UP Gazette

There were 3,662 students enrolled in Dickinson County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.6% more than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Boys made up 52.8% of the county student body, while the other 47.2% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 90.4% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Dickinson County schools, followed by 5.2% of multiracial students, 2.9% of Hispanic students, 0.6% of Asian students, 0.5% 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 2023-24 school year, welcoming 803 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 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Woodland Elementary School	805	803	-0.2
Kingsford High School	591	599	1.4
Kingsford Middle School	576	577	0.2
North Dickinson School	260	264	1.5
North Elementary School	238	259	8.8
Norway Elementary School	273	254	-7
Iron Mountain High School	253	237	-6.3
Norway High School	177	173	-2.3
Vulcan Middle School	142	139	-2.1
Iron Mountain-Kingsford Community Education	94	106	12.8
East Elementary School	84	100	19
Central Middle School	87	94	8
Dickinson-Iron Special Education	61	57	-6.6