Presque Isle Academy

Presque Isle Academy is one of the very small senior highs in ONAWAY, Michigan, overseen by Presque Isle Academy, with 17 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 96% smaller than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

Presque Isle Academy is a school of Presque Isle Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Presque Isle Academy reports that nearly all students (82%) are White; the rest reads as 12% Hispanic, 6% Native American. By comparison, Presque Isle County as a whole is about 95% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Presque Isle Academy has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Presque Isle Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Presque Isle County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Presque Isle County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,321 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Presque Isle County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,172 students), of which Presque Isle Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Onaway Senior High School, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area. Presque Isle Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Presque Isle Academy has fell 37%, going from 27 students in 2018 to 17 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 96% to 82%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 33.8:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 in 2025.

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