📍 401 W Chicago St, Buchanan, Berrien County, 49107
Buchanan Step Up is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Buchanan, Berrien County. The school has 33 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Buchanan Community Schools school district. It serves grades K–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 3.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.0:1. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Buchanan Step Up enrolls 33 students across grades K–12. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 3.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 67% White, 24% Two or more races and 6.1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 22 | 67% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 | 6.1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | 3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
24 of the school's 33 students (73%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 24 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Buchanan Step Up is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). It operates as a fully virtual school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MI-50, state senate district 21, state house district 78.
Buchanan Step Up is one of 6 schools in Buchanan Community Schools, based in BUCHANAN, Michigan. The district serves 1,577 students district-wide and employs 90 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 33 students, Buchanan Step Up is smaller than the district average of about 263 students per school.
Setting: Town - Fringe