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White Cloud Junior High School

Public Grades 6-8

713^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 890 Michigan Middle Schools

Better than 20% of Michigan middle schools

Summary

White Cloud Junior High School is a public middle school serving grades 6-8 in White Cloud, Michigan, with 211 students. The school is part of the White Cloud Public Schools district, which is ranked 439 out of 613 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Over the past 10 years, White Cloud Junior High School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Michigan middle schools, typically in the 600s or 700s out of around 800-900 schools.

White Cloud Junior High School significantly underperforms the state averages across all subject areas and grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, only 17.3% of 6th graders were proficient in ELA compared to the state average of 38.6%, and only 4.76% of 7th graders were proficient in Math compared to the state average of 33.3%. The school also has very high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 27.7% to 33.4% over the past few years, much higher than the state average. Additionally, the school serves a predominantly low-income student population, with 77.36% to 80.18% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch over the past few years.

Nearby schools like Big Rapids Middle School, Tri County Middle School, and Fremont Middle School significantly outperform White Cloud Junior High School on test scores, despite serving similar demographics in terms of free/reduced lunch rates. White Cloud Junior High School spends more per student than the state average, but its performance is consistently in the bottom quartile of Michigan middle schools, with little to no improvement over the past decade, suggesting the school may not be using its resources effectively.

211

Students ?

15.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,270

Per pupil spending ?

76.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

555 E Wilcox Ave
White Cloud, MI 49349-7512

(231) 689-1705

District: White Cloud Public Schools

Students who attend White Cloud Junior High School usually attend:

High:

White Cloud High School

Feeder schools for White Cloud Junior High School:

Elementary:

White Cloud Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

White:

88.2%

Hispanic:

4.3%

Two or more races:

3.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 31st percentile in 2015 → 20th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Michigan average (21% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (20th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (37% vs 28% Michigan)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school21%

District avg21%

Michigan avg41%

713^th of 890

Michigan public middle schools ?

Bottom 20%▼ down 11 pts since 2015

From bottom 31% (2015) to bottom 20% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

439^th of 613White Cloud Public Schools among Michigan districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	18.4	713 of 890	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.8	715 of 897	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.7	701 of 883	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.6	634 of 776	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	10.9	633 of 675	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.7	667 of 792	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.8	678 of 838	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	13.0	723 of 821	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	34.4	592 of 894	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2015	32.3	634 of 919	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2014	35.9	634 of 921	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2013	40.0	589 of 919	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2012	49.3	476 of 900	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2011	56.6	483 of 858	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2010	52.7	544 of 851	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2009	48.5	576 of 847	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2008	41.3	617 of 839	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	33.6	663 of 823	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	36.0	642 of 806	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	16.9	667 of 789	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.1	668 of 771	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.0	628 of 770	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.7	601 of 657	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.1	581 of 658	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.2	635 of 794	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	20.1	686 of 832	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.7	667 of 836	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.6	616 of 825	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.3	579 of 691	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.2	461 of 523	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.4	605 of 672	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.9	635 of 815	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	18.1	658 of 798	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.4	645 of 786	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.3	673 of 776	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.2	533 of 658	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	8.6	525 of 540	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	18.2	547 of 639	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.8	601 of 797	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2018	21.5	338 of 377	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	7.5	674 of 696	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.5	673 of 701	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.3	661 of 688	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.9	593 of 638	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.0	556 of 577	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.6	590 of 624	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.5	623 of 678	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)18th percentile~ school

Male (2025)18th percentile~ school

Female (2025)15th percentile-4 vs school

Special Education (2018)10th percentile-9 vs school

White (2025)3rd percentile-17 vs school

By subject vs Michigan (2024-2025) ?

