📍 421 e Congress St, Sturgis, St. Joseph County, 49091
Congress School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sturgis, St. Joseph County. The school has 162 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Sturgis Public Schools school district. It serves grades K–2 in a small-town setting. The school employs 10.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Congress School enrolls 162 students across grades K–2. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 10.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 63% White, 31% Hispanic or Latino and 2.5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 102 | 63% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 50 | 31% |
| Black or African American | 4 | 2.5% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 2.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
110 of the school's 162 students (68%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 98 qualify for free lunch and 12 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Congress School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. 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 59.
Congress School is one of 6 schools in Sturgis Public Schools, based in STURGIS, Michigan. The district serves 2,773 students district-wide and employs 160 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 162 students, Congress School is smaller than the district average of about 462 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant