UP Gazette

There were 5,274 students enrolled in Houghton County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.3% more than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Boys made up 51.7% of the county student body, while the other 48.3% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 94.5% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Houghton County schools, followed by 2.1% of multiracial students, 1.4% of Asian students, 1% of Hispanic students, 0.5% of American Indian students, 0.5% of African American students and less than 0.1% of Hawaiian students.

Houghton Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Houghton County's 18 schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 643 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
Houghton Elementary School	621	643	3.5
Calumet Laurium & Keweenaw Elementary School	521	515	-1.2
Calumet High School	491	485	-1.2
Houghton Central High School	479	461	-3.8
Lake Linden-Hubbell Schools	366	376	2.7
Houghton Middle School	318	341	7.2
Hancock Middle-High School	375	332	-11.5
Copper Island Academy	301	324	7.6
Dollar BayTamarack City Area K-12 School	322	306	-5
Washington Middle School	280	291	3.9
Barkell Elementary School	276	272	-1.4
Jeffers High School	265	254	-4.2
South Range Elementary School	193	212	9.8
Chassell K-12 School	203	197	-3
E. B. Holman Elementary School	164	182	11
Copper Country Learning Center	80	78	-2.5
Elm River Township School	4	5	25