Fruitport Community Schools

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 ID2615390[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
Websitewww.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]

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]
School Address Notes
Fruitport High School 357 N. Sixth Ave., Fruitport Grades 9-12
Fruitport Middle School 3113 E. Pontaluna Rd., Fruitport Grades 6-8
Beach Elementary School 2741 Hts. Ravenna Rd., Muskegon Grades K-5
Edgewood Elementary School 3255 E. Pontaluna Rd., Fruitport Grades K-5
Shettler Elementary School 2187 Shettler Rd., Muskegon Grades K-5
Early Childhood Center 3113 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. ^ a b c d e f g h "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. ^ a b "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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