Clio Area School District

Clio Area School District
Address
1 Mustang Dr. Clio, Michigan , Genesee, Michigan , 48420 United States
District information
Type	Public school district
Grades	Prekindergarten-12
Superintendent	Lisa Taylor [1]
Schools	7 [2]
NCES District ID	2610110 [2]
Students and staff
Students	2,537 (2023-2024) [2]
Teachers	119.24 FTE (2023-2024) [2]
Staff	318.3 FTE (2023-2024) [2]
Student–teacher ratio	21.28 [2]
Other information
Website	www.clioschools.org

Clio Area School District is a public school district in Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan and in the Genesee Intermediate School District. The district includes all of the city of Clio; the majorities of Thetford Township and Vienna Township; and parts of Flushing Township, Montrose Township, and Mount Morris Township. ^[3]

Clio Schools operates a four-tier configuration for district schools. Grades K–3 are assigned to elementary level, 4 and 5 are assigned to the Intermediate level, 6–8 are assigned to the middle school level, and 9–12 to the high school level. ^[2]

History

Clio High School, designed by the Flint architectural firm Nurmi, Nelson, McKinley & Associates, ^[4] opened in the fall of 1965, ^[5] replacing a building constructed in 1955