Cadillac High School

Last updated
Cadillac Senior High School
Cadillac High School (Michigan).jpg
Cadillac Senior High School gymnasium
Address
Cadillac High School
400 Linden Street

Cadillac
,
Michigan
49601

United States
Coordinates 44°15′05.7″N85°24′53.0″W / 44.251583°N 85.414722°W / 44.251583; -85.414722
Information
School type Public
Established1877
School district Cadillac Area Public Schools
SuperintendentJenifer Brown
CEEB code 230450
PrincipalKelly Buckmaster [1]
Teaching staff41.36 (on an FTE basis) [2]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment907 (2022-2023) [2]
Student to teacher ratio21.93 [2]
Color(s)  Navy
  Gold
Athletics MHSAA Class A
Athletics conference Big North Conference
Team nameVikings [1]
YearbookLog
Website www.cadillacschools.org/o/chs
Student assessments
2021–22 school
year [3]
Change vs.
prior year [3]
M-STEP 11th grade proficiency rates
(Science / Social Studies)
Advanced %18.0 / 9.3
Proficient %31.7 / 27.9
PR. Proficient %14.2 / 43.7
Not Proficient %36.1 / 19.1
Average test scores
SAT Total995.8
(Decrease2.svg −5.4)

Cadillac High School (also referred to as Cadillac Senior High School) is a public high school in Cadillac, Michigan, United States. It is one of eight schools [4] in the Cadillac Area Public Schools (CAPS) school district. [1]

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History

Clam Lake Public School opened in early 1873, with 35 enrollees, and a high school unit was added in 1877. [5] The brick Cadillac High School building was erected on the site in 1891. [6]

1975 Homecoming game

In October 1975, rock group Kiss visited Cadillac and performed at the Cadillac High School gymnasium. They played the concert to honor the school's football team. In previous years, the team had compiled a record of sixteen consecutive victories, but the 1974 squad opened the season with two losses. The assistant coach, Jim Neff, an English teacher and rock'n'roll fan, thought to inspire the team by playing Kiss music in the locker room. He also connected the team's game plan, K-I-S-S or "Keep It Simple Stupid", with the band. The team went on to win seven straight games and their conference co-championship. After learning of their association with the team's success, the band decided to visit the school and play for the homecoming game against the Chippewa Hills Warriors. Cadillac won the rest of the games that season. [7] [8] [9] [10]

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 899 students enrolled in 2021-22 was: [11]

Additionally, 411 students (45.7%) were eligible for reduced-price or free lunch.

Academics

In 2015, U.S. News ranked Cadillac High School #949 it in its list of "America's Best High Schools". [12]

Athletics

Cadillac's athletic teams are known as the Vikings. Sports include football, volleyball, cross country, soccer, tennis, basketball, track, softball, skiing, cheerleading, ice hockey, wrestling, bowling and girls' swimming.

Notable alumni

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Official homepage for Cadillac Senior High School". Archived from the original on 2013-02-02. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  2. 1 2 3 "Cadillac Senior High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "MI School Data Annual Education Report". MI School Data. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  4. ↑ School buildings in the Cadillac Area Public Schools School District
  5. ↑ "CadillacNews.com" . Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Wexford County Historical Society & Museum ~". wexfordcountyhistory.org. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "KISS was the special guest of Cadillac High School's Homecoming weekend in 1975 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
  8. ↑ Weinstein, Fannie (1996). The Kiss that Inspired a Small Town Team Archived February 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine . Neffzone.com. Retrieved on January 4, 2008.
  9. ↑ Woods, Ashley C. "'Cadillac High' wins conditional incentives to shoot KISS movie in Michigan", MLive.com, 6 March 2012.
  10. ↑ "Cadillac Vikings Michigan High School Football Scores, Schedules, and Analytics". michigan-football.com. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  11. ↑ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Cadillac Senior High School". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  12. ↑ "Cadillac Senior High School in CADILLAC, MI - Best High Schools - US News". usnews.com. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

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