Kalkaska County - Quality of Life

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EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT INFORMATION
COMMUNITY	SCHOOL DISTRICT	STUDENTS	INSTRUCTORS	HIGH SCHOOLS
Fife Lake	Forest Area Community Schools	818	45	1
Kalkaska	Kalkaska Public Schools	2,127	116	1
Kalkaska	Excelsior Township District 1	46	3	0
Source: MI Department of Education, 1997

TWO YEAR COLLEGES AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS
NAME	LOCATION	ENROLLMENT
none in county

FOUR YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
NAME	LOCATION	ENROLLMENT
Northwestern Michigan College	Traverse City (Gr. Traverse)	4,140
Source: MI Department of Education, 1996

MEDICAL FACILITIES
TYPE OF FACILITY	# IN COUNTY	# OF BEDS
Hospitals	1	13
Source: MI Department of Consumer and Industry Services, 1998

HOUSING (2000)
OWNER OCCUPIED	MEDIAN VALUE	RENTER OCCUPIED	MEDIAN RENT
3,109	$85,100	885	$468
Source:U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population and Housing, 2000

CLIMATE
MONTH	AVG. MIN TEMP	AVG. MAX TEMP.
January	9F/-13C	26F/-3C
July	54F/12C	81F/27C
PRECIPITATION	RAINFALL	SNOWFALL
Average Annual	31in./79cm.	126in./320cm.
GROWING SEASON	DAYS ABOVE 90F/32C	DAYS BELOW 0F/-18C
110	8	26
Source: NOAA Climate Summary, 1995

RECREATION

COUNTY HIGHLIGHTS

Golf courses; centrally located to both snow- and water-based recreation; many square miles of state forest and recreation hunting and fishing; 20 miles from Grand Traverse Resort-the largest resort and convention complex in norther Michigan; 7 bridges; 275 miles of streams and rivers; 38 lakes.

Source: Local County Economic Development Contact