Oscoda Area High School

Summary:

Oscoda Area High School is a public high school serving grades 7-12 in Oscoda, Michigan, with a student population of 477. The school is part of the Oscoda Area Schools district, which is ranked 254 out of 610 districts in Michigan and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Oscoda Area High School has a predominantly white student population, with 85.95% of students identifying as white, which is higher than the state average and nearby schools like Alcona Community High School and Tawas Area High School. The school maintains a high graduation rate of 95.6%, but its dropout rate has fluctuated, ranging from 0% to 5.8% in recent years, with the most recent rate at 2.9%, which is higher than the state average. A concerning trend is the significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 27.6% in 2019-2020 to 38.2% in 2022-2023, which is an issue the school and district need to address.

Oscoda Area High School's test scores, as measured by the M-Step and SAT assessments, are generally below the state averages, with some exceptions, such as the school's 7th-grade ELA and 11th-grade Science proficiency rates being above the state averages. The school serves a population with significant socioeconomic challenges, with 63.52% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which is significantly higher than the state average and nearby schools. However, the school's spending per student has increased over the years, from $11,508 in 2019-2020 to $15,664 in 2022-2023, which is higher than the state average, indicating a commitment to investing in the school's resources and infrastructure.


Detail:

Public 7-12

 3550 E River Rd
       Oscoda, MI  48750-9025


(989) 739-9121

District: Oscoda Area Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
295th of 743 Michigan High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $15,664 Help


Feeder schools for Oscoda Area High School:

Elementary:    Richardson Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  17.4 Help
Number of students:  485

Racial breakdown:

White:
84.5%
Hispanic:
8.5%
Two or more races:
4.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  67% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Oscoda Area High School ranks better than 67% of middle schools in Michigan. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 58.72. (See more...)
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Compare Details Oscoda Area High School ranks better than 60.3% of high schools in Michigan. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 56.03. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Oscoda Area High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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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 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 (84.5%), Hispanic (8.5%), two or more races (4.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 67% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Oscoda Area High School is 17.4. (See more...)
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Compare Oscoda Area High School employs 27.8 full-time teachers.
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Oscoda Area High School is $15,664.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Oscoda Area High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Oscoda Area High School 296th of 897 Michigan public middle schools. (See Oscoda Area High School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Oscoda Area High School 295th of 743 Michigan public high schools. (See Oscoda Area High School in the ranking list.)

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Oscoda Area Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Oscoda Area Schools 254th of 610 Michigan school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Oscoda Area High School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Oscoda Area High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2013 49.33 480th 919 47.8%
2014 47.38 519th 921 43.6%
2015 58.38 356th 919 61.3%
2016 56.58 362nd 894 59.5%
2017 35.24 502nd 821 38.9%
2018 44.86 486th 838 42.0%
2019 42.35 437th 792 44.8%
2021 29.03 487th 675 27.9%
2022 45.26 402nd 776 48.2%
2023 51.34 370th 883 58.1%
2024 58.72 296th 897 67.0%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Oscoda Area High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.10 452nd 815 44.5%
2019 59.50 230th 672 65.8%
2021 37.05 344th 523 34.2%
2022 57.02 246th 691 64.4%
2023 63.72 213th 825 74.2%
2024 77.23 99th 836 88.2%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Oscoda Area High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.01 388th 794 51.1%
2019 27.92 493rd 658 25.1%
2021 33.59 352nd 521 32.4%
2022 30.85 467th 657 28.9%
2023 38.12 476th 770 38.2%
2024 49.45 330th 771 57.2%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Oscoda Area High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.74 518th 797 35.0%
2019 48.58 296th 639 53.7%
2021 17.77 479th 540 11.3%
2022 49.85 290th 658 55.9%
2023 55.41 289th 776 62.8%
2024 62.16 240th 786 69.5%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Oscoda Area High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.21 497th 678 26.7%
2019 30.30 441st 624 29.3%
2021 22.89 458th 577 20.6%
2022 38.69 373rd 638 41.5%
2023 45.98 332nd 688 51.7%
2024 51.20 298th 701 57.5%
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Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Oscoda Area High School

