Fruitport Community Schools

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Fruitport Community Schools
Address
3255 E. Pontaluna Rd [1]
Fruitport
, Muskegon , Michigan , 49415
United States
District information
GradesPre-Kindergarten-12
SuperintendentJason J. Kennedy [2]
Schools7 [3]
Budget$46,717,000 2021-2022 expenditures [3]
NCES District ID 2615390 [3]
Students and staff
Students2,648 (2023-2024) [3]
Teachers167.35 (on an FTE basis) (2023-2024) [3]
Staff364.94 FTE (2023-2024) [3]
Student–teacher ratio15.82 (2023-2024) [3]
Other information
Website www.fruitportschools.net

Fruitport Community Schools is a public school district headquartered in Fruitport, Michigan and serving portions of Muskegon and Ottawa counties in West Michigan. In Muskegon County, it serves most of Fruitport Township, including its namesake village, and portions of Sullivan Township. [4] In Ottawa County, it serves parts of Crockery and Spring Lake townships. [5]

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History

Fruitport has had a high school since at least 1904. [6] Operation of the high school seems to have ceased by 1930, when the district only had eight grades. A new brick school was built in Fruitport in 1931 that went to grade ten. [7]

Fruitport's school district consolidated with other primary school districts in the area in 1947 to form the present school district. [8] [9] The high school was discontinued at that time. [10]

Earlier that year, on March 25, 1947, the Rhymer schoolhouse on Carr Road burned down during the school day due to a faulty furnace. All 31 students escaped and no one was injured. [11]

Edgewood Elementary opened in 1950. [12] Additions were built at Fruitport Junior High School (which had opened in 1955) in 1963 to form a junior/senior high school. [13] [14] The reestablished high school opened in fall 1964. [8]

Fruitport Middle School opened in 1969. The architect was VanderMeiden, Koteles Associates. [15]

The high school was rebuilt in 2021 with a focus on security. Architecture firm Tower Pinkster built a 189,822 addition with a curved academic corridor, shatter-resistant glass, concrete wing walls and refuge zones to protect people in the event of a mass shooting. [16] [17] [18]

Schools

Schools in Fruitport Community Schools district [19] [3]
SchoolAddressNotes
Fruitport High School 357 N. Sixth Ave., FruitportGrades 9-12
Fruitport Middle School3113 E. Pontaluna Rd., FruitportGrades 6-8
Beach Elementary School2741 Hts. Ravenna Rd., MuskegonGrades K-5
Edgewood Elementary School3255 E. Pontaluna Rd., FruitportGrades K-5
Shettler Elementary School2187 Shettler Rd., MuskegonGrades K-5
Early Childhood Center3113 E. Pontaluna Rd., Fruitport,Preschool located within Fruitport Middle School

References

  1. ↑ Fruitport Community Schools. "Fruitport Community Schools" . Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  2. ↑ Fruitport Community Schools. "2023-2024 Annual Education Report" (PDF). Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Fruitport Community Schools". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences.
  4. ↑ Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. "Muskegon County School Districts" (PDF). Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  5. ↑ Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. "Ottawa County School Districts" (PDF). Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Graduating exercises are held at Fruitport". The Muskegon Chronicle. June 17, 1904. p. 2.
  7. ↑ "Fruitport to build school". Grand Haven Tribune. February 19, 1931. p. 1.
  8. 1 2 "Fruitport features first senior class in 17 years". The Muskegon Chronicle. August 12, 1964. p. 49.
  9. ↑ "Fruitport alumni supports school consolidation". The Muskegon Chronicle. April 7, 1947. p. 4.
  10. ↑ "Fruitport cage team to resume cage contests". The Muskegon Chronicle. December 23, 1950. p. 12.
  11. ↑ "Fire destroys Rhymer school". The Muskegon Chronicle. March 27, 1947. p. 1.
  12. ↑ "New Edgewood School, Fruitport, filled for dedication ceremonies". The Muskegon Chronicle. January 16, 1950. p. 5.
  13. ↑ "New Fruitport High School". Grand Haven Tribune. January 3, 1963. p. 7.
  14. ↑ "New Fruitport Principal Named". Grand Haven Tribune. August 25, 1955. p. 4.
  15. ↑ "Fruitport to start building middle school in 10 days". Grand Haven Tribune. October 19, 1967. p. 4.
  16. ↑ Miller, Joshua Rhett (August 23, 2019). "Michigan high school getting extreme makeover to thwart mass shootings". New York Post. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  17. ↑ "A new high school will have sleek classrooms — and places to hide from a mass shooter". Washington Post. August 22, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  18. ↑ "A Michigan high school features mass shooter defenses in its design". Metro Times. September 6, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  19. ↑ Fruitport Community Schools. "Schools" . Retrieved August 11, 2025.
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