UP Gazette

There were 3,309 white students enrolled in Dickinson County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.2% more than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Dickinson County welcomed 3,662 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 90.4% 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 2023-24 school year, with a total of 727 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	90.5	803
Kingsford High School	90.2	599
Kingsford Middle School	92.2	577
North Dickinson School	94.7	264
Norway Elementary School	98	254
North Elementary School	79.9	259
Iron Mountain High School	82.3	237
Norway High School	93.6	173
Vulcan Middle School	93.5	139
Iron Mountain-Kingsford Community Education	95.3	106
East Elementary School	84	100
Central Middle School	83	94
Dickinson-Iron Special Education	94.7	57