Thornapple Kellogg School District

Thornapple Kellogg Schools
Address
10051 Green Lake Road [1] Middleville , Barry , Michigan , 49333 United States
District information
Grades	Pre-Kindergarten-12
Superintendent	Craig McCarthy [1]
Schools	6 [2]
Budget	$61,628,000 2021-2022 expenditures [2]
NCES District ID	2633810 [2]
Students and staff
Students	3,148 (2023-2024) [2]
Teachers	179.59 (on an FTE basis) (2023-2024) [2]
Staff	405.86 FTE (2023-2024) [2]
Student–teacher ratio	17.53 (2023-2024) [2]
Other information
Website	www.tkschools.org

Thornapple Kellogg Schools is a public school district in West Michigan. In Barry County, it serves Middleville, Freeport, and parts of the townships of Irving, Orangeville, Rutland, Thornapple, and Yankee Springs. In Allegan County, it serves parts of Leighton and Wayland townships. ^[3] It also serves parts of Bowne Township in Kent County and Campbell Township in Ionia County. ^[4]

History

Middleville's first brick school, a union school, was built in 1871. Although it included a high school, the first commencement was held in 1881. This school was demolished in 1935. ^[5]

In 1931, the Will Keith Kellogg Child Welfare Foundation contributed to the cost of a school building in the Thornapple Township school district (which consolidated the rural schoolhouse districts in the area that same year ^[5] ) to build the first Thornapple-Kellogg school. ^[6] The Foundation allowed the junior/senior high school to have more educational options: "Agriculture, domestic sciences, manual training, cooking, canning and sewing in addition to regular academic subjects," according to a 1930 newspaper article. ^[7] McFall Elementary was built west of the high school in 1951, ^[5] and a gym and music room addition was built at the high school in 1957. ^[8]

The present Thornapple Kellogg High School opened in fall of 1971. At that time, the previous high school became a school for grades 5-8. ^[9] The old high school was torn down in 1999, and the 1957 gymnasium addition remained and was connected to McFall Elementary. ^[10]

Middleville's public library is housed within the high school, an arrangement going back to 1923. ^[5]

Schools

Schools in Thornapple Kellogg School District ^{[11] [2]}

School	Address	Notes
Thornapple Kellogg High School	3885 Bender Rd., Middleville	Grades 9-12. Built 1971. [9]
Thornapple Middle School	10375 Green Lake Rd., Middleville	Grades 6-8
Page Elementary	3675 Bender Rd., Middleville	Grades 4-5
Lee Elementary	840 W. Main St., Middleville	Grades 2-3
McFall Elementary	509 W. Main St., Middleville	Grades PreK-1
Early Childhood Center	3316 Bender Rd., Middleville	Preschool. Opened 2022.

References

1. Thornapple Kellogg Schools. "Thornapple Kellogg Schools" . Retrieved June 21, 2025.
2. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Thornapple Kellogg School District". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences.
3. Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. "Barry County School Districts" (PDF). Retrieved June 21, 2025.
4. Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. "Kent County School Districts" (PDF). Retrieved June 21, 2025.
5. Finkbeiner, Gary A. "Thornapple Township & The Village of Middleville" . Retrieved June 21, 2025.
6. "Real school at Middleville". The Grand Rapids Press. November 12, 1936. p. 17.
7. "Thornapple approves Kellogg school move". Grand Rapids Press. December 18, 1930. p. 3.
8. Editorial staff of Thornapple Kellogg High School yearbook. The Trojan 1957 (Thornapple Kellogg High School 1957 Yearbook). p. 2.
9. Styer, Jim (February 21, 1971). "School construction tops $34 million". Battle Creek Enquirer. p. H8.
10. Vintage Aerial. "Photo 103-ZBA-21 from 1981" . Retrieved June 21, 2025.
11. Thornapple Kellogg Schools. "Schools menu" . Retrieved June 21, 2025.