- Date
- 1968-09
- Kind
- Education
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Grade and High School
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- educationcommunitydemography
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Beaver Island Community School opened its 1968 school year with a reported enrollment of 78, described by the September Beaver Beacon as an all-time high. The notice also welcomed several new families.
Evidence and limits
The figure is a newspaper report, not a district enrollment return. It does not provide grade-level counts, a complete roster, or a demographic series.
Open questions
- What were the grade-level enrollment and staff counts?
- Which official school records confirm the all-time-high comparison?
Sources
- Reports that Beaver Island Community School opened with an all-time-high enrollment of 78 and welcomes several named new families. It does not provide a grade-by-grade roster, official enrollment report, or comparison series.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-09_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Community School reaches a reported enrollment of 78, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-school-enrollment-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1968, “School News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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