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Pathfinders Alternative Ed

A public alternative school in Dowagiac, Michigan, in Dowagiac Union School District. NCES’s record for 2024–25.

The school in 2024–25

49
Students enrolled
2.4
Teachers, full-time equivalent
4081.6% of students
Eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Eligibility, as the state reported it. It is not a count of family income.
Not reported by the state
Directly certified for free meals

Students by grade, and by race and sex, 2024–25

Students at Pathfinders Alternative Ed by grade, 2024–25, as NCES published them
GradeStudents
Grade 60
Grade 71
Grade 81
Grade 916
Grade 1014
Grade 1110
Grade 125
Ungraded2
Not Specified0

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Students at Pathfinders Alternative Ed by race/ethnicity and sex, 2024–25, as NCES published them
Race/ethnicityFemaleMale
American Indian or Alaska Native00
Asian00
Black or African American24
Hispanic/Latino15
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander00
Two or more races45
White1414
Not SpecifiedNot in NCES’s fileNot in NCES’s file

NCES’s own subtotals, under its own names. The race and sex counts are NCES’s subtotal without adult education, so they can add to less than the enrollment above. A count NCES suppressed or did not receive says so; this site computes no cell, total or share from them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 49 in 2024–⁠25
Larger than 5% of the 95,462 public schools in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. Larger than 7% of the 3,354 schools in Michigan that report one.
Pupils per teacher: 20.4 in 2024–⁠25
More than 86% of the 91,868 schools reporting both pupils and teachers. Pupils per full-time-equivalent teacher, the school’s own two counts.

The school’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Alternative School
Charter
No
Grades
Grade 6 to Grade 12
Level
High
Locale
Town, fringe
County
Cass County
School lunch program
Yes under Community Eligibility Option (CEO)
Virtual instruction
Primarily virtual
NCES school ID
261215004920

Sources

  • Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026

    SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.

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