UP Gazette

There were 4,986 white students enrolled in Houghton County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.1% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Houghton County welcomed 5,274 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 94.5% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 17 schools in Houghton County, Houghton Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 582 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
Houghton Elementary School	90.5	643
Calumet Laurium & Keweenaw Elementary School	95.5	515
Calumet High School	95.9	485
Houghton Central High School	92	461
Lake Linden-Hubbell Schools	97.9	376
Copper Island Academy	99.4	324
Hancock Middle-High School	97	332
Houghton Middle School	89.1	341
Dollar BayTamarack City Area K-12 School	95.8	306
Washington Middle School	94.2	291
Barkell Elementary School	93.4	272
Jeffers High School	98	254
South Range Elementary School	98.1	212
Chassell K-12 School	92.9	197
E. B. Holman Elementary School	96.2	182
Copper Country Learning Center	84.6	78
Elm River Township School	100	5