David C Outwin Middle School

David C Outwin Middle School is one of the tiny middle-grades schools in HESPERIA, Michigan, operated by Hesperia Community Schools, with 198 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 502 students each, so David C Outwin Middle School sits 61% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Hesperia Community Schools (799 students total), David C Outwin Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, David C Outwin Middle School logs that nearly all students (87%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Newaygo County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.4:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 60% of students at David C Outwin Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Newaygo County) logs that median household income runs about $63,304, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Newaygo County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,782 students), David C Outwin Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hesperia High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around David C Outwin Middle School.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 11%: 223 students in 2018 compared to 198 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 96% to 87% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 in 2025.

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