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Union High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

701 West Prairie Ronde St

Dowagiac MI, 49047, Cass County

Phone: 269-782-4428

Ranking:

(378 out of 665, bottom 43%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Dowagiac Union Schools

Title I Eligible School: No

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:	30		29		29		32		39		36		38
Total Students:	652		657		640		610		643		659		694
Grade 9:	189	29.0%	212	32.3%	213	33.3%	208	34.1%	214	33.3%	206	31.3%	220	31.7%
Grade 10:	181	27.8%	163	24.8%	161	25.2%	173	28.4%	170	26.4%	150	22.8%	172	24.8%
Grade 11:	146	22.4%	148	22.5%	155	24.2%	120	19.7%	122	19.0%	152	23.1%	159	22.9%
Grade 12:	136	20.9%	134	20.4%	111	17.3%	108	17.7%	137	21.3%	151	22.9%	143	20.6%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	313	48.0%	328	49.9%	307	48.0%	303	49.7%	323	50.2%	334	50.7%	354	51.0%
Female:	339	52.0%	329	50.1%	333	52.0%	307	50.3%	312	48.5%	317	48.1%	335	48.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	14	2.1%	12	1.8%	17	2.7%	14	2.3%	13	2.0%	14	2.1%	18	2.6%
Asian:	3	0.5%	5	0.8%	3	0.5%	4	0.7%	4	0.6%	2	0.3%	6	0.9%
Hispanic:	87	13.3%	85	12.9%	72	11.3%	58	9.5%	58	9.0%	48	7.3%	61	8.8%
Black:	72	11.0%	80	12.2%	72	11.3%	66	10.8%	83	12.9%	70	10.6%	73	10.5%
White:	453	69.5%	461	70.2%	472	73.8%	466	76.4%	485	75.4%	525	79.7%	535	77.1%
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:	23	3.5%	14	2.1%	4	0.6%	2	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	361	55.4%	363	55.3%	327	51.1%	296	48.5%	278	43.2%	230	34.9%	261	37.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	55	8.4%	52	7.9%	52	8.1%	39	6.4%	59	9.2%	73	11.1%	72	10.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	22.00		22.73		22.07		18.91		16.70		18.40		18.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MEAP
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	62.2%	62.2%	N/A
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	58.1%	58.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	77.6%	77.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	N/A
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	60.1%	60.1%	N/A
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	67.2%	67.2%	N/A
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	62.9%	62.9%	N/A
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	75.2%	75.2%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	65.4%	64.7%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	69.4%	68.8%	N/A
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	19.5%	18.6%	N/A
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	27.1%	25.2%	N/A
MME
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	48.9%	48.9%	N/A
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	47.3%	47.4%	N/A
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	49.6%	49.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	41.6%	41.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	40.7%	40%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	45.2%	45.3%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	48.1%	47.8%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	45%	43%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	20.3%	20%	N/A
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	16%	16%	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.8%	62.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.3%	57.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	54.8%	54.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62%	61.1%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61%	59%	N/A
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	44.9%	45%	N/A
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	44%	43%	N/A
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	55.1%	55.1%	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	50.3%	50%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	57.8%	58.4%	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	51.9%	51.3%	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	55%	53%	N/A
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	18.1%	17.9%	N/A
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	15%	15%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	89.8%	89.8%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	84%	83.1%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	83%	83.2%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	85.2%	84.2%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	84%	83%	N/A
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	42.4%	42.6%	N/A
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	37%	37%	N/A
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	35.3%	35.3%	N/A
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	39.9%	39.5%	N/A
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	40.7%	41.6%	N/A
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	38.3%	37.5%	N/A
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	46%	44%	N/A
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	45.7%	45.7%	N/A
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	43%	42%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Union High School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.