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Dowagiac Union School District

Dowagiac, Michigan · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

1,823
Students enrolled
7
Public schools
110
Classroom teachers (FTE)
16.6:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 8
  • Kindergarten 118
  • Grade 1 131
  • Grade 2 130
  • Grade 3 160
  • Grade 4 162
  • Grade 5 165
  • Grade 6 138
  • Grade 7 132
  • Grade 8 125
  • Grade 9 157
  • Grade 10 175
  • Grade 11 108
  • Grade 12 112
  • Ungraded 2

By race/ethnicity

  • White 60%
  • Hispanic/Latino 20%
  • Two or more races 11%
  • Black or African American 7%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native 2%
  • Asian <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

68% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 1,242 of 1,815 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 61%
  • Reduced-price lunch 7%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$14,458 spent per student on day-to-day operations Michigan median: $14,724 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $8,464
  • Support services $5,012
  • Other (food service, etc.) $982

Where the money comes from

  • Local 35%
  • State 53%
  • Federal 12%

Total revenue $32.9 milliontotal spending $30.1 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Town: FringeStudents: 79% town, 21% rural

Total staff (FTE)

271

District office

243 S FRONT ST, Dowagiac MI 49047

County

Cass County

Official website

NCES District ID

2612150

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About Dowagiac Union School District

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Mission Statement-We believe that all individuals can learn. Our purpose is to educate all individuals to their maximum potential so they may lead productive, meaningful lives
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