ReethsPuffer High School

Located at 1545 N ROBERTS RD, in MUSKEGON, Michigan, ReethsPuffer High School is a large four-year high school that instructs 1,107 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Reeths-Puffer Schools. That puts it 141% larger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

ReethsPuffer High School is one of 7 schools operated by Reeths-Puffer Schools, a district that teaches 3,395 students overall.

Demographically, ReethsPuffer High School shows that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, ReethsPuffer High School has 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting ReethsPuffer High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Muskegon County's rate of about 59%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Muskegon County put the typical household earns roughly $65,024 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Muskegon County runs 71 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,245 students), of which ReethsPuffer High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 7%: 1,187 students in 2018 compared to 1,107 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 89% to 83% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 in 2025.

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