UP Gazette

There were 3,303 white students enrolled in Dickinson County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.9% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Dickinson County welcomed 3,641 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 90.7% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 13 schools in Dickinson County, Woodland Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 722 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	% of white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Woodland Elementary School	89.7	805
Kingsford High School	91.2	591
Kingsford Middle School	92.9	576
Norway Elementary School	98.5	273
North Dickinson School	96.2	260
Iron Mountain High School	81.4	253
North Elementary School	78.2	238
Norway High School	93.2	177
Vulcan Middle School	95.1	142
Iron Mountain-Kingsford Community Education	96.8	94
Central Middle School	86.2	87
East Elementary School	84.5	84
Dickinson-Iron Special Education	96.7	61