Muskegon High School

Muskegon High School, a heavily attended four-year high school in MUSKEGON, Michigan, overseen by Muskegon Public Schools of the City of, instructs 1,003 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Muskegon High School sits 118% bigger than that benchmark.

Muskegon High School is one of 7 schools operated by Muskegon Public Schools of the City of, a district that caters to 3,325 students overall.

Demographically, Muskegon High School shows that Black students make up the majority at 60%; the rest breaks down as 17% Hispanic, 13% White, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Muskegon County as a whole is about 12% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Muskegon High School logs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Muskegon County's rate of about 59%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Muskegon County) logs that median household earnings sit near $65,024, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Muskegon County's 71 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,245 students), Muskegon High School is one campus in the mix.

Charles Hackley Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Muskegon High School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 980 (now 1,003). Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 64% to 60%. Class-load math has widened: from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 22.2:1 in 2025.

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