Jenison High School

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Jenison Senior High School
Location
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2140 Bauer Road

Jenison, Michigan
49428

United States
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Information
TypePublic secondary school
Established1970
School district
Jenison Public Schools
Principal
Michael Leiter
Faculty81[1]
Teaching staff
77.90 (FTE)[2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,515 (2024-25)[1]
Student to teacher ratio
18.87[2]
ColorTemplate:Pluralize from textPage Template:Legend/styles.css has no content. Page Template:Legend/styles.css has no content.  Forest Green, Silver Lining[3]
AthleticsTennis, football, baseball, water polo, swimming, track, cross country, hockey, volleyball, softball, wrestling, dance, and marching band
MascotWildcats
Websitewww.jpsonline.org/o/hs
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A photo of Jenison High School's campus

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Jenison High School is the senior high school for Jenison Public Schools located in Jenison, Michigan serving grades 9 through 12. The school's athletics department competes in the Ottawa-Kent Conference.[4]

Academics

Jenison High School offers 18 different Advanced Placement (AP) courses.

The average SAT composite score for 2023-2024 was 1054.7.[5]

Athletics

Softball

State Champions, Class A, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995[6]

The softball field is named after Jerry Hoag, head coach of all Jenison's State Championship softball teams.

Football

The Wildcats play in David McKenzie Stadium, which is named after one of the districts former superintendents.

Ice hockey

The Jenison/Zeeland Varsity hockey team plays their games in Georgetown ice arena.

Baseball

Jenison's teams play at Gary Cook Field.

Fine arts

Jenison is known for its fine arts programs. Jenison High School offers marching band, concert band, orchestra, choir, and theater programs.[7]

Marching band

Jenison High School's marching band competes in the Michigan Competing Band Association (MCBA) state-level circuit, where the band has won first place in MCBA Flight II in 2001, 2002, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.[8]

The band also competes in the Bands of America circuit nationally, where they have been regional champions at the Northwest Ohio Regional in 2022 and 2023, and have been semifinalists in the Grand National Championships in 2021,[9] 2022,[10] and 2024.[11]

The marching band participated in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2023.[12]

Facilities

Jenison High School is located on the JPS Main Campus, which contains the High School, Jenison Junior High School, the Jenison Center for the Arts, and the Jenison athletic facilities.

Fieldhouse

In 2022, Jenison Public Schools opened their new high school fieldhouse.[13] The indoor athletic facility is 64,000 square feet, has a 70-foot turf field, two track lanes, a classroom and a cheer room. The fieldhouse is located to the southwest of the main high school building, across the main parking lot.

Jenison Center for the Arts (JCA)

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The Jenison Center for the Arts is a performing arts center located on campus.

Notable alumni

References

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