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Rank History for all high school students at Oscoda Area High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 45.30 461st 705 34.6%
2007 53.65 437th 767 43.0%
2008 68.45 299th 750 60.1%
2009 59.28 391st 754 48.1%
2010 41.32 521st 765 31.9%
2011 40.69 539th 784 31.3%
2012 49.83 436th 773 43.6%
2013 45.19 467th 805 42.0%
2014 61.47 319th 799 60.1%
2015 47.80 452nd 832 45.7%
2016 52.76 387th 852 54.6%
2017 35.10 497th 835 40.5%
2018 53.73 375th 824 54.5%
2019 54.55 288th 666 56.8%
2021 17.63 497th 561 11.4%
2022 48.38 302nd 531 43.1%
2023 44.38 393rd 735 46.5%
2024 56.03 295th 743 60.3%
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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Oscoda Area High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.13 367th 755 51.4%
2019 55.08 225th 532 57.7%
2021 29.41 317th 417 24.0%
2022 60.64 145th 369 60.7%
2023 40.07 372nd 614 39.4%
2024 72.98 125th 654 80.9%
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Rank History for high school Female students at Oscoda Area High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.50 500th 710 29.6%
2019 50.51 269th 554 51.4%
2021 14.65 428th 462 7.4%
2022 44.72 260th 416 37.5%
2023 19.48 494th 611 19.1%
2024 58.85 225th 619 63.7%
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Rank History for high school Male students at Oscoda Area High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.90 243rd 707 65.6%
2019 47.04 285th 543 47.5%
2021 21.65 388th 472 17.8%
2022 39.89 286th 440 35.0%
2023 57.86 227th 611 62.8%
2024 44.29 337th 633 46.8%
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Rank History for high school White students at Oscoda Area High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.87 452nd 708 36.2%
2019 47.34 304th 582 47.8%
2021 10.60 487th 516 5.6%
2022 39.68 313th 492 36.4%
2023 39.26 384th 647 40.6%
2024 49.25 305th 638 52.2%
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Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Oscoda Area High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 804 25 11 12 4 n/a n/a 0 856
1989 749 31 14 8 2 n/a n/a 0 804
1990 696 40 4 11 0 n/a n/a 0 751
1991 739 39 11 11 1 n/a n/a 0 801
1992 688 36 8 13 1 n/a n/a 0 746
1993 619 20 5 7 3 n/a n/a 0 654
1994 544 7 3 8 3 n/a n/a 0 565
1995 563 2 1 10 5 n/a n/a 0 581
1996 563 2 1 10 5 n/a n/a 0 581
1997 568 1 1 3 3 n/a n/a 0 576
1998 584 5 5 6 1 n/a n/a 0 601
1999 650 3 3 1 1 n/a n/a 0 658
2000 660 9 5 8 5 n/a n/a 0 687
2001 637 12 6 12 12 n/a n/a 0 679
2002 586 7 0 9 5 n/a n/a 0 607
2003 586 7 0 9 5 n/a n/a 0 607
2004 556 6 3 8 4 n/a n/a 4 581
2005 567 3 4 4 1 n/a n/a 3 582
2006 552 2 6 6 2 n/a n/a 4 572
2007 505 6 6 6 0 n/a n/a 2 525
2008 494 7 4 8 2 n/a n/a 1 516
2009 453 11 9 9 3 n/a n/a 2 487
2010 429 15 10 7 3 n/a n/a 0 464
2011 401 12 7 7 8 1 0 0 436
2012 384 7 5 6 10 0 5 0 417
2013 590 10 5 11 12 0 9 0 637
2014 523 13 7 24 9 0 11 0 587
2015 506 9 7 24 6 0 14 0 566
2016 485 7 3 28 3 0 15 0 541
2017 474 7 3 17 1 0 15 0 517
2018 474 9 4 22 0 0 15 0 524
2019 445 11 5 23 0 1 17 0 502
2020 433 6 7 25 1 0 24 0 496
2021 442 6 3 26 1 0 21 0 499
2022 427 7 4 34 1 0 30 0 503
2023 410 5 2 35 1 0 24 0 477
2024 410 6 2 41 0 2 24 0 485

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 Oscoda Area High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 856 n/a n/a n/a
1989 804 n/a n/a 12.3
1990 751 59.0 12.7 12.1
1991 801 n/a n/a n/a
1992 746 n/a n/a 12.1
1993 654 n/a 0.0 15.6
1994 565 34.0 16.6 18.1
1995 581 28.2 20.6 26.3
1996 581 28.2 20.6 26.3
1997 576 28.0 20.6 37.7
1998 601 32.0 18.8 33.1
1999 658 39.0 16.9 35.3
2000 687 37.3 18.4 48.9
2001 679 35.5 19.1 42.4
2002 607 33.5 18.1 48.1
2003 607 33.5 18.1 48.1
2004 581 33.1 17.6 50.3
2005 582 35.6 16.3 52.8
2006 572 31.9 17.9 54.9
2007 525 33.1 15.9 49.1
2008 516 26.7 19.3 60
2009 487 25.7 18.9 58.6
2010 464 22.2 20.9 61.6
2011 436 21.3 20.4 61.7
2012 417 20.5 20.3 63.1
2013 637 29.8 21.3 68.1
2014 587 31.0 18.9 64.2
2015 566 30.0 18.8 59.5
2016 541 29.0 18.6 64.1
2017 517 27.4 18.8 66
2018 524 30.6 17.0 63
2019 502 27.6 18.1 63.5
2020 496 28.2 17.5 69
2021 499 28.5 17.4 57.7
2022 503 28.8 17.4 60.8
2023 477 25.0 19.0 63.5
2024 485 27.8 17.4 67

