Breitung Township Schools

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Breitung Township Schools
Address
810 Pyle Drive [1]
Kingsford
, Dickinson , Michigan , 49802
United States
District information
GradesPre-Kindergarten-12
SuperintendentAaron Yonke [2]
Schools3 [3]
Budget$23,183,000 2021-2022 expenditures [3]
NCES District ID 2606720 [3]
Students and staff
Students1,989 (2023-2024) [3]
Teachers112.25 (on an FTE basis) (2023-2024) [3]
Staff209.47 FTE (2023-2024) [3]
Student–teacher ratio17.63 (2023-2024) [3]
Other information
Website www.kingsford.org

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]

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History

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]

Schools

Schools in Breitung Township Schools district [13] [3]
SchoolAddressNotes
Kingsford High School431 Hamilton Avenue, KingsfordGrades 9–12
Kingsford Middle School445 Hamilton Avenue, KingsfordGrades 5–8. Shares a building with Kingsford High School.
Woodland Elementary2000 Pyle Drive, KingsfordGrades PreK–4

References

  1. ↑ Breitung Township Schools. "Breitung Township Schools" . Retrieved October 21, 2025.
  2. ↑ Breitung Township Schools. "Strategic Plan 2024-2028" (PDF). Retrieved October 21, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Breitung Township Schools". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences.
  4. ↑ Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. "Dickinson County School Districts" (PDF). Retrieved October 21, 2025.
  5. ↑ Howard, Phoebe Wall (August 3, 2023). "Kingsford charcoal company began with Henry Ford in Michigan's U.P." Detroit Free Press.
  6. ↑ Dickinson Area Economic Development Alliance. "Investor Highlight Series: Breitung Township Schools" . Retrieved October 21, 2025.
  7. ↑ Editorial staff of Kingsford High School yearbook. Kingsfordian 1964 (Kingsford High School 1964 yearbook). p. 2-3.
  8. ↑ "Gladstone firm gets big job". Escanaba Daily Press. March 16, 1964. p. 3.
  9. ↑ United Press International (August 9, 1968). "School levy fails; sports eliminated". Grand Rapids Press. p. 35.
  10. ↑ United Press International (August 14, 1968). "Citizens save Kingsford sports on fund drive". Petoskey News-Review (Petoskey, Mich.). p. 14.
  11. ↑ "Breitung schools officials make case for $34.5 million bond issue". The Mining Journal (Marquette, Mich.). October 24, 2023.
  12. ↑ Breitung Township Schools. "BREITUNG TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS PRELIMINARY POSTING" (PDF). Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  13. ↑ Breitung Township Schools. "Schools" . Retrieved October 21, 2025.
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