Tawas Area High School

Located at 255 W M 55, in TAWAS CITY, Michigan, Tawas Area High School is a modestly sized senior high that teaches 351 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Tawas Area Schools. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Tawas Area High School sits 24% below that benchmark.

Within Tawas Area Schools, which oversees 3 schools and 1,124 students, Tawas Area High School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Tawas Area High School reports that nearly all students (89%) are White; the rest comes out to 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Iosco County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Tawas Area High School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Iosco County's rate of about 65%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Iosco County) records that median household earnings sit near $50,066, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Iosco County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,497 students), Tawas Area High School is one campus in the mix.

Tawas Area Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Tawas Area High School.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 18%: 427 students in 2018 compared to 351 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 93% to 89% over that span.

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