Wayland Union Middle School

Wayland Union Middle School is a reasonably sized junior high in WAYLAND, Michigan, overseen by Wayland Union Schools. The school caters to 611 students in grades 5 through 8. That puts it 22% above the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Wayland Union Schools comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,708 students; Wayland Union Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Wayland Union Middle School reports that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Allegan County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 36% of students at Wayland Union Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wayland Union Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Allegan County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,283, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Wayland Union Middle School is one of 55 public schools in Allegan County (combined enrollment of about 17,174 students).

The closest other public school is Wayland High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Wayland Union Middle School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 54.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Wayland Union Middle School's enrollment has climbed 47% since 2018, when it stood at 417 (now 611). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 88% to 83%. Class-load math has fell: from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Wayland Union Middle School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.