High · Michigan
Pathfinders Alternative Ed
AlternativeMostly virtualFree meals for allPathfinders Alternative Ed, a public high school in Dowagiac, Michigan: grades 6–12, 49 students, 20.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Dowagiac Union School District.
Size and class size
Compared with high 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
- 49
- Teachers (FTE)
- 2.4
- Students per teacher
- 20.4
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
More students per teacher than 72% of high schools in Michigan
Median 18.4 · 866 schools compared
More students per teacher than 84% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 84% of high schools in Michigan
Median 322 · 916 schools compared
Smaller than 89% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 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%Not published: too few students tested.
M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Michigan: 35%Not published: too few students tested.
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
- High · Grades 6–12
- Type
- District school · Alternative
- Instruction
- Mostly virtual
- 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
- 501 N Paul St, Dowagiac, MI 49047
- Phone
- (269)782-4471
- City or town
- Dowagiac
- County
- Cass County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Union High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 507 | 18.3 |
Volinia Outcome Base SchoolAlternativeMostly virtualFree meals for all | 7–12 | 40 | 18.9 |
Cassopolis Alternative EdAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 16 | 10.0 |
Cassopolis High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 281 | 21.4 |
WAY Eau ClaireAlternativeMostly virtualFree meals for all | 9–12 | 35 | 3.1 |
Berrien County Juvenile CenterSpecial education | 6–12 | 10 | 3.3 |
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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