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 Oscoda Area High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 856 n/a n/a n/a
1989 804 n/a n/a 12.3
1990 751 59.0 12.7 12.1
1991 801 n/a n/a n/a
1992 746 n/a n/a 12.1
1993 654 n/a 0.0 15.6
1994 565 34.0 16.6 18.1
1995 581 28.2 20.6 26.3
1996 581 28.2 20.6 26.3
1997 576 28.0 20.6 37.7
1998 601 32.0 18.8 33.1
1999 658 39.0 16.9 35.3
2000 687 37.3 18.4 48.9
2001 679 35.5 19.1 42.4
2002 607 33.5 18.1 48.1
2003 607 33.5 18.1 48.1
2004 581 33.1 17.6 50.3
2005 582 35.6 16.3 52.8
2006 572 31.9 17.9 54.9
2007 525 33.1 15.9 49.1
2008 516 26.7 19.3 60
2009 487 25.7 18.9 58.6
2010 464 22.2 20.9 61.6
2011 436 21.3 20.4 61.7
2012 417 20.5 20.3 63.1
2013 637 29.8 21.3 68.1
2014 587 31.0 18.9 64.2
2015 566 30.0 18.8 59.5
2016 541 29.0 18.6 64.1
2017 517 27.4 18.8 66
2018 524 30.6 17.0 63
2019 502 27.6 18.1 63.5
2020 496 28.2 17.5 69
2021 499 28.5 17.4 57.7
2022 503 28.8 17.4 60.8
2023 477 25.0 19.0 63.5
2024 485 27.8 17.4 67

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.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Oscoda Area High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $704 (6.4%) $10,345 (93.6%) $11,050
2020 $707 (6.1%) $10,801 (93.9%) $11,508
2021 $1,906 (15.0%) $10,796 (85.0%) $12,702
2022 $2,535 (19.1%) $10,726 (80.9%) $13,261
2023 $3,054 (19.5%) $12,610 (80.5%) $15,664

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Oscoda Area High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 437th of 792 Middle schoolsRanks 370th of 883 Middle schools
 13.3%
Ranks 288th of 666 High schoolsRanks 393rd of 735 High schools
 10.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts (Oscoda Area High School)38.834.7
 4.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Oscoda Area Schools)38.834.7
 4.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)42.736.9
 5.8%
7th Grade Math (Oscoda Area High School)30.927.6
 3.3%
   7th Grade Math (Oscoda Area Schools)30.927.6
 3.3%
   7th Grade Math (Michigan)35.731
 4.7%
8th Grade Social Studies (Oscoda Area High School)18.323.6
 5.3%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Oscoda Area Schools)18.323.6
 5.3%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Michigan)2826.7
 1.3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Oscoda Area High School)58.561.3
 2.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Oscoda Area Schools)58.561.3
 2.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)61.959.7
 2.2%
8th Grade Mathematics (Oscoda Area High School)40.230.7
 9.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Oscoda Area Schools)40.230.7
 9.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Michigan)41.436.3
 5.1%
11th Grade Social Studies (Oscoda Area High School)35.130.4
 4.7%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Oscoda Area Schools)35.130.4
 4.7%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Michigan)46.636.1
 10.5%
11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Oscoda Area High School)59.640.5
 19.1%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Oscoda Area Schools)59.640.5
 19.1%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Michigan)55.352.2
 3.1%
11th Grade Mathematics (Oscoda Area High School)42.124.1
 18%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Oscoda Area Schools)42.124.1
 18%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Michigan)36.329.9
 6.4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students502477
 5%
African American115
 54.5%
American Indian01
Asian52
 60%
Hispanic2335
 52.2%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White445410
 7.9%
Two or More Races1724
 41.2%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients63.5%63.5%
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In the 2023-24 school year, 485 students attended Oscoda Area High School.

Oscoda Area High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Richardson Elementary School

Oscoda Area High School ranks 295th of 743 Michigan high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Oscoda Area High School are 85% White, 8% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 1% African American.


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