Ravenna Middle School

Located at 2700 S RAVENNA RD, in RAVENNA, Michigan, Ravenna Middle School is a compact intermediate school that hosts 291 students (grades 5 through 8), run under Ravenna Public Schools. That puts it 42% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Ravenna Middle School is one of 3 schools operated by Ravenna Public Schools, a district that serves 1,001 students overall.

On demographics, Ravenna Middle School lists that nearly all students (88%) are White. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Muskegon County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ravenna Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 46.8%; Ravenna Middle School posts 27.2%, -19.6 points below that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Muskegon County) shows that median household earnings sit near $65,024, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Ravenna Middle School is one of 71 public schools in Muskegon County (combined enrollment of about 25,245 students).

Ravenna High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ravenna Middle School comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 30.3%.

Ravenna Middle School operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ravenna Middle School has fell 9%, going from 320 students in 2018 to 291 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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