Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe School

Located at 1301 Marquette Avenue, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe School is a medium-sized K-12 campus that instructs 389 students (grades K through 12), operated by Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe School. Enrollment runs roughly 38% bigger than the state mean of about 281.

Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe School is the operating authority for Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe School reports that 100% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 38.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Chippewa County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Chippewa County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,217 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe School is one of 22 public schools in Chippewa County (combined enrollment of about 4,835 students).

Joseph K Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 33%: 583 students in 2018 compared to 389 in 2025.

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