Enrollment
214
Elementary
DISTRICT 217 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOWAGIAC UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 261215004925
Kincheloe Elementary School
25121 GAGE ST, DOWAGIAC, MI 49047 · (269) 782-4464 · Cass County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL214 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of Michigan public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
129 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 55%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 52% smaller than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Dowagiac Union School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
45.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
43.6%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Kincheloe Elementary School
Kincheloe Elementary School's state test result (41.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kincheloe Elementary School this school | 214 | 60.3% | 41.8% |
| Eastside Elementary School CONSTANTINE | 230 | 63.0% | N/A |
| Morenci Elementary School MORENCI | 227 | 61.2% | N/A |
| River Valley Elementary School THREE OAKS | 195 | 61.5% | 47.2% |
| Washington Elementary School CHARLOTTE | 255 | 61.6% | 30.6% |
| Riverside Elementary School CONSTANTINE | 256 | 59.0% | 29.9% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Kincheloe Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Cass County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #668 of 1,085 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #591 of 1,072 | #5 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #625 of 1,139 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 214 | #1,387 of 1,630 | #9 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #353 of 1,424 | #1 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.1% | #609 of 1,424 | #5 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.3% | #700 of 1,563 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.7% | #113 of 979 | #1 of 9 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
214
-43 (-17%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 335
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 18.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 214 | 14.8 | 14.4:1 | 60% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 224 | 14.5 | 15.4:1 | 71% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 221 | 15.5 | 14.3:1 | 63% (140) |
| 2020-21 | 257 | 14 | 18.4:1 | 73% (187) |
| 2017-18 | 296 | 15.8 | 18.7:1 | 69% (204) |
| 2015-16 | 311 | 15 | 20.7:1 | 65% (202) |
| 2010-11 | 313 | 15 | 20.9:1 | 59% (186) |
| 2000-01 | 275 | 14 | 19.6:1 | 36% (98) |
| 1990-91 | 335 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kincheloe Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (296 to 214); teachers down 6% (15.8 to 14.8).
About Kincheloe Elementary School
At 25121 GAGE ST in DOWAGIAC, Michigan, Kincheloe Elementary School operates as a small elementary school. It reports enrollment of 214 students in kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in Michigan enroll around 369, and this school is 42% below that mark.
A total of 7 schools make up Dowagiac Union School District, with 1,815 students enrolled.
Federal enrollment data show Kincheloe Elementary School is 75% White. The next largest groups are 15% Hispanic and 9% multiracial. In Cass County overall, about 85% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 41%.
For every teacher at Kincheloe Elementary School, there are about 14.4 students; the school has 14.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Michigan is 15.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 129 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 60% of enrollment.
Kincheloe Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 46% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Kincheloe Elementary School is 2.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (41.8% versus 39.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Michigan.
The county, Cass County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $70,443 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting Kincheloe Elementary School, Cass County has 23 public schools.
Kincheloe Elementary School is about 3.4 miles from Justus Gage Elementary School, its nearest public school. There are 7 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 34.5% on proficiency, and Kincheloe Elementary School is above that at 41.8%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment fell by 17% across 4 years, from 257 in 2020-21 to 214 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 18.4:1 in 2020-21 to 14.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Cass County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,520
Census ACS
Median income
$70,443
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
6,258 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dowagiac Union School District
- Union High SchoolHigh · 507 students
- Dowagiac Middle SchoolMiddle · 393 students
- Justus Gage Elementary SchoolElementary · 262 students
- Patrick Hamilton ElementaryElementary · 224 students
- Sister Lakes Elementary SchoolElementary · 166 students
- Pathfinders Alternative EdHigh · 49 students
Other schools in DOWAGIAC
- Union High SchoolHigh · 507 students
- Dowagiac Middle SchoolMiddle · 393 students
- Justus Gage Elementary SchoolElementary · 262 students
- Patrick Hamilton ElementaryElementary · 224 students
- Pathfinders Alternative EdHigh · 49 students
- North Pointe CenterCombined · 44 students
Nearby schools
- Justus Gage Elementary School3.4 mi · 262
- North Pointe Center3.5 mi · 44
- Union High School4.1 mi · 507
- Pathfinders Alternative Ed4.1 mi · 49
- Patrick Hamilton Elementary4.2 mi · 224
- Dowagiac Middle School4.3 mi · 393
Frequently asked questions
About Kincheloe Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kincheloe Elementary School?
Kincheloe Elementary School enrolls approximately 214 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Kincheloe Elementary School serve?
Kincheloe Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kincheloe Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kincheloe Elementary School is approximately 14.4:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kincheloe Elementary School?
At Kincheloe Elementary School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 15% Hispanic, 0% Black, 9% Two or more.
Is Kincheloe Elementary School public or private?
Kincheloe Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Dowagiac Union School District.
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