Dollar BayTamarack City Area K12 School

Located at 48475 MAPLE ST, in DOLLAR BAY, Michigan, Dollar BayTamarack City Area K12 School is a reasonably sized unified-grade school that caters to 317 students (grades pre-K through 12), part of Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools.

Operationally, Dollar BayTamarack City Area K12 School answers to Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dollar BayTamarack City Area K12 School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%).

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Houghton County's rate of about 40%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Houghton County put the typical household earns roughly $58,899 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Houghton County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,267 students), Dollar BayTamarack City Area K12 School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Houghton Middle School, roughly 2.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Dollar BayTamarack City Area K12 School.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 329 students in 2018 compared to 317 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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