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Fruitport High School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Fruitport High School
Located at 357 N 6TH AVE, in FRUITPORT, Michigan, Fruitport High School is a substantial secondary school that instructs 812 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Fruitport Community Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 77% bigger than the state mean of about 460.
Across the 7 schools in Fruitport Community Schools (2,650 students total), Fruitport High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, Fruitport High School reports that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 7% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial.
Looking at school resources, Fruitport High School logs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Muskegon County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Muskegon County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,024 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Fruitport High School is one of 71 public schools in Muskegon County (combined enrollment of about 25,245 students).
Edgewood Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Fruitport High School's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 847 (now 812). Class-load math has fell: from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 in 2025.
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