Ontonagon Area School

Public, Alternative K-12

 701 Parker Ave
       Ontonagon, MI  49953-1949


(906) 813-0614

District: Ontonagon Area School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
401st of 1,470 Michigan Alternative Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,835 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  16.9 Help
Number of students:  275

Racial breakdown:

White:
92.7%
Two or more races:
2.9%
American Indian:
2.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  54.2% Help


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Compare Details Ontonagon Area School ranks better than 72.7% of elementary schools in Michigan. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 69.45. (See more...)
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Compare Details Ontonagon Area School ranks better than 72.3% of middle schools in Michigan. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 65. (See more...)
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Compare Details Ontonagon Area School ranks better than 50.1% of high schools in Michigan. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 47.68. (See more...)
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The Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) measures the percentage of Ontonagon Area School freshmen who graduate within four years, adjusting for students who transfer in or out.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (92.7%), two or more races (2.9%), American Indian (2.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 54.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ontonagon Area School is 16.9. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ontonagon Area School is $12,835.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Ontonagon Area School:

SchoolDigger ranks Ontonagon Area School 401st of 1470 Michigan public elementary schools. (See Ontonagon Area School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Ontonagon Area School 245th of 883 Michigan public middle schools. (See Ontonagon Area School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Ontonagon Area School 367th of 735 Michigan public high schools. (See Ontonagon Area School in the ranking list.)

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Rank History for Ontonagon Area School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Ontonagon Area School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2010 43.93 1168th 1552 24.7%
2011 43.31 1123rd 1552 27.6%
2012 30.66 1208th 1566 22.9%
2013 70.47 431st 1563 72.4%
2014 35.56 1086th 1533 29.2%
2015 40.02 1010th 1580 36.1%
2016 40.68 942nd 1548 39.1%
2017 46.53 746th 1466 49.1%
2018 57.20 662nd 1448 54.3%
2019 59.73 531st 1408 62.3%
2021 50.67 506th 1153 56.1%
2022 64.26 425th 1344 68.4%
2023 69.45 401st 1470 72.7%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Ontonagon Area School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.74 502nd 1397 64.1%
2023 94.62 24th 1350 98.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Ontonagon Area School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.65 409th 1443 71.7%
2023 73.10 268th 1321 79.7%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Ontonagon Area School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.73 773rd 1446 46.5%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Ontonagon Area School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.14 722nd 1253 42.4%
2019 48.66 580th 1128 48.6%
2021 50.73 460th 1005 54.2%
2022 56.12 460th 1102 58.3%
2023 52.31 547th 1198 54.3%
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Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Rank History for all middle school students at Ontonagon Area School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 47.24 552nd 806 31.5%
2007 37.66 637th 823 22.6%
2008 61.38 416th 839 50.4%
2009 56.97 489th 847 42.3%
2010 51.10 557th 851 34.5%
2011 32.80 688th 858 19.8%
2012 37.57 615th 900 31.7%
2013 44.87 536th 919 41.7%
2014 42.57 576th 921 37.5%
2015 46.66 498th 919 45.8%
2016 27.05 653rd 894 27.0%
2017 19.67 665th 821 19.0%
2018 38.46 546th 838 34.8%
2019 54.37 320th 792 59.6%
2023 65.00 245th 883 72.3%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Ontonagon Area School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.30 391st 815 52.0%
2019 61.71 208th 672 69.0%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Ontonagon Area School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.50 505th 794 36.4%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Ontonagon Area School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.86 452nd 797 43.3%
2023 58.23 260th 776 66.5%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Ontonagon Area School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.85 559th 678 17.6%
2019 41.42 349th 624 44.1%
2023 55.64 256th 688 62.8%
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Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Rank History for all high school students at Ontonagon Area School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 86.84 65th 705 90.8%
2007 73.19 209th 767 72.8%
2008 78.77 151st 750 79.9%
2009 77.52 166th 754 78.0%
2010 62.59 378th 765 50.6%
2011 60.42 400th 784 49.0%
2012 56.00 383rd 773 50.5%
2013 57.34 358th 805 55.5%
2014 27.16 574th 799 28.2%
2015 54.35 394th 832 52.6%
2016 17.14 651st 852 23.6%
2017 21.33 571st 835 31.6%
2018 65.89 267th 824 67.6%
2019 26.11 502nd 666 24.6%
2021 22.29 465th 561 17.1%
2023 47.68 367th 735 50.1%
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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Ontonagon Area School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 89.81 38th 755 95.0%
2023 64.76 180th 614 70.7%
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Rank History for high school Female students at Ontonagon Area School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.62 415th 710 41.5%
2019 18.14 470th 554 15.2%
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Rank History for high school Male students at Ontonagon Area School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.46 158th 707 77.7%
2023 47.78 306th 611 49.9%
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Rank History for high school White students at Ontonagon Area School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.88 283rd 708 60.0%
2021 9.98 492nd 516 4.7%
2023 39.43 383rd 647 40.8%
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Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Ontonagon Area School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 458 0 0 1 11 n/a n/a 0 470
1989 425 0 0 0 14 n/a n/a 0 439
1990 400 0 0 0 7 n/a n/a 0 407
1991 382 0 0 3 7 n/a n/a 0 392
1992 374 0 0 2 7 n/a n/a 0 383
1993 356 0 0 2 8 n/a n/a 0 366
1994 341 0 0 0 7 n/a n/a 0 348
1995 330 0 1 1 12 n/a n/a 0 344
1996 330 0 1 1 12 n/a n/a 0 344
1997 322 0 0 2 2 n/a n/a 0 326
1998 301 0 0 0 8 n/a n/a 0 309
1999 312 1 3 3 8 n/a n/a 0 327
2000 305 1 3 0 11 n/a n/a 0 320
2001 300 1 4 3 11 n/a n/a 0 319
2002 300 2 3 1 11 n/a n/a 0 317
2003 300 2 3 1 11 n/a n/a 0 317
2004 300 3 2 1 8 n/a n/a 0 314
2005 288 0 2 1 7 n/a n/a 0 298
2006 302 0 1 3 5 n/a n/a 0 311
2007 287 1 1 1 5 n/a n/a 0 295
2008 275 n/a 2 n/a 5 n/a n/a 1 283
2009 296 1 1 0 6 n/a n/a 4 308
2010 311 3 0 0 1 n/a n/a 0 315
2011 290 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 291
2012 244 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 249
2013 231 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 235
2014 361 1 0 3 0 0 10 0 375
2015 331 2 0 3 0 0 5 0 341
2016 306 1 0 3 0 0 4 0 314
2017 291 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 298
2018 287 1 0 4 0 0 8 0 300
2019 263 1 0 3 0 0 8 0 275
2020 256 1 0 4 0 0 9 0 270
2021 255 1 0 4 0 0 8 0 268
2022 263 1 0 5 6 0 11 0 286
2023 255 1 0 5 6 0 8 0 275

