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Muskegon, Michigan - 7 schools
An equity score of 40/100 ranks Reeths-Puffer Schools #503 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,205 per pupil, Reeths-Puffer Schools ranks #514 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,571
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$12,205
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Reeths-Puffer Schools operates 7 public schools serving 3,571 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Muskegon County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,205 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 26.3% local, 65.5% state, and 8.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 40/100, ranked #503 of 707 in Michigan against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (12 AP courses district-wide), a 371.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 36.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.3% White, 6.4% Hispanic or Latino, 3.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Central Elementary School, with a diversity index of 32.3/100.
Its largest campus is Reethspuffer High School, enrolling 1,107 students (33% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Pennsylvania Elementary School, at 39 students, a 28x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Reethspuffer High School accounts for 31.0% of all Reeths-Puffer Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Reeths-Puffer Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Reeths-Puffer Schools school enrollment varies 28× across entities
Reeths-Puffer Schools school enrollment ranges from 39 students (lowest) to 1,107 students (highest), a spread of 1,068 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Reeths-Puffer Schools student-counselor ratio is 371:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Reeths-Puffer Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 36.5% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.