Kincheloe Elementary School

Located at 25121 GAGE ST, in DOWAGIAC, Michigan, Kincheloe Elementary School is a small primary school that works with 214 students (grades K through 5), operated by Dowagiac Union School District. That puts it 42% smaller than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Dowagiac Union School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 1,815 students; Kincheloe Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Kincheloe Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 15% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Kincheloe Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.6%; this one delivers 41.8%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Cass County put median household earnings sit near $70,443, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Kincheloe Elementary School is one of 23 public schools in Cass County (combined enrollment of about 6,258 students).

The closest other public school is Justus Gage Elementary School, roughly 3.4 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Kincheloe Elementary School comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 34.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Kincheloe Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 28% since 2018, when it stood at 296 (now 214). White enrollment moved from 66% to 75% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Kincheloe Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.