ReethsPuffer Elementary School

ReethsPuffer Elementary School operates as an expansive elementary-level community in MUSKEGON, Michigan, one of the schools within Reeths-Puffer Schools. Current enrollment sits at 600 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 63% larger than typical.

Within Reeths-Puffer Schools, which oversees 7 schools and 3,395 students, ReethsPuffer Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ReethsPuffer Elementary School lists that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 6% Black, 5% Hispanic.

On the resource side, On paper, ReethsPuffer Elementary School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting ReethsPuffer Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ReethsPuffer Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.9%; this one delivers 36.0%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Muskegon County put median household income runs about $65,024, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Muskegon County runs 71 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,245 students), of which ReethsPuffer Elementary School is one.

ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ReethsPuffer Elementary School at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 32.8%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 5%: 633 students in 2018 compared to 600 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.

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