DickinsonIron Special Education
KINGSFORD · MI · Dickinson-Iron ISD · Public · K-12 combined
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DickinsonIron Tech Ed Center → MarquetteAlger Administrative Unit → Learning Center → GogebicOntonagon ISD Special Education → IMK Community Education → IshpemingNegauneeNICE Comm Ed Division → RepublicMichigamme School → Copper Country Learning Center →For Parents
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Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Your state's public flagship
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $13,138/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -0.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 58 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DickinsonIron Tech Ed Center KINGSFORD |
Public | 0.2 | — | — |
| MarquetteAlger Administrative Unit MARQUETTE |
Public | 61.3 | 12 | — |
| Learning Center ESCANABA |
Public | 47.3 | 11 | — |
| GogebicOntonagon ISD Special Education BERGLAND |
Public | 89.5 | 18 | — |
| IMK Community Education IRON MOUNTAIN |
Public | 1.6 | 99 | +15.1% |
| IshpemingNegauneeNICE Comm Ed Division ISHPEMING |
Public | 51.2 | 22 | — |
| RepublicMichigamme School REPUBLIC |
Public | 39.4 | 23 | — |
| Copper Country Learning Center HANCOCK |
Public | 95.0 | 23 | — |