UP Gazette

There were 4,974 white students enrolled in Houghton County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.2% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Houghton County welcomed 5,281 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 94.2% 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 2023-24 school year, with a total of 591 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	90.4	654
Calumet Laurium & Keweenaw Elementary School	97	504
Calumet High School	95.8	499
Houghton Central High School	92.3	478
Lake Linden-Hubbell Schools	95.5	355
Copper Island Academy	96.6	350
Hancock Middle-High School	96	322
Houghton Middle School	89	346
Dollar BayTamarack City Area K-12 School	96.5	314
Jeffers High School	96.7	269
Washington Middle School	93.9	277
Barkell Elementary School	92.5	255
South Range Elementary School	99.5	189
Chassell K-12 School	93.9	196
E. B. Holman Elementary School	94.6	184
Copper Country Learning Center	84.3	83
Elm River Township School	100	6