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What advice would you give to incoming students at ReethsPuffer Elementary School?
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Enrollment
600
Elementary
DISTRICT 318 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·REETHS-PUFFER SCHOOLS·NCES 262954006543
ReethsPuffer Elementary School
874 E GILES RD, MUSKEGON, MI 49445 · (231) 744-4777 · Muskegon County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL600 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Michigan public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
357 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 155 | 26% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (155) is 26% larger than its 4th grade class (123).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
ReethsPuffer Elementary School→ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch
Based on grade levels within Reeths-Puffer Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
32.8%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
38.9%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
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 ReethsPuffer Elementary School
ReethsPuffer Elementary School's state test result (36.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ReethsPuffer Elementary School this school | 600 | 59.5% | 36.0% |
| Central Elementary School DAVISON | 581 | 62.5% | 54.4% |
| Shepherd Elementary School SHEPHERD | 544 | 57.4% | 39.4% |
| GT Norman Elementary School REED CITY | 540 | 59.1% | 35.4% |
| Central Park Elementary School MIDLAND | 646 | 62.2% | 46.8% |
| Franklin Elementary School CADILLAC | 563 | 55.8% | 49.0% |
Matched among Michigan elementary 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 ReethsPuffer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Muskegon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #812 of 1,085 | #9 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #706 of 1,072 | #6 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #937 of 1,139 | #14 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 600 | #125 of 1,630 | #3 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #1,099 of 1,424 | #22 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.0% | #777 of 1,424 | #15 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.5% | #712 of 1,563 | #17 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #779 of 979 | #12 of 19 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
600
+23 (+4%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 796
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 600 | 34 | 17.7:1 | 60% (357) |
| 2023-24 | 597 | 36.6 | 16.3:1 | 65% (387) |
| 2022-23 | 603 | 36.9 | 16.3:1 | 65% (393) |
| 2020-21 | 577 | 32 | 18.0:1 | 63% (363) |
| 2017-18 | 633 | 38.8 | 16.3:1 | 62% (395) |
| 2015-16 | 645 | 39 | 16.5:1 | 62% (399) |
| 2010-11 | 450 | 26 | 17.3:1 | 52% (232) |
| 2000-01 | 509 | 26 | 19.6:1 | 30% (154) |
| 1990-91 | 796 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ReethsPuffer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (633 to 600); teachers down 12% (38.8 to 34).
About ReethsPuffer Elementary School
ReethsPuffer Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school found in MUSKEGON, Michigan. The school enrolls 600 students, from pre-K through 4. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Michigan is about 369, so this school runs 63% above that.
Reeths-Puffer Schools runs 7 schools with a combined 3,395 students. ReethsPuffer Elementary School is one of them.
About 82% of the student body at ReethsPuffer Elementary School is White. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% multiracial, 6% Black, and 5% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 32% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 17.7 students per teacher. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 60%. That tracks the 59% average for public schools in Muskegon County.
allk12 grades ReethsPuffer Elementary School a C. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Michigan with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 39.9%. ReethsPuffer Elementary School scores 36.0%.
Federal survey data for Muskegon County show that the median household income is $65,024, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 71 public schools in Muskegon County, enrolling about 25,245 students in all.
The nearest other public school, ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch, is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. ReethsPuffer Elementary School places 2nd of 4 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
ReethsPuffer Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment at ReethsPuffer Elementary School grew 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 577 to 600 students.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Reeths-Puffer Schools
- ReethsPuffer High SchoolHigh · 1,107 students
- ReethsPuffer Middle SchoolMiddle · 537 students
- ReethsPuffer Intermediate SchMiddle · 479 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 428 students
- Twin Lake SchoolElementary · 205 students
- Pennsylvania Elementary SchoolElementary · 39 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
- ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch0.1 mi · 479
- ReethsPuffer High School0.3 mi · 1,107
- Orchard View High School2.4 mi · 543
- Marquette Elementary School2.5 mi · 367
- LAKESHORE LEARNING CENTER2.6 mi · 21
- Wesley School2.7 mi · 127
Frequently asked questions
About ReethsPuffer Elementary SchoolHow many students attend ReethsPuffer Elementary School?
ReethsPuffer Elementary School enrolls approximately 600 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does ReethsPuffer Elementary School serve?
ReethsPuffer Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
How many teachers does ReethsPuffer Elementary School have?
ReethsPuffer Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
What is the student diversity at ReethsPuffer Elementary School?
Student demographics at ReethsPuffer Elementary School are roughly 82% White, 5% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is ReethsPuffer Elementary School in?
ReethsPuffer Elementary School is part of Reeths-Puffer Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.