Elementary · Michigan

Justus Gage Elementary School

Free meals for all

Justus Gage Elementary School, a public elementary school in Dowagiac, Michigan: grades pre-k–5, 262 students, 15.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Dowagiac Union School District.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary 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: 262
Teachers (FTE): 17.3
Students per teacher: 15.1
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 60% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 15.8 · 1,619 schools compared

More students per teacher than 56% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 75% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 366 · 1,621 schools compared

Smaller than 79% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Town near a city
Run by: Dowagiac Union School District

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Dowagiac Union School District.

Location

Address: 301 Oak St, Dowagiac, MI 49047
Phone: (269)782-4460
City or town: Dowagiac
County: Cass County

Website Quality of life in Dowagiac Schools in Dowagiac

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Patrick Hamilton ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	224	15.4	0.8 mi
Kincheloe Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	214	14.4	3.4 mi
Sam Adams Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	368	16.3	7.4 mi
Sister Lakes Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	166	13.8	8.5 mi
HowardEllis Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	529	19.5	10.3 mi
Lybrook Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	233	12.7	10.4 mi

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).

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NCES 261215004919