Niles Community Schools
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| Niles Community Schools | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
1 Tyler Street[1]
, Berrien, Michigan, 49120United States | |
| District information | |
| Grades | Pre-Kindergarten-12 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Adam Burtsfield[2] |
| Schools | 11[3] |
| Budget | $43,924,000 2021-2022 expenditures[3] |
| NCES District ID | 2625560[3] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 3,143 (2024-2025)[3] |
| Teachers | 163.21 (on an FTE basis) (2024-2025)[3] |
| Staff | 409.46 FTE (2024-2025)[3] |
| Student–teacher ratio | 19.26[3] |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
Niles Community Schools is a public school district in Berrien County, Michigan. It serves Niles and parts of Niles Township, Berrien Township, and Bertrand Township.[4] It also serves parts of Howard Township and Pokagon Township in Cass County.[5]
A union school opened in Niles in September, 1856. Fifty Black students attended a separate school as of 1865, but the schools were integrated by 1870. A new high school was completed in 1923.[6]
Marking one hundred years as a school district, the completion of the present high school was celebrated in May 1956 with an open house. The Niles Daily Star newspaper described the school's 1,250-seat auditorium as "specially designed for acoustic clarity" and noted the school's "glass block walls, skylights, and a variety of walls painted in pastel shades (that) provide an unusual amount of light."[7] The architect of the high school was Eberle M. Smith Associates.[8]
