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. In Ottawa County, it serves most of Crockery Township and a sliver of Spring Lake Township.
History Fruitport has had a high school since at least 1904. 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.
Fruitport's school district consolidated with other primary school districts in the area in 1947 to form the present school district. The high school was discontinued at that time.
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.
Edgewood Elementary opened in 1950. Additions were built at Fruitport Junior High School (which had opened in 1955) in 1963 to form a junior/senior high school. The reestablished high school opened in fall 1964.
Fruitport Middle School opened in 1969. The architect was VanderMeiden, Koteles Associates.
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.
In November of 2025, voters approved a $78.5 million bond proposal to fund several upgrades in the district. Plans include building a new Edgewood Elementary School.
Schools +Schools in Fruitport Community Schools district 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
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