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Whitehall Ealy Elementary School

Q: Is Whitehall Ealy Elementary School a good school?

Whitehall Ealy Elementary School ranks 422 nd of 1492 Michigan elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 3-5

422^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,492 Michigan Elementary Schools

Better than 72% of Michigan elementary schools

Summary

Whitehall Ealy Elementary School in Whitehall, MI, serves roughly 400 students in grades 3-5 and is part of the Whitehall District Schools, earning a 4-star rating and ranking in the 72nd percentile statewide—well above the Michigan average.

What truly sets Whitehall Ealy apart is its combination of strong academics and cost efficiency. In 5th-grade ELA, proficiency hits 60%, compared to just 30.6% at Holton Elementary School and 20% at Oehrli Elementary School, a nearby school just 1.35 miles away. The school also excels with specific student groups, ranking in the 84th percentile for Hispanic students and the 83rd percentile for low-income students—a sign that it's effectively closing achievement gaps. Chronic absenteeism is notably low at 19.7%, far better than the district's 29.6% and the state's 27.9%. All this is achieved while spending $13,766 per student, which is significantly less than schools like Marquette Elementary School ($22,735 per student, 2nd percentile) and Holton Elementary School ($16,911 per student, 28th percentile).

However, there are areas to watch. Support for special education students has been volatile, dropping from the 62nd percentile in 2023-2024 to the 4th percentile in 2024-2025 before recovering to the 22nd percentile. Additionally, recent proficiency rates dipped from the prior year—3rd-grade ELA fell from 64.7% to 45.2%—which could be a cohort effect or a developing trend. Compared to its sister school, Shoreline Elementary School (grades PK-2), which shares similar demographics, Whitehall Ealy's strong performance suggests the district's approach pays off as students advance. For parents, this is a high-achieving, efficient school that delivers excellent results for a diverse student body, though special education support deserves closer scrutiny.

431

Students ?

15.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,766

Per pupil spending ?

46.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

425 E Sophia St
Whitehall, MI 49461-1348

(231) 893-1040

District: Whitehall District Schools

Students who attend Whitehall Ealy Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Whitehall Middle School
High:	Whitehall Senior High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

82.4%

Hispanic:

8.1%

Two or more races:

6.5%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 70th percentile in 2016 → 72nd in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Michigan average (48% vs 38% meeting standards)

✓Above the Michigan median (72nd percentile)

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school48%

District avg48%

Michigan avg38%

422^nd of 1,492

Michigan public elementary schools ?

Top 28%▲ up 1 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

235^th of 625Whitehall District 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
2026	69.0	422 of 1492	71.7%	★★★★☆
2025	68.5	433 of 1488	70.9%	★★★★☆
2024	63.0	512 of 1486	65.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	63.1	505 of 1470	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	66.7	385 of 1344	71.4%	★★★★☆
2021	58.0	412 of 1153	64.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	67.8	400 of 1408	71.6%	★★★★☆
2018	60.7	602 of 1448	58.4%	★★★☆☆
2017	52.4	645 of 1466	56.0%	★★★☆☆
2016	67.2	458 of 1548	70.4%	★★★★☆
2015	70.0	446 of 1580	71.8%	★★★★☆
2014	54.4	750 of 1533	51.1%	★★★☆☆
2013	55.1	746 of 1563	52.3%	★★★☆☆
2012	51.1	813 of 1566	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2011	61.3	745 of 1552	52.0%	★★★☆☆
2010	69.3	547 of 1552	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2009	68.1	574 of 1589	63.9%	★★★☆☆
2008	72.9	398 of 1577	74.8%	★★★★☆
2007	74.7	314 of 1565	79.9%	★★★★☆
2006	70.4	427 of 1545	72.4%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	68.1	353 of 1343	73.7%	★★★★☆
2025	66.7	380 of 1338	71.6%	★★★★☆
2024	61.9	435 of 1342	67.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	63.3	410 of 1321	69.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	57.9	414 of 1106	62.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	54.0	366 of 902	59.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	65.7	352 of 1171	69.9%	★★★★☆
2018	52.5	709 of 1443	50.9%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	75.6	37 of 225	83.6%	★★★★☆
2025	69.1	42 of 209	79.9%	★★★★☆
2024	66.3	50 of 201	75.1%	★★★★☆
2023	69.4	41 of 188	78.2%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	75.1	233 of 1352	82.8%	★★★★☆
2025	78.6	181 of 1346	86.6%	★★★★☆
2024	70.7	292 of 1381	78.9%	★★★★☆
2023	70.8	271 of 1350	79.9%	★★★★☆
2022	64.9	304 of 1099	72.3%	★★★★☆
2021	71.7	136 of 749	81.8%	★★★★☆
2019	78.0	134 of 1134	88.2%	★★★★☆
2018	57.7	570 of 1397	59.2%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	60.7	490 of 1372	64.3%	★★★☆☆
2025	61.7	491 of 1366	64.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	55.2	563 of 1347	58.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	55.4	554 of 1334	58.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	63.8	366 of 1139	67.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	54.5	375 of 915	59.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	67.8	335 of 1196	72.0%	★★★★☆
2018	63.9	502 of 1446	65.3%	★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	28.3	82 of 104	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	26.5	192 of 246	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	12.8	243 of 252	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	55.4	86 of 225	61.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	53.0	78 of 195	60.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	41.8	219 of 403	45.7%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	61.6	418 of 1199	65.1%	★★★☆☆
2025	60.0	449 of 1206	62.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	53.9	531 of 1204	55.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	55.6	499 of 1198	58.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	62.8	372 of 1102	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	56.7	390 of 1005	61.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	64.6	359 of 1128	68.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	52.4	596 of 1253	52.4%	★★★☆☆

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)

Hispanic (2026)84th percentile+12 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)83rd percentile+11 vs school

Female (2026)74th percentile~ school

White (2026)65th percentile-7 vs school

Male (2026)64th percentile-7 vs school

Special Education (2026)22nd percentile-50 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)21st percentile-51 vs school

By subject vs Michigan (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts52%+10 vs state

Math50%+12 vs state

Science48%+8 vs state

Social Studies28%~ state avg

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by a parent
Tuesday, February 5, 2013

I like Whitehall district schools in general, but this is my daughters first year at Ealy and I've had nothing but problems with there office not contacting me when my daughter gets hurt or when she is sick! Also I've continually had problems with my daughter being sick all the time now, when we lived in our previous school district, she was never sick! Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				M-Step English Language Arts (2026)			M-Step Math (2026)			M-Step Science (2026)	M-Step Social Studies (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	M-Step English Language Arts 3rd Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 4th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 5th Grade	M-Step Math 3rd Grade	M-Step Math 4th Grade	M-Step Math 5th Grade	M-Step Science 5th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Whitehall Ealy Elementary School	Public	3-5	425 E Sophia St	Whitehall	49461	Muskegon County	Whitehall District Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 893-1040	431	28	15.4	46.9%	355 (82.4%)	7 (1.6%)	35 (8.1%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.5%)	69	422^nd of 1492 public elementary schools	71.7%		68.5	433^rd of 1488 public elementary schools	70.9%	11	45.2	49.3	60.0	55.5	51.4	43.2	48.4	28.4	$13,766	$1,211	$12,555
Shoreline Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	205 E Market St	Whitehall	49461	Muskegon County	Whitehall District Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 893-1050	432	29	15.0	47.5%	361 (83.6%)	4 (0.9%)	29 (6.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	34 (7.9%)								(n/a)									$16,445	$1,259	$15,186
Oehrli Elementary School	Public	1-5	4859 Knudsen St	Montague	49437	Muskegon County	Montague Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 894-9018	436	30	14.6	45.4%	380 (87.2%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (10.1%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.1%)	31.2	984^th of 1492 public elementary schools	34.0%		40.9	851^st of 1488 public elementary schools	42.8%	133	35.0	29.1	20.0	36.3	44.2	17.6	29.4	15.3	$15,893	$1,510	$14,382
Montague Area Childhood Center	Public	PK-K	9151 Dicey St	Montague	49437	Muskegon County	Montague Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 894-9018	85	7	11.8	49.4%	73 (85.9%)	2 (2.4%)	7 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.5%)								(n/a)									$20,431	$2,708	$17,723
Central Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1807 W Giles Rd	Muskegon	49445	Muskegon County	Reeths-Puffer Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 744-1693	428	25	17.2	41.4%	349 (81.5%)	12 (2.8%)	33 (7.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.5%)	37.5	893^rd of 1492 public elementary schools	40.1%		41.7	838^th of 1488 public elementary schools	43.7%	55	32.9	34.9		34.2	33.7				$13,590	$422	$13,168
Twin Lake School	Public	PK, KG-4	3175 5th St	Twin Lake	49457	Muskegon County	Reeths-Puffer Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 719-3190	205	15	13.7	51.7%	172 (83.9%)	7 (3.4%)	14 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	11 (5.4%)	33.2	952^nd of 1492 public elementary schools	36.2%		49.6	723^rd of 1488 public elementary schools	51.4%	229	23.1	39.5		25.0	36.8				$15,402	$622	$14,779
ReethsPuffer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	874 E Giles Rd	Muskegon	49445	Muskegon County	Reeths-Puffer Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 744-4777	600	34	17.6	59.5%	491 (81.8%)	38 (6.3%)	28 (4.7%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (6.5%)	45.4	771^st of 1492 public elementary schools	48.3%		40.6	855^th of 1488 public elementary schools	42.5%	84	37.1	36.5		37.1	40.9				$13,656	$1,021	$12,635
North Muskegon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1600 Mills Ave	Muskegon	49445	Muskegon County	North Muskegon Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 719-4201	406	25	16.1	27.8%	314 (77.3%)	24 (5.9%)	25 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (10.6%)	58	585^th of 1492 public elementary schools	60.8%		67	465^th of 1488 public elementary schools	68.8%	120	29.5	50.0	40.6	54.1	57.4	40.6	42.2	26.6	$14,923	$1,052	$13,870
Pennsylvania Elementary School	Public	K	2500 Pennsylvania Ave	Muskegon	49445	Muskegon County	Reeths-Puffer Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 638-0253	39	2	19.5	10.3%	34 (87.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (7.7%)								(n/a)									$12,306	$188	$12,119
Holton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6245 Syers Rd	Holton	49425	Muskegon County	Holton Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 821-1825	338	25	13.5	72.5%	305 (90.2%)	4 (1.2%)	11 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.3%)	25.1	1081^st of 1492 public elementary schools	27.5%		25.5	1071^st of 1488 public elementary schools	28.0%	10	27.1	31.0	30.6	37.5	29.3	11.3	29.5	4.8	$16,911	$2,646	$14,264

Frequently Asked Questions about Whitehall Ealy Elementary School

What district is Whitehall Ealy Elementary School in?

Whitehall District Schools

What is the racial makeup of Whitehall Ealy Elementary School?

Students at Whitehall Ealy Elementary School are 82% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 2% African American.

Is Whitehall Ealy Elementary School a good school?

Whitehall Ealy Elementary School ranks 422^nd of 1492 Michigan elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Whitehall Ealy Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 431 students attended Whitehall Ealy Elementary School.

What schools do graduates of Whitehall Ealy Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Whitehall Ealy Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Whitehall Middle School
High : Whitehall Senior High School

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