UP Gazette

There were 5,281 students enrolled in Houghton County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.1% more than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Boys made up 52.4% of the county student body, while the other 47.6% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 94.2% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Houghton County schools, followed by 1.9% of multiracial students, 1.4% of Asian students, 1.1% of Hispanic students, 0.9% of African American students, 0.6% of American Indian students and less than 0.1% of Hawaiian students.

Houghton Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Houghton County's 18 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 654 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
Houghton Elementary School	643	654	1.7
Calumet Laurium & Keweenaw Elementary School	515	504	-2.1
Calumet High School	485	499	2.9
Houghton Central High School	461	478	3.7
Lake Linden-Hubbell Schools	376	355	-5.6
Copper Island Academy	324	350	8
Houghton Middle School	341	346	1.5
Hancock Middle-High School	332	322	-3
Dollar BayTamarack City Area K-12 School	306	314	2.6
Washington Middle School	291	277	-4.8
Jeffers High School	254	269	5.9
Barkell Elementary School	272	255	-6.3
Chassell K-12 School	197	196	-0.5
South Range Elementary School	212	189	-10.8
E. B. Holman Elementary School	182	184	1.1
Copper Country Learning Center	78	83	6.4
Elm River Township School	5	6	20