Breitung Township Schools
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| Breitung Township Schools | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
810 Pyle Drive[1]
, Dickinson, Michigan, 49802United States | |
| District information | |
| Grades | Kindergarten-12 |
| Superintendent | Aaron Yonke[2] |
| Schools | 3[3] |
| Budget | $23,183,000 2021-2022 expenditures[3] |
| NCES District ID | 2606720[3] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 1,945 (2024-2025)[3] |
| Teachers | 112.97 (on an FTE basis) (2024-2025)[3] |
| Staff | 207.27 FTE (2024-2025)[3] |
| Student–teacher ratio | 17.22 (2024-2025)[3] |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
Breitung Township Schools is a public school district in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It serves Kingsford, Quinnesec, Breitung Township, and small parts of Iron Mountain.[4]
Breitung Township Schools was organized as a public school district in 1925. The mascot is the Flivver, or Ford Model T, a car that was built in a factory in Kingsford in the 1920s.[5][6] The 1925 high school building was built on the south side of Hamilton Avenue at the end of Union Street.[7]
The current high school and middle school building opened in 1965.[8] In 1968, after three failed attempts to pass a funding millage, the district threatened to close an elementary school and eliminate high school sports and elementary physical education.[9] High school sports were ultimately preserved through a community fundraising effort.[10]
Woodland Elementary was built in 1989, and a middle school addition was built at the high school in 1991.[11][12]