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Enrollment
479
Middle
DISTRICT 508 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·REETHS-PUFFER SCHOOLS·NCES 262954001076
ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch
1500 N GETTY ST, MUSKEGON, MI 49445 · (231) 744-9280 · Muskegon County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL479 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Michigan public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
16.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
242 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 5 | 222 | 46% |
| Grade 6 | 257 | 54% |
Student demographics
29%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
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
32.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
19.1%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% 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 ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch
ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch's state test result (26.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch this school | 479 | 50.5% | 26.4% |
| Reed City Middle School REED CITY | 471 | 51.0% | 37.5% |
| Shepherd Middle School SHEPHERD | 390 | 49.0% | 43.2% |
| Grayling Middle School GRAYLING | 450 | 49.3% | 35.0% |
| Charlotte Upper Elementary School CHARLOTTE | 527 | 53.3% | 33.2% |
| Marshall Greene Middle School BIRCH RUN | 548 | 52.6% | 37.4% |
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 ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Muskegon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #373 of 397 | #8 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #358 of 380 | #7 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #315 of 377 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 479 | #255 of 491 | #5 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #156 of 436 | #6 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.1% | #254 of 437 | #6 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.5% | #208 of 477 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #106 of 339 | #2 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
479
-56 (-10%) vs 2020
-33% since 2000-01, when it was 712
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 479 | 28.6 | 16.7:1 | 51% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 530 | 29.7 | 17.9:1 | 55% (289) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 27.3 | 19.2:1 | 54% (285) |
| 2020-21 | 535 | 29 | 18.4:1 | 58% (309) |
| 2017-18 | 588 | 32.3 | 18.2:1 | 56% (328) |
| 2015-16 | 537 | 32 | 16.8:1 | 50% (271) |
| 2010-11 | 603 | 30 | 20.1:1 | 53% (318) |
| 2000-01 | 712 | 39 | 18.3:1 | 24% (172) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (588 to 479); teachers down 11% (32.3 to 28.6).
About ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch
ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch, a mid-sized middle school, is located in MUSKEGON, Michigan. The school has 479 students in 2024-25 across grades 5 through 6.
The district, Reeths-Puffer Schools, has 3,395 students enrolled across 7 schools.
By race and ethnicity, ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch is 84% White. Other groups make up 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. A diversity index of 29% means there is a 29% chance two randomly chosen students at ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch are from different groups.
The school lists 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1. The average for middle schools in Michigan, 17.5:1, is higher. A total of 242 students, or 51%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Michigan public middle schools, ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch outscored 3%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch is 43.9%. It actually posts 26.4%, which is 17.5 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Michigan schools.
The school's county is Muskegon County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $65,024, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Muskegon County's 71 public schools enroll about 25,245 students and include ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch.
Among nearby public schools, ReethsPuffer Elementary School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 36.0%, higher than ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch's 26.4%.
The NCES locale for ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch is Suburb: Mid-size, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A 10% decline took enrollment from 535 in 2020-21 to 479 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.7:1.
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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 Reeths-Puffer Schools
- ReethsPuffer High SchoolHigh · 1,107 students
- ReethsPuffer Elementary SchoolElementary · 600 students
- ReethsPuffer Middle SchoolMiddle · 537 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 Elementary School0.1 mi · 600
- ReethsPuffer High School0.3 mi · 1,107
- Orchard View High School2.5 mi · 543
- Marquette Elementary School2.6 mi · 367
- LAKESHORE LEARNING CENTER2.7 mi · 21
- North Muskegon Elementary School2.7 mi · 406
Frequently asked questions
About ReethsPuffer Intermediate SchHow large is ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch?
ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch enrolls approximately 479 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch serve?
ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch is approximately 16.7:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch?
ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch reports a student body of 84% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch?
ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch is overseen by Reeths-Puffer Schools in Muskegon County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.