Muskegon Sun

There were 16,877 white students enrolled in Muskegon County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.1% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Muskegon County welcomed 25,531 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 66.1% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 66 schools in Muskegon County, Reeths-Puffer High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 996 students.

Overall student enrollment in Michigan remains below pre-pandemic levels, with white students experiencing the largest decline at 6.5%.

Academic performance has also suffered, with the state's average NAEP score dropping by 6.5 points and ethnic achievement gaps have widened. Black and Hispanic students' average math proficiency dropped by 7% in 2022, to 13.5% and 28.2%, respectively.

School name	% of white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Reeths-Puffer High School	84.6	1,177
Mona Shores High School	73.3	1,268
Fruitport High School	84.6	810
Mona Shores Middle School	67.3	902
Whitehall Senior High School	87.1	629
Reeths-Puffer Elementary School	84.1	603
Fruitport Middle School	85.2	594
Edgewood Elementary School	84.2	581
Reeths-Puffer Middle School	83.9	542
Oakridge High School	77.5	561
Reeths-Puffer Intermediate School	81.9	524
Oakridge Lower Elementary School	75.6	557
Oehrli Elementary School	88.8	465
Shoreline Elementary School	88.3	446
Montague High School	84.1	464
Whitehall Middle School	86.3	430
Beechnau Elementary School	89.4	388
Whitehall Ealy Elementary School	86.3	401
Ross Park Elementary School	78.9	435
Central Elementary School	83	411
Orchard View High School	59.2	576
Oakridge Upper Elementary School	80.5	421
Churchill Elementary School	81.9	408
Holton Elementary School	91.1	361
Cardinal Elementary School	52.8	610
Lincoln Park Elementary School	76.1	418
North Muskegon Elementary School	79.8	376
Ravenna Middle School	86.2	327
Ravenna High School	89.9	306
Beach Elementary School	87	308
North Muskegon High School	79.7	335
Shettler School	83.6	318
Nellie B. Chisholm Middle School	88.9	271
Oakridge Middle School	84.5	283
Orchard View Middle School	53	447
Campbell Elementary School	56.5	416
Orchard View Early Elementary School	55.4	388
Holton High School	85.9	249
North Muskegon Middle School	78.5	223
Twin Lake School	81.6	212
Holton Middle School	87.9	182
Muskegon High School	15.4	1,039
Muskegon Middle School	17	755
Bunker Elementary School	28.4	398
Montague Area Childhood Center	90.5	116
Wesley School	69	142
Muskegon Montessori Academy for Environmental Change	56	166
White Lake Area Community Education	83.5	109
Orchard View Community Education	66.9	127
Timberland Academy	12.4	623
Three Oaks Public School Academy	18.7	348
Marquette Elementary School	13.3	474
Oakview Elementary School	18	294
Moon Elementary School	16.3	246
Pennsylvania Elementary School	97.5	40
Oakridge Fusion	82.9	41
Holton Virtual Academy	93.5	31
Muskegon Covenant Academy	16.3	160
Fruitport Adult Education	81.5	27
Muskegon Heights Academy	7	272
Muskegon Community Education Center	14.9	114
Lakeshore Learning Center	71.4	21
Muskegon Maritime Academy	26.4	53
Fruitport Alternative High School	70.6	17
Dr. Martin Luther King Academy	4.3	210
Edgewood Elementary Academy	1.4	138