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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Justus Gage Elementary School, Dowagiac, MI

CEP schoolJustus Gage Elementary School is a public elementary school in Dowagiac, part of Dowagiac Union School District. It enrolled 262 students in 2024-25, with 15.4 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
262
Teachers (FTE)
17.0
Students per teacher
15.4
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 1.2 lower than the district figure of 16.6. The Michigan average across schools is 16.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.4
District16.6
Michigan16.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
301 Oak St, Dowagiac, MI 49047
Phone
(269)782-4460
District
Dowagiac Union School District
County
Cass County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Town: Fringe
NCES school ID
261215004919
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
182
Reduced-price lunch
14
Free or reduced-price lunch
19674.8% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Dowagiac Union School District

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.