Allendale Middle School

Allendale Middle School, a mid-sized junior high in ALLENDALE, Michigan, part of Allendale Public Schools, instructs 564 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Allendale Public Schools comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,551 students; Allendale Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Allendale Middle School lists that White students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder breaks down as 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black.

On the resource side, On paper, Allendale Middle School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Allendale Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.6%, the actual is 51.5%, a residual of -2.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Ottawa County shows median household earnings sit near $90,502, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ottawa County runs 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,894 students), of which Allendale Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Evergreen Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Allendale Middle School comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 65.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Allendale Middle School's enrollment has ticked down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 605 (now 564). The White share of enrollment decreased from 82% to 77% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.