Middle · Michigan
Dowagiac Middle School
Free meals for allDowagiac Middle School, a public middle school in Dowagiac, Michigan: grades 6–8, 393 students, 18.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Dowagiac Union School District.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 393
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.2
- Students per teacher
- 18.5
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 69% of middle schools in Michigan
Median 17.5 · 490 schools compared
More students per teacher than 80% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 64% of middle schools in Michigan
Median 503 · 491 schools compared
Smaller than 65% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Michigan's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Michigan: 45%45%proficient
−1.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 56% of middle schools in Michigan
Median 47% · 491 middle schools compared
389 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Michigan: 35%25%proficient
+3.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 64% of middle schools in Michigan
Median 30% · 491 middle schools compared
387 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Town near a city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Dowagiac Union School District.
Location
- Address
- 57072 Riverside Dr, Dowagiac, MI 49047
- Phone
- (269)782-4440
- City or town
- Dowagiac
- County
- Cass County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cassopolis Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 188 | 14.2 | 30% | 10% |
Eau Claire Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 139 | 14.0 | 25% | 10% |
Ring Lardner Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 510 | 17.5 | 52% | 32% |
Edwardsburg Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 612 | 19.3 | 67% | 50% |
Berrien Springs Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 424 | 15.7 | 48% | 29% |
Brandywine Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 7–8 | 183 | 16.9 | 44% | 21% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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