UP Gazette

There were 3,641 students enrolled in Dickinson County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.1% more than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Boys made up 52.1% of the county student body, while the other 47.9% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 90.7% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Dickinson County schools, followed by 5% of multiracial students, 3% of Hispanic students, 0.5% of Asian students, 0.4% of American Indian students, 0.3% of African American students and less than 0.1% of Hawaiian students.

Woodland Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Dickinson County's 14 schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 805 students.

Overall student enrollment in Michigan remains below pre-pandemic levels, with white students experiencing the largest decline at 6.5%.

Academic performance has also suffered, with the state's average NAEP score dropping by 6.5 points and ethnic achievement gaps have widened. Black and Hispanic students' average math proficiency dropped by 7% in 2022, to 13.5% and 28.2%, respectively.

School name	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Woodland Elementary School	776	805	3.7
Kingsford High School	580	591	1.9
Kingsford Middle School	571	576	0.9
Norway Elementary School	282	273	-3.2
North Dickinson School	259	260	0.4
Iron Mountain High School	273	253	-7.3
North Elementary School	246	238	-3.3
Norway High School	185	177	-4.3
Vulcan Middle School	138	142	2.9
Iron Mountain-Kingsford Community Education	87	94	8
Central Middle School	101	87	-13.9
East Elementary School	78	84	7.7
Dickinson-Iron Special Education	62	61	-1.6