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 in West Michigan. In Muskegon County, it serves Fruitport and parts of the Fruitport Township and Sullivan Township. [4] In Ottawa County, it serves parts of Crockery Township and Spring Lake Township. [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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