Social Studies28%-19 vs state

Science27%-14 vs state

English Language Arts19%-20 vs state

Mathematics16%-15 vs state

Math8%-24 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PSAT English Language Arts (2025)	PSAT Mathematics (2025)	M-Step English Language Arts (2025)			M-Step Math (2025)			M-Step Science (2025)		M-Step Social Studies (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 8th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 5th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 6th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 7th Grade	M-Step Math 5th Grade	M-Step Math 6th Grade	M-Step Math 7th Grade	M-Step Science 5th Grade	M-Step Science 8th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 5th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
White Cloud Junior High School	Public	6-8	555 E Wilcox Ave	White Cloud	49349	Newaygo County	White Cloud Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 689-1705	211	14	15.2	76.8%	186 (88.2%)	4 (1.9%)	9 (4.3%)	2 (0.9%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.8%)	18.4	713^th of 890 public middle schools	19.9%		18.8	715^th of 897 public middle schools	20.3%	2	45.1	15.5		17.3	20.6		10.7	4.8		27.1		28.4	$14,270	$1,909	$12,361
Newaygo Middle School	Public	5-8	850 76th St	Newaygo	49337	Newaygo County	Newaygo Public School District	No	No	No	No	(231) 652-1285	472	29	16.3	63.1%	382 (80.9%)	4 (0.8%)	65 (13.8%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.2%)	39.3	530^th of 890 public middle schools	40.4%		35.1	560^th of 897 public middle schools	37.6%	30	62.9	17.1	41.3	25.0	28.7	15.1	18.1	22.6	31.0	42.9	19.0	47.6	$15,709	$2,514	$13,195
Fremont Middle School	Public	6-8	500 Woodrow St	Fremont	49412	Newaygo County	Fremont Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 924-0230	456	28	16.4	57.5%	408 (89.5%)	2 (0.4%)	30 (6.6%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.2%)	70	210^th of 890 public middle schools	76.4%		68.3	218^th of 897 public middle schools	75.7%	8	71.6	18.1		50.0	50.0		40.4	39.7		53.2		61.0	$14,176	$1,353	$12,823
David C Outwin Middle School	Public	6-8	96 S Division St	Hesperia	49421	Newaygo County	Hesperia Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 854-6475	198	10	20.4	60.1%	173 (87.4%)	2 (1.0%)	15 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.0%)	24.6	649^th of 890 public middle schools	27.1%		20.4	699^th of 897 public middle schools	22.1%	50	55.6	6.3		23.3	25.0		13.3	11.7		30.2		33.3	$13,074	$1,256	$11,818
Grant Middle School	Public	5-8	96 E 120th St	Grant	49327	Newaygo County	Grant Public School District	No	No	No	No	(231) 834-5910	445	25	17.4	62.9%	321 (72.1%)	3 (0.7%)	103 (23.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	15 (3.4%)	52	387^th of 890 public middle schools	56.5%		45.4	461^st of 897 public middle schools	48.6%	74	64.4	31.4	44.1	42.6	36.2	9.6	31.7	22.9	43.3	33.6	30.8	47.9	$15,641	$1,503	$14,137
Morley Stanwood Middle School	Public, Magnet	6-8	4700 Northland Dr	Morley	49336	Mecosta County	Morley Stanwood Community Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(231) 856-4550	234	14	16.2	66.2%	217 (92.7%)	4 (1.7%)	4 (1.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.4%)	22.2	673^rd of 890 public middle schools	24.4%		28.1	631^st of 897 public middle schools	29.7%	42	54.8	13.7		20.3	22.6		17.2	14.1		20.3		28.4	$16,300	$1,152	$15,148
Holton Middle School	Public	6-8	6477 Syers Rd	Holton	49425	Muskegon County	Holton Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 821-1775	173	11	16.1	76.9%	151 (87.3%)	1 (0.6%)	8 (4.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (6.9%)	20.3	693^rd of 890 public middle schools	22.1%		34.5	569^th of 897 public middle schools	36.6%	124	43.1	17.6		14.3	26.2		11.9	15.6		17.3		30.8	$13,624	$1,885	$11,739
Big Rapids Middle School	Public	5-8	500 N Warren Ave	Big Rapids	49307	Mecosta County	Big Rapids Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 796-9965	644	31	20.5	46.4%	564 (87.6%)	13 (2.0%)	16 (2.5%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (7.0%)	44.7	479^th of 890 public middle schools	46.2%		47.5	435^th of 897 public middle schools	51.5%	44	62.7	18.7	51.8	30.8	38.6	40.0	20.5	28.7	51.5	43.0	31.1	39.4	$13,453	$1,791	$11,662
Tri County Middle School	Public	6-8	21350 Kendaville Rd	Howard City	49329	Montcalm County	Tri County Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 937-4318	381	22	17.4	41.2%	328 (86.1%)	1 (0.3%)	27 (7.1%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.2%)	32.2	588^th of 890 public middle schools	33.9%		34.8	565^th of 897 public middle schools	37.0%	23	53.0	23.5		33.6	20.9		21.9	24.8		26.7		30.2	$14,469	$1,035	$13,434

Frequently Asked Questions about White Cloud Junior High School

What district is White Cloud Junior High School in?

White Cloud Public Schools

What high school do graduates of White Cloud Junior High School attend?

Students who attend White Cloud Junior High School usually go on to attend White Cloud High School

What is the racial makeup of White Cloud Junior High School?

Students at White Cloud Junior High School are 88% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 2% African American.

How many students attend White Cloud Junior High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 211 students attended White Cloud Junior High School.

Is White Cloud Junior High School a good school?

White Cloud Junior High School ranks in the bottom 19.9% of Michigan middle schools.

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