Constantine Public Schools
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| Constantine Public Schools | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
1 Falcon Drive[1]
, St. Joseph County, Michigan, 49042United States | |
| District information | |
| Grades | Pre-Kindergarten-12 |
| Superintendent | Pat Breen[2] |
| Schools | 5[1] |
| Budget | $16,927,000 2021-2022 expenditures[3] |
| NCES District ID | 2610750[3] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 1,301 (2023-2024)[3] |
| Teachers | 69.76 (on an FTE basis) (2023-2024)[3] |
| Staff | 139.1 FTE (2023-2024)[3] |
| Student–teacher ratio | 18.65 (2023-2024)[3] |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
Constantine Public Schools is a public school district in southwest Michigan. In St. Joseph County, it serves Constantine and parts of the townships of Constantine, Fabius, Florence, and Mottville.[4] In Cass County, it serves parts of the townships of Mason, Newberg, and Porter.[5]
Constantine's first school began in 1830 in a crude cellar room with split logs for seats. A dedicated schoolhouse was erected in 1832, and subsequent schoolhouses replaced it over the years. The site of the current middle school has been used as a school since 1867, when a three-story brick school was built. The first high school class graduated in 1872.[6]
The upper floor of the 1867 schoolhouse burned on April 8, 1894.[7][8] The school was rebuilt but burned twice more, the last time in 1926.[6] Its school bell is prominently displayed in the current high school.[9]
On the same site, the Canaris Street School was built in 1927 as a K-12 building, and it became the high school after grade schools were built in Constantine.[10] A section housing the auditorium, gymnasium and band room was built around 1957.[11][12] Ultimately the district's middle school, it closed in summer 2005, when the middle school moved to the former high school.[10]
The current Constantine High School opened for classes on January 3, 2005[9] and the previous high school, built in 1966,[13] became the district's middle school. The construction of Riverside Elementary was funded by the same bond issue that built the 1966 high school.[14]