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What's the most underrated thing about Orchard View Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
422
Middle
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORCHARD VIEW SCHOOLS·NCES 262676006303
Orchard View Middle School
35 S SHERIDAN DR, MUSKEGON, MI 49442 · (231) 760-1500 · Muskegon County
GRADES 05–09MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Michigan public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
292 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 142 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 139 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 141 | 33% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientMath
16.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Michigan average is about 45 of 100.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Orchard View Middle School
Orchard View Middle School's state test result (23.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orchard View Middle School this school | 422 | 69.2% | 23.5% |
| Comstock Middle School KALAMAZOO | 276 | 66.3% | N/A |
| Oakley W Best Middle School DEARBORN HEIGHTS | 557 | 76.8% | 25.3% |
| Robert J West Middle School TAYLOR | 641 | 76.4% | 33.5% |
| Adams Middle School WESTLAND | 591 | 65.1% | N/A |
| Huron Academy Grades 38 CLINTON TOWNSHIP | 408 | 63.0% | 32.1% |
Matched among Michigan middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Orchard View Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Muskegon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #385 of 397 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #367 of 380 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 422 | #300 of 491 | #7 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #41 of 436 | #2 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #46 of 437 | #2 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.2% | #92 of 477 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.6% | #114 of 339 | #3 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
422
-44 (-9%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 18.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 422 | 28.8 | 14.7:1 | 69% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 30.2 | 15.1:1 | 79% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 447 | 18.7 | 23.9:1 | 81% (363) |
| 2020-21 | 466 | 25 | 18.6:1 | 80% (371) |
| 2017-18 | 512 | 27.8 | 18.4:1 | 78% (401) |
| 2015-16 | 530 | 29 | 18.3:1 | 78% (416) |
| 2010-11 | 634 | 29 | 21.9:1 | 66% (418) |
| 2000-01 | 624 | 40 | 15.6:1 | 40% (247) |
| 1990-91 | 530 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orchard View Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (512 to 422); teachers up 4% (27.8 to 28.8).
About Orchard View Middle School
Orchard View Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school. Its address is in MUSKEGON, Michigan. The school counted 422 students in 2024-25, covering grades 5 through 9.
In Orchard View Schools, 5 schools enroll a combined 2,041 students.
About 50% of the student body at Orchard View Middle School is White. The remaining students are 29% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. Among people living in Muskegon County, the White share is about 77%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
The school's 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. Middle schools in Michigan average 17.5:1, 2.9 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 69% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 59% average for public schools in Muskegon County.
Among Michigan public middle schools, Orchard View Middle School outscored 5%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Orchard View Middle School ranks in the bottom 10% of Michigan schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 23.5%. Predicted: 35.6%. Difference: 12.1 points.
In the surrounding county, Muskegon County, median household income comes to about $65,024, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 71 public schools and about 25,245 students.
Orchard View Middle School's nearest public school is Orchard View High School (about 0.3 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.
Orchard View Middle School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 422, compared with 466 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 18.6:1 to 14.7:1.
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Muskegon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
175,961
Census ACS
Median income
$65,024
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
71
25,245 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Orchard View Schools
- Cardinal ElementaryElementary · 611 students
- Orchard View High SchoolHigh · 543 students
- Orchard View Early ElementaryElementary · 331 students
- Orchard View Community EducationHigh · 134 students
Other schools in MUSKEGON
- Mona Shores High SchoolHigh · 1,268 students
- ReethsPuffer High SchoolHigh · 1,107 students
- Muskegon High SchoolHigh · 1,003 students
- Mona Shores Middle SchoolMiddle · 930 students
- Charles Hackley Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
- Timberland AcademyElementary · 613 students
Nearby schools
- Orchard View High School0.3 mi · 543
- Cardinal Elementary0.4 mi · 611
- Orchard View Early Elementary0.7 mi · 331
- Timberland Academy1.4 mi · 613
- Orchard View Community Education1.5 mi · 134
- Marquette Elementary School1.6 mi · 367
Frequently asked questions
About Orchard View Middle SchoolHow many students attend Orchard View Middle School?
Orchard View Middle School enrolls approximately 422 students in grades 05-09.
What grades does Orchard View Middle School serve?
Orchard View Middle School serves grades 05-09.
How many students per teacher at Orchard View Middle School?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Orchard View Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Orchard View Middle School?
At Orchard View Middle School, the student body is approximately 50% White, 10% Hispanic, 29% Black, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Orchard View Middle School public or private?
Orchard View Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Orchard View Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.