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Ontonagon Area School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 470 n/a n/a n/a
1989 439 n/a n/a 17.1
1990 407 31.0 13.1 12.3
1991 392 n/a n/a n/a
1992 383 n/a n/a n/a
1993 366 n/a 0.0 27.3
1994 348 19.3 18.0 16.4
1995 344 23.2 14.8 15.1
1996 344 23.2 14.8 15.1
1997 326 19.0 17.2 16.9
1998 309 21.0 14.7 19.4
1999 327 18.0 18.2 20.2
2000 320 20.3 15.8 31.6
2001 319 19.6 16.3 30.7
2002 317 20.8 15.2 29
2003 317 20.8 15.2 29
2004 314 19.8 15.9 34.7
2005 298 19.8 15.1 35.9
2006 311 17.8 17.5 28.6
2007 295 17.5 16.9 29.5
2008 283 17.4 16.3 31.6
2009 308 15.5 19.9 34.5
2010 315 16.6 18.9 36.5
2011 291 16.1 17.9 41.6
2012 249 12.3 20.0 49
2013 235 8.8 26.5 53.2
2014 375 19.1 19.5 54.9
2015 341 17.0 20.0 52.8
2016 314 17.0 18.4 50.3
2017 298 16.1 18.4 41.9
2018 300 14.3 20.9 55.3
2019 275 15.4 17.7 52
2020 270 15.6 17.2 61.9
2021 268 16.0 16.7 52.6
2022 286 23.6 12.0 55.9
2023 275 16.2 16.9 54.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Ontonagon Area School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 470 n/a n/a n/a
1989 439 n/a n/a 17.1
1990 407 31.0 13.1 12.3
1991 392 n/a n/a n/a
1992 383 n/a n/a n/a
1993 366 n/a 0.0 27.3
1994 348 19.3 18.0 16.4
1995 344 23.2 14.8 15.1
1996 344 23.2 14.8 15.1
1997 326 19.0 17.2 16.9
1998 309 21.0 14.7 19.4
1999 327 18.0 18.2 20.2
2000 320 20.3 15.8 31.6
2001 319 19.6 16.3 30.7
2002 317 20.8 15.2 29
2003 317 20.8 15.2 29
2004 314 19.8 15.9 34.7
2005 298 19.8 15.1 35.9
2006 311 17.8 17.5 28.6
2007 295 17.5 16.9 29.5
2008 283 17.4 16.3 31.6
2009 308 15.5 19.9 34.5
2010 315 16.6 18.9 36.5
2011 291 16.1 17.9 41.6
2012 249 12.3 20.0 49
2013 235 8.8 26.5 53.2
2014 375 19.1 19.5 54.9
2015 341 17.0 20.0 52.8
2016 314 17.0 18.4 50.3
2017 298 16.1 18.4 41.9
2018 300 14.3 20.9 55.3
2019 275 15.4 17.7 52
2020 270 15.6 17.2 61.9
2021 268 16.0 16.7 52.6
2022 286 23.6 12.0 55.9
2023 275 16.2 16.9 54.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Ontonagon Area School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $616 (5.5%) $10,664 (94.5%) $11,279
2020 $692 (6.0%) $10,811 (94.0%) $11,504
2021 $1,411 (11.9%) $10,467 (88.1%) $11,877
2022 $2,145 (16.7%) $10,690 (83.3%) $12,835

