Regular local school district · Houghton County
Houghton-Portage Township School District, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Houghton-Portage Township School District runs 3 public schools with 1,458 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 16.0 students per teacher is 0.9 lower than the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 1,458
- Teachers (FTE)
- 91
- Students per teacher
- 16.0
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1603 Gundlach Rd, Houghton, MI 49931
- Phone
- (906)482-0451
- County
- Houghton County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2628890
- State district ID
- MI-31110
- Total staff (FTE)
- 143
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 365 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 5.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.0
Michigan16.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (1,376), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $18.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.9 million
- State revenue
- $11.6 million
- Local revenue
- $4.8 million
- Total spending
- $15.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,337
- Salaries
- $6.3 million40.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $26.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 63.1%
- Local: 26.4%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,337
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Houghton-Portage Township School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Houghton Central High School | High | 9 to 12 | 481 | 15.5 |
| Houghton Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 618 | 17.2 |
| Houghton Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 359 | 15.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Houghton County
- Public Schools of Calumet Laurium & Keweenaw 1,369 students
- Hancock Public Schools 549 students
- Adams Township School District 474 students
- Copper Island Academy 386 students
- Lake Linden-Hubbell School District 327 students
- Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools 317 students
- Copper Country ISD 252 students
- Chassell Township School District 192 students
- Stanton Township Public Schools 183 students
- Elm River Township School District 8 students
More in Michigan
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.