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Dowagiac Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

57072 Riverside Dr

Dowagiac MI, 49047, Cass County

Phone: 269-782-4440

Ranking:

(1,642 out of 2,213, bottom 26%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Dowagiac Union Schools

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	23		23		27		31		32		30		22
Total Students:	507		505		543		538		602		603		381
Grade 6:	162	32.0%	169	33.5%	185	34.1%	170	31.6%	202	33.6%	195	32.3%	NA	NA
Grade 7:	176	34.7%	169	33.5%	168	30.9%	196	36.4%	194	32.2%	210	34.8%	198	52.0%
Grade 8:	169	33.3%	167	33.1%	190	35.0%	172	32.0%	206	34.2%	198	32.8%	183	48.0%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	256	50.5%	249	49.3%	283	52.1%	271	50.4%	301	50.0%	310	51.4%	185	48.6%
Female:	251	49.5%	256	50.7%	260	47.9%	267	49.6%	289	48.0%	284	47.1%	192	50.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.6%	6	1.2%	13	2.4%	16	3.0%	17	2.8%	17	2.8%	6	1.6%
Asian:	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	5	0.9%	5	0.9%	4	0.7%	4	0.7%	1	0.3%
Hispanic:	82	16.2%	73	14.5%	68	12.5%	54	10.0%	76	12.6%	81	13.4%	47	12.3%
Black:	44	8.7%	41	8.1%	59	10.9%	66	12.3%	79	13.1%	73	12.1%	38	10.0%
White:	326	64.3%	341	67.5%	388	71.5%	391	72.7%	422	70.1%	427	70.8%	289	75.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	50	9.9%	43	8.5%	10	1.8%	6	1.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	337	66.5%	301	59.6%	338	62.2%	324	60.2%	360	59.8%	314	52.1%	172	45.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	46	9.1%	35	6.9%	57	10.5%	51	9.5%	67	11.1%	77	12.8%	33	8.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.76		22.41		20.04		17.24		19.01		20.00		17.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MEAP
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.7%	67.7%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.9%	75.9%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.6%	87.6%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	31.2%	31.2%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	27.5%	27.5%	40.2%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.4%	69.4%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.9%	82.9%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.3%	79.3%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	58%	58%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.2%	65.2%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	66.2%	66.2%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	71.1%	71.1%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	24.6%	24.6%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	21.4%	21.4%	29.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	64.8%	64.8%	75.7%
2006	Listening	7th Grade	% met std	39.3%	39.3%	50%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	47.1%	47.1%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	65%	65%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64.1%	64.1%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.4%	77.4%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.9%	76.9%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.6%	85.6%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	38.3%	38%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	25.5%	25.5%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.6%	69.6%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.9%	77.9%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.6%	64.6%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.5%	79.5%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.6%	75.6%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.4%	82.4%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.2%	63.7%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	52.9%	52.9%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	56.5%	56.5%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	55.6%	55.6%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	69.9%	69.9%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	71.8%	71.8%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	42.3%	42.3%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	50.9%	50.6%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	49%	49%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.3%	63.3%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55%	55%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.4%	73.4%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.5%	66.5%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.5%	58.5%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.3%	74.3%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	17.8%	17.7%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	31.6%	31.6%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.4%	79.4%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.9%	62.9%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.1%	70.1%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.7%	80.7%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.9%	79.9%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.8%	57%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.3%	70.3%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	76.7%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	77.5%	77.5%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	74.4%	74.4%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	12.2%	12.2%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	18.8%	18.8%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	59.4%	59.4%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	50.3%	50.3%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	66.3%	66.3%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	66%	66%	74.2%

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* Dowagiac Middle School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.