Data source: Michigan Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Ontonagon Area School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 531st of 1408 Elementary schoolsRanks 401st of 1470 Elementary schools
 10.4%
Ranks 320th of 792 Middle schoolsRanks 245th of 883 Middle schools
 12.7%
Ranks 502nd of 666 High schoolsRanks 367th of 735 High schools
 25.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Ontonagon Area School)37.564.7
 27.2%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Ontonagon Area School District)37.564.7
 27.2%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)45.140.9
 4.2%
3rd Grade Math (Ontonagon Area School)62.564.7
 2.2%
   3rd Grade Math (Ontonagon Area School District)62.564.7
 2.2%
   3rd Grade Math (Michigan)46.742.9
 3.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Ontonagon Area School)56.358.8
 2.5%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Ontonagon Area School District)56.358.8
 2.5%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)46.243.9
 2.3%
5th Grade Math (Ontonagon Area School)43.841.2
 2.6%
   5th Grade Math (Ontonagon Area School District)43.841.2
 2.6%
   5th Grade Math (Michigan)34.831.5
 3.3%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Ontonagon Area School)46.450
 3.6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Ontonagon Area School District)46.450
 3.6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)41.737.5
 4.2%
6th Grade Math (Ontonagon Area School)35.725
 10.7%
   6th Grade Math (Ontonagon Area School District)35.725
 10.7%
   6th Grade Math (Michigan)35.129.6
 5.5%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Ontonagon Area School)36.845
 8.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Ontonagon Area School District)36.845
 8.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)42.736.9
 5.8%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Ontonagon Area School)6062.5
 2.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Ontonagon Area School District)6062.5
 2.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)61.959.7
 2.2%
11th Grade Social Studies (Ontonagon Area School)21.739.1
 17.4%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Ontonagon Area School District)21.739.1
 17.4%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Michigan)46.636.1
 10.5%
11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Ontonagon Area School)47.834.8
 13%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Ontonagon Area School District)47.834.8
 13%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Michigan)55.352.2
 3.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students275275
African American11
American Indian06
Asian00
Hispanic35
 66.7%
Pacific Islander00
White263255
 3%
Two or More Races88
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients52%54.2%
 2.2%


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Students at Ontonagon Area School are 93% White, 3% Two or more races, 2% American Indian, 2% Hispanic.

In the 2022-23 school year, 275 students attended Ontonagon Area School.

Ontonagon Area School ranks 401st of 1470 Michigan alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.


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