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Jenison High School

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Student assessments
2021–22 school year^[3] Change vs. prior year^[3]
M-STEP 11th grade proficiency rates (Science / Social Studies)
Advanced %	21.8 / 15.6
Proficient %	25.3 / 25.6
PR. Proficient %	17.4 / 45.6
Not Proficient %	35.6 / 13.2
Average test scores
SAT Total	1051.1 ( −8.6)

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 Advance Placement (AP) courses.

In 2016 the average SAT composite score for the class of 2017 was 1098.

Athletics

Softball

State Champions, Class A, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995^[5]

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.

Notable alumni

Caleb Baragar, professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
Mark Dewey, MLB player^[6]
Paul Grasmanis, NFL player^[6]
Glenn Duffie Shriver^[7]

References

^ http://www.jpsonline.org/images/stories/file/seniorhigh/JHS_profile_13.pdf ^{[dead link]}
^ ^a ^b ^c "Jenison High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "MI School Data Annual Education Report". MI School Data. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
^ Howard, Brooke Leigh (10 January 2023). "Parents Fume as High School Ballers Are Benched for Monkey Taunts". Daily Beast.
^ "Yearly Champions | Softball | MHSAA Sports".
^ ^a ^b "Jenison grads Mark Dewey, Paul Grasmanis headline latest class of Grand Rapids Sports Hall of Fame". 12 June 2011.
^ Golden, Daniel. Spy Schools: How the CIA, FBI, and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America's Universities. Henry Holt and Company, October 10, 2017. ISBN 1627796363, 9781627796361. p. 120.