Corunna Public Schools

Corunna Public Schools
Address
124 N Shiawassee Street [1] Corunna , Shiawassee County , Michigan , 48817 United States
District information
Grades	Pre-Kindergarten–12
Established	1842 [2]
Superintendent	John Fattal [3]
Schools	3 [4]
Budget	$24,437,000 2021-2022 expenditures [4]
NCES District ID	2610860 [4]
Students and staff
Students	1,624 (2023-2024) [4]
Teachers	96.9 (on an FTE basis) (2023-2024) [4]
Staff	232.98 FTE (2023-2024) [4]
Student–teacher ratio	16.76 (2023-2024) [4]
Other information
Website	www.corunna.k12.mi.us

Corunna Public Schools is a public school district in Shiawassee County, Michigan. It serves Corunna, Vernon, and parts of the townships of Caledonia, Hazelton, New Haven, Shiawassee, Venice, and Vernon. ^[5]

History

Corunna's public school district was organized in 1842. A brick school building was built in 1851, and a second, larger school was built in 1866. Both were destroyed by fire in 1882 and replaced by a new building. This building also served as a high school. It was destroyed by fire on April 14, 1908. ^[2]

Shiawassee Street School was built to replace it, opening in 1909. It served as Corunna High School until 1952 and as an elementary school between 1952 and 1976, when it became the district administration building. ^[2] It also housed grades six through eight during the 1960s. ^[6] It closed in 2014 and was redeveloped as apartments in 2016. ^[7]

Between 1972 and 1976, overcrowding beset the district, and high school and junior high school students shared the high school building for half-day sessions. ^{[8] [9]}

The current high school opened in fall 1976, ending the overcrowding crisis. The former high school, built in 1952, ^{[10] [11] [a]} became the district's middle school. ^[12]

Schools

Schools in Corunna Public Schools district ^{[13] [4]}

School	Address	Notes
Corunna High School	417 E King St., Corunna	Grades 8–12; built 1976 [12]
Corunna Middle School	400 N. Comstock Street, Corunna	Grades 4–7; built 1952 [10]
Elsa Meyer Elementary	100 S. Hastings Street, Corunna	Grades K–3
Louise Peacock Children's Services	485 E. McArthur Street, Corunna	Preschool / Early childhood

Notes

1. The 1952–1953 yearbook features a picture of the then-new building, the present middle school, whereas the 1951–1952 yearbook showed only a picture of the former high school (Shiawassee Street School). 1952 is also the year Shiawassee Street School began housing a stand-alone elementary school, according to historic marker on the site.

References

1. Corunna Public Schools. "Corunna Public Schools". Corunna Public Schools. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
2. "Shiawassee Street School/Corunna Public Schools". Historical Marker Database. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
3. Corunna Public Schools. "Administrative Office". Corunna Public Schools. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
4. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Corunna Public Schools". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences.
5. Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. "Shiawssee County School Districts" (PDF). Retrieved October 25, 2025.
6. "School needs being studied at Corunna". The Flint Journal. August 7, 1969. p. 68.
7. Randy Conat (October 5, 2016). "Former Corunna school to be converted into apartments". ABC12. WJRT-TV. Archived from the original on October 6, 2016.
8. "Corunna graduation requirements cut". The Flint Journal. February 29, 1972. p. 36.
9. "Corunna school opening to end split sessions". The Flint Journal. August 13, 1976. p. 2.
10. Editorial staff of Corunna High School yearbook. Sphinx'53. p. cover.
11. Editorial staff of Corunna High School yearbook. 1951–1952 Sphinx. p. 1.
12. "High school in Corunna sets program". The Flint Journal. October 15, 1976. p. B7.
13. Corunna Public Schools. "Schools menu". Corunna Public Schools. Retrieved October 25, 2025.

External links

• Corunna School District