Mendon Community Schools

Mendon Community Schools
Address
148 Kirby Road
Mendon
, St. Joseph County, Michigan, 49072
United States
District information
GradesPreKindergarten–12
SuperintendentLeasa Griffith-Mathews
Schools2
Budget$6,711,000 2022–2023 expenditures
NCES District ID2623520
Students and staff
Students464 (2024–2025)
Teachers35.17 (on an FTE basis) (2024–2025)
Staff63.7 FTE (2024–2025)
Student–teacher ratio13.19 (2024–2025)
District mascotHornets
Other information
Websitemendonschools.org

Mendon Community Schools is a public school district in West Michigan. In St. Joseph County, it serves Mendon and parts of the townships of Colon, Leonidas, Lockport, Mendon, Nottawa, and Park. In Kalamazoo County, it serves parts of the townships of Brady and Wakeshma.

History

Mendon's first school was established in 1837 in a log cabin, and a permanent school was built in 1841. A larger, two-story school was built in 1860 and expanded in 1865, but it burned in 1872.

After holding school in temporary quarters, a new building was built in 1873. A high school was established in that building in 1874, and the first class graduated four years later. In 1884, a program was established in the high school called the Lyceum, in which rhetoric and public speaking was taught.

A new school was built in 1906 at 300 Clinton Street, and it would serve as the high school until 1976. The high cost of rehabilitation made saving the building impossible, and it was torn down in 2016.

The current middle/high school opened in fall 1976.

Schools

Schools in Mendon Community Schools district
SchoolAddressNotes
Mendon Middle/High School148 Kirby Road, MendonGrades 6–12
Mendon Elementary306 Lane Street, MendonGrades PreK-5

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mendon Community Schools". Mendon Community Schools. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Mendon Community Schools". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences.
  3. ↑ "Administration". Mendon Community Schools. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
  4. ↑ Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. St. Joseph County School Districts (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
  5. ↑ Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. Kalamazoo County School Districts (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
  6. ↑ St. Joseph County Historical Society of Michigan (June 27, 2024). "MENDON—History of the Mendon schools. Part two". Facebook. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
  7. ↑ St. Joseph County Historical Society of Michigan (May 21, 2025). "History of Mendon High School development". Facebook. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
  8. ↑ Patrick, Michelle (July 6, 2016). "Mendon Heritage Schoolhouse taken down". Sturgis Journal.
  9. ↑ "Mendon school building to be ready by Sept. 7". Battle Creek Enquirer. August 22, 1976. p. A8.