{{Short description|High school in Ottawa County, Michigan}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2010}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox school | logo = | name = Jenison Senior High School | native_name = | motto = | established = 1970 | type = Public secondary school | gender = | principal = Michael Leiter | faculty = 81<ref name="jpsonline1">https://filecabinet10.eschoolview.com/96FBB977-1B05-40E6-9C90-D102ACD65DA0/e91cb25c-69a0-4067-808a-eb3388de4aa6.pdf</ref> | teaching_staff = 77.90 (FTE)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=2619830&ID=261983005645|title=Jenison High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=April 4, 2025}}</ref> | ratio = 18.87<ref name=NCES/> | enrollment = 1,515 (2024-25)<ref name="jpsonline1"/> | grades = 9–12 | address = 2140 Bauer Road | city = Jenison, Michigan | zipcode = 49428 | country = United States | coordinates = {{Coord|42.9206|-85.8359|type:edu_region:US-MI|display=inline,title|format=dms}} | district = Jenison Public Schools | oversight_label = | oversight = | accreditation = | campus = | colors = {{Color box|#124734|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|#9ea1a2|border=darkgray}} Forest Green, Silver Lining<ref name=Colors>{{cite web|url=https://www.jpsonline.org/o/jps/page/brand-resources|title=Brand Resources - Jenison Public Schools|accessdate=September 29, 2025}}</ref> | athletics = Tennis, football, baseball, water polo, swimming, track, cross country, hockey, volleyball, softball, wrestling, dance, and marching band | mascot = Wildcats | yearbook = | test_name = | test_average = | national_ranking = | website = {{URL|www.jpsonline.org/o/hs}} | footnotes = | picture = Jenison High School.jpg | picture_caption = A photo of Jenison High School's campus | picture2 = | picture_caption2 = }} {{Infobox High school student assessments in Michigan | year = 2021–22 | M-STEP Advanced = 21.8 / 15.6 | M-STEP Proficient = 25.3 / 25.6 | M-STEP PR Proficient = 17.4 / 45.6 | M-STEP Not Proficient = 35.6 / 13.2 | PSAT Total = | SAT Total = 1051.1 | SAT Total change = -8.6 | ref = <ref name="misd">{{cite web|url=https://www.mischooldata.org/annual-education-report-1/|title=MI School Data Annual Education Report|publisher=MI School Data|access-date=2023-01-10|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110143010/https://www.mischooldata.org/annual-education-report-1/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | change ref = <ref name="misd" /> }}
'''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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Member Schools |url=https://www.okconference.info/member-schools |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=OK Conference |language=en}}</ref>
==Academics== Jenison High School offers 18 different Advanced Placement (AP) courses.
The average SAT composite score for 2023-2024 was 1054.7.<ref>{{Cite web |last=James |first=Danielle |date=2024-12-10 |title=Here are the top 10 Grand Rapids area high schools with the highest SAT scores |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2024/12/here-are-the-top-10-grand-rapids-area-high-schools-with-the-highest-sat-scores.html |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=MLive |language=en}}</ref>
==Athletics==
===Softball=== State Champions, Class A, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mhsaa.com/Sports/Softball/Yearly-Champions|title=Yearly Champions | Softball | MHSAA Sports|access-date=2021-07-20|archive-date=2018-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413190137/https://www.mhsaa.com/Sports/Softball/Yearly-Champions|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jenison Fine Arts |url=https://www.jpsonline.org/o/jps/page/fine-arts |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=www.jpsonline.org}}</ref>
=== 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ross |first=Bryan |title=Results - Archive |url=https://themcba.org/index.php |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=themcba.org |language=en-gb}}</ref>
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,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grand National Championships |url=https://marching.musicforall.org/result/grandnats2021/ |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=BOA Marching Championships |language=en-US}}</ref> 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grand National Championships |url=https://marching.musicforall.org/result/grandnationals22/ |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=BOA Marching Championships |language=en-US}}</ref> and 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grand National Championships 2024 |url=https://marching.musicforall.org/result/grand-national-championships-2024/ |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=BOA Marching Championships |language=en-US}}</ref>
The marching band participated in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frick |first=Melissa |date=2023-11-22 |title=Jenison High School band excited to represent Michigan in Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2023/11/jenison-high-school-band-excited-to-represent-michigan-in-macys-day-thanksgiving-parade.html |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=MLive |language=en}}</ref>
== 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Odle |first=Madeline |date=December 8, 2022 |title=Jenison Public Schools opens new fieldhouse |url=https://www.woodtv.com/news/ottawa-county/jenison-public-schools-opens-new-fieldhouse/ |access-date=March 5, 2026 |website=WOODTV.com}}</ref> 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) === {{See also|Jenison Public Schools#Jenison Center for the Arts}}
The Jenison Center for the Arts is a performing arts center located on campus.
==Notable alumni== * Caleb Baragar, MLB baseball pitcher<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaminski |first=Steve |date=2020-07-26 |title=Jenison's Caleb Baragar earns victory in Major League debut |url=https://www.mlive.com/sports/2020/07/jenisons-caleb-baragar-earns-victory-in-major-league-debut.html |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=MLive |language=en}}</ref> * David Brandt, NFL football player<ref>{{Cite web |last=Skol Jr. |first=Mark |date=2022-07-15 |title=Grand Rapids Sports Hall of Fame to induct six standouts in 2022 |url=https://www.wzzm13.com/article/sports/grand-rapids-sports-hall-of-fame-to-induct-six-in-2022/69-e46b8efb-7b36-4f86-bded-dc9f904c9328 |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=WZZM |language=en-US}}</ref> * Mark Dewey, MLB baseball pitcher<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kaminski |first=Steve |date=2011-06-12 |title=Jenison grads Mark Dewey, Paul Grasmanis headline latest class of Grand Rapids Sports Hall of Fame |url=https://www.mlive.com/sports/grand-rapids/2011/06/jenison_grads_mark_dewey_paul.html |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=MLive |language=en}}</ref> * Paul Grasmanis, NFL football player<ref name=":0" /> * Richard Grenell, diplomat and special presidential envoy for special missions for the second Trump administration<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tower |first=Mark |date=2018-04-26 |title=Jenison native confirmed as U.S. ambassador to Germany |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2018/04/jenison_native_confirmed_as_us.html |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=MLive |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-12-15 |title=Trump appoints foreign policy adviser Richard Grenell as special missions envoy |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/12/15/g-s1-38351/trump-appoints-foreign-policy-adviser-richard-grenell-as-special-missions-envoy |access-date=2025-05-22 |work=NPR |language=en |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> *Glenn Duffie Shriver, American convicted of espionage for China<ref name="Goldenp120">{{Cite book |last=Golden |first=Daniel |author-link=Daniel Golden |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4AFsDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA120 |title=Spy Schools: How the CIA, FBI, and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America's Universities |date=2017-10-10 |publisher=Henry Holt and Company |isbn=978-1-62779-636-1 |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.jpsonline.org/ Jenison Public Schools]
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