Orchard View High School

Orchard View High School, a mid-tier four-year high school in MUSKEGON, Michigan, operated by Orchard View Schools, works with 543 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

Orchard View High School is one of 5 schools operated by Orchard View Schools, a district that educates 2,041 students overall.

On demographics, Orchard View High School reports that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 28% Black, 10% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Muskegon County put the typical household earns roughly $65,024 per year, 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), Orchard View High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Orchard View Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Orchard View High School.

Orchard View High School operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Orchard View High School's enrollment has declined 17% since 2018, when it stood at 654 (now 543). The White share of enrollment fell from 67% to 51% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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