Whitehall Middle School

Whitehall Middle School, a tight-knit 6-8 campus in WHITEHALL, Michigan, one of the schools within Whitehall District Schools, hosts 424 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Whitehall Middle School is one of 5 schools operated by Whitehall District Schools, a district that hosts 2,013 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Whitehall Middle School records that nearly all students (88%) are White. The remainder consists of 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Muskegon County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Whitehall Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 44.3%, a residual of -4.3 points.

In the surrounding 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 roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Whitehall Middle School is one of 71 public schools in Muskegon County (combined enrollment of about 25,245 students).

Nearest neighbor: Whitehall Ealy Elem School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Whitehall Middle School. On composite proficiency, Whitehall Middle School comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.9%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 15%: 499 students in 2018 compared to 424 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 1% to 6% across the same window.

On the community side, the feed for Whitehall Middle School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.