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Dowagiac Union School District

Dowagiac, Michigan · Superintendent: Gregory Blomgren · #200 of 316 Michigan districts by enrollment

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1,823

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,041

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Michigan median

16.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Michigan median 16.8

Dowagiac Union School District is a public school district based in Dowagiac, Michigan, serving 1,823 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #200 of the 316 Michigan districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 37% of them. Its schools average 260 students each, fewer than the Michigan median of 421. Its superintendent is Gregory Blomgren. It spends about $11,041 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.6 students per teacher.

How Dowagiac Union compares

Dowagiac UnionMichigan median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,041

Michigan median $11,576 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,583

Michigan median $7,157 · 8% below · FY2020-21

Students per school260

Michigan median 421 · 38% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.6

Michigan median 16.8 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor608

Michigan median 585 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$28.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 14%State 53%Local 32%

Measure	Dowagiac Union	Michigan median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,041	$11,576	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,583	$7,157	FY2020-21
Total spending	$27.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$28.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	110	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	271	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.6	16.8	2024-25
Students per counselor	608	585	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Michigan median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Gregory Blomgren

Superintendent, Dowagiac Union School District

Source: Michigan CEPI Educational Entity Master, checked 2026-10-04. Report a change

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Peer districts in Michigan

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Milan Area SchoolsMilan	1,839	6	$12,159	14.7	#199
Dowagiac Union School DistrictDowagiac · this district	1,823	7	$11,041	16.6	#200
Alma Public SchoolsAlma	1,815	5	$11,708	15.5	#201
South Haven Public SchoolsSouth Haven	1,815	6	$12,046	14.1	#202
Oakridge Public SchoolsMuskegon	1,810	4	$10,833	17.2	#203

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
MS Achievement School District Of Yazoo CityYazoo City, MS	1,824	$9,954	n/a
Andalusia CityAndalusia, AL	1,823	$10,146	16.6
Griswold School DistrictGriswold, CT	1,823	$20,219	13.2
La Center School DistrictLa Center, WA	1,823	$13,323	18.4

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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