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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the CLK Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
496
Elementary
DISTRICT 342 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF CALUMET LAURIUM & KEWEENAW·NCES 260769004353
CLK Elementary School
57070 MINE ST, CALUMET, MI 49913 · (906) 337-0311 · Houghton County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL496 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
245 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 55%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
CLK Elementary School→Washington Middle School
Based on grade levels within Public Schools of Calumet Laurium & Keweenaw. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
42.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
40.4%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
496
-130 (-21%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 17.5:1
% White
97%
was 95%
% Hispanic
1%
was 1%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CLK Elementary School
Located at 57070 MINE ST, in CALUMET, Michigan, CLK Elementary School is a mid-tier K-5 school that serves 496 students (grades K through 5), part of Public Schools of Calumet Laurium & Keweenaw. That puts it 34% bigger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.
Public Schools of Calumet Laurium & Keweenaw runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,369 students. CLK Elementary School is one of those campuses.
On demographics, CLK Elementary School shows that nearly all students (97%) are White.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, CLK Elementary School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Houghton County (around 40%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CLK Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.4%, the actual is 42.1%, a residual of -2.3 points.
In the surrounding community, census data for Houghton County shows median household earnings sit near $58,899, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. CLK Elementary School is one of 18 public schools in Houghton County (combined enrollment of about 5,267 students).
The closest other public school is Calumet High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around CLK Elementary School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CLK Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CLK Elementary School has fell 21%, going from 626 students in 2018 to 496 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.
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Houghton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,693
Census ACS
Median income
$58,899
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
5,267 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Public Schools of Calumet Laurium & Keweenaw
- Calumet High SchoolHigh · 525 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 275 students
- CHSHorizons SchoolHigh · 73 students
Other schools in CALUMET
- Calumet High SchoolHigh · 525 students
- Copper Island AcademyElementary · 386 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 275 students
Nearby schools
- Calumet High School0.0 mi · 525
- Washington Middle School0.0 mi · 275
- Lake LindenHubbell Schools3.9 mi · 327
- Copper Island Academy5.6 mi · 386
- CHSHorizons School5.9 mi · 73
- Dollar BayTamarack City Area K12 School9.1 mi · 317
Frequently asked questions
About CLK Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at CLK Elementary School?
CLK Elementary School enrolls approximately 496 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does CLK Elementary School serve?
CLK Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at CLK Elementary School?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at CLK Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CLK Elementary School?
At CLK Elementary School, the student body is approximately 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is CLK Elementary School public or private?
CLK Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Public Schools of Calumet Laurium & Keweenaw.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.