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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