Charles Hackley Middle School

Set in MUSKEGON, Michigan, Charles Hackley Middle School is a heavily attended junior high, operated by Muskegon Public Schools of the City of. It enrolls 774 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 54% above the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Muskegon Public Schools of the City of comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,325 students; Charles Hackley Middle School is among them.

On demographics, Charles Hackley Middle School records that 53% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 19% Hispanic, 18% White, 11% multiracial. By comparison, Muskegon County as a whole is about 12% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Muskegon County (around 59%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Zooming out to the county, Muskegon County reports that median household earnings sit near $65,024, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Charles Hackley Middle School is one of 71 public schools in Muskegon County (combined enrollment of about 25,245 students).

The closest other public school is Muskegon Community Education Center, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Charles Hackley Middle School.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Charles Hackley Middle School has ticked up 50%, going from 517 students in 2018 to 774 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 64% to 53% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 in 2025.

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