Cedar Springs Public Schools

Cedar Springs Public Schools is a public school district in Kent County, Michigan. It serves Cedar Springs and parts of the following townships: Algoma, Courtland, Nelson, Oakfield, Solon, and Spencer.^[4] It also serves a small part of Ensley Township in Newaygo County.^[5]

Cedar Springs Public Schools
Address
204 E Muskegon St.[1] Cedar Springs , Kent, Michigan, 49319 United States
District information
Grades	Pre-Kindergarten-12
Superintendent	Scott B. Smith[2]
Schools	8[3]
Budget	$61,488,000 2021-2022 expenditures[3]
NCES District ID	2608520[3]
Students and staff
Students	3,101 (2023-2024)[3]
Teachers	177.59 (on an FTE basis) (2023-2024)[3]
Staff	420.35 FTE (2023-2024)[3]
Student–teacher ratio	17.46[3]
Other information
Website	www.csredhawks.org

Except for the middle school, the district's schools share a campus in the town of Cedar Springs.^[6]

History

Cedar Springs had a high school as early as 1880.^[7]

The high school was then located in the building on the southeast corner of East Muskegon Street and Northland Drive, on the present school campus.^[8] It was built around 1927.^[9]

The next building to house the high school was dedicated in August of 1959^[10] and was located at 204 E. Muskegon Street.^[11] The present high school opened in November 1997.^[12]

Cedar Springs Middle School opened in fall 2005, and the former middle school, which had once been the high school,^[13] became Red Hawk Elementary.^[14]

Secondary schools

Schools in Cedar Springs Public Schools district^[15][3]

School	Address	Notes
Cedar Springs High School	5212 17 Mile Rd. NE, Cedar Springs	Grades 9-12. Built 1997.
New Beginnings Alternative High School	204 E Muskegon Street, Cedar Springs	9th–12th grade
Cedar Springs Middle School	4873 16 Mile Rd NE, Cedar Springs	Grades 6-8. Built 2005.[14]
Cedar View Elementary	280 Red Hawk Drive NE, Cedar Springs	Grades 4-5
Beach Elementary	340 Holton Drive NE, Cedar Springs	Grades 2-3
Cedar Trails Elementary	160 Red Hawk Drive NE, Cedar Springs	Grades PreK-1
Cedar Springs Early Childhood Center	204 E Muskegon Street, Cedar Springs	Preschool