Olivet Community Schools
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| Olivet Community Schools | |
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| Address | |
255 First Street[1]
, Eaton County, Michigan, 49076United States | |
| Coordinates | 42°26′48″N 84°55′01″W / 42.44655243560094°N 84.91684404771321°W |
| District information | |
| Grades | Pre-Kindergarten-12 |
| Superintendent | Dan Gilbertson[2] |
| Schools | 3[3] |
| Budget | $16,689,000 2021-2022 expenditures[3] |
| NCES District ID | 2626370[3] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 1,239 (2024-2025)[3] |
| Teachers | 74.13 (on an FTE basis) (2024-2025)[3] |
| Staff | 173.73 FTE (2024-2025)[3] |
| Student–teacher ratio | 16.71 (2024-2025)[3] |
| Athletic conference | CAAC |
| District mascot | Eagles |
| Colors | Green and white |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
Olivet Community Schools is a is a public school district in Michigan. In Eaton County, it serves Olivet, Walton Township, and parts of the townships of Bellevue, Brookfield, Carmel, and Kalamo[4] In Calhoun County, it serves parts of the townships of Clarence, Convis, and Lee.[5]
The former Olivet High School was built in 1922. It originally contained all grades in the district.[6] It was remodeled into apartments around 1996.[7]
A new elementary school was built in late 1958.[6] It was named after Fern Persons, a long-serving elementary principal, in 1964.[8]
Olivet Middle School was built in 1972,[9] and it became the middle/high school in 1993.[7] The architect was Vander Meiden Koteles and Associates of Grand Haven, Michigan. The auditorium was built around 2005. Local artist Karl Weaver made two stained-glass windows for the auditorium's entrance.[10]