Fruitport High School

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Fruitport High School
Location
Fruitport High School
357 North 6th Avenue

Fruitport, Michigan
49415

United States
Coordinates 43°07′46″N86°09′45″W / 43.12944°N 86.16250°W / 43.12944; -86.16250
Information
Type Public high school
School district Fruitport Community Schools
NCES School ID 261539005199 [1]
PrincipalLauren Chesney [2]
Teaching staff55 FTE (2023-24) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment788 (2023-24) [1]
Student to teacher ratio14.33 (2023-24) [1]
Color(s)Navy Blue and White    [3]
Athletics conference Ottawa-Kent Conference [3]
Nickname Trojans [3]
Website www.fruitportschools.net/schools/fruitport-high-school

Fruitport High School is a public high school in Fruitport, Michigan, United States. It is part of the Fruitport Community Schools district. [1]

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History

Additions were built to Fruitport Junior High School (which was new in 1955) in 1963 to form a junior/senior high school. [4] [5]

The 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. [6] [7] [8]

Academics

Fruitport was ranked 257th in Michigan in the 2019 U.S. News & World Report best high school rankings. [9]

Athletics

The Fruitport Trojans compete in the Ottawa-Kent Conference. The school colors are navy blue and white. The following Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) sanctioned sports are offered: [3]

The athletic programs is known mainly for its successes in volleyball and wrestling.[ citation needed ] In volleyball, since 2001, the program has been a state finalist eight times, winning three state titles (2005, 2010, and 2011). In football the team in 2001 were state runners-up. The football program has produced Mike Teeter, who played defensive end at the University of Michigan, and in the NFL for the Minnesota Vikings and the Houston Oilers. In wrestling, the team has won two of the last three district titles, and has had a number of state qualifiers over the years, including sending six wrestlers to the state championships in 2014,. [11] [12]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Search for Public Schools - Fruitport High School (261539005199)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved March 12, 2025.
  2. ↑ Fruitport Community Schools. "From the Principal" . Retrieved March 12, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "MHSAA > Schools". www.mhsaa.com. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  4. ↑ "New Fruitport High School". Grand Haven Tribune. January 3, 1963. p. 7.
  5. ↑ "New Fruitport Principal Named". Grand Haven Tribune. August 25, 1955. p. 4.
  6. ↑ Miller, Joshua Rhett (August 23, 2019). "Michigan high school getting extreme makeover to thwart mass shootings". New York Post. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "A Michigan high school features mass shooter defenses in its design". Metro Times. September 6, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Fruitport High School in Fruitport, MI". US News. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Yearly Champions | Girls Volleyball | MHSAA Sports". www.mhsaa.com. Archived from the original on May 16, 2015. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Fruitport's Chris Hendricks, Lowell wrestlers dominate Division 2 individual regional tournament". February 15, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Hesperia's Zack Yates and Davian Gowens, Fruitport's Chris Hendricks earn individual wrestling state titles". March 2014.
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