Chassell K12 School

Chassell K12 School, a small school serving multiple grade levels, is located in CHASSELL, Michigan. It offers pre-K through 12 and has 192 students enrolled. Combined schools in Michigan have about 281 students on average; enrollment here is 32% lower.

Chassell Township School District is responsible for Chassell K12 School.

White students are 95% of those enrolled at Chassell K12 School. Next come 3% Native American and 2% multiracial. That is in line with Houghton County, where about 92% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 10%.

There are 16.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.7:1. Across combined schools in Michigan, the average ratio is 17.3:1. Of all students at Chassell K12 School, 46% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

Looking at the county, Houghton County, the median household earns about $58,899 a year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The county has 18 public schools and about 5,267 students.

Houghton Central High School, about 6.7 miles away, is the closest public school. A ten-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.

Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.

The school shrank from 236 students in 2020-21 to 192 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.8:1 to 11.7:1.

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