 students in 2018 to 69 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 8% to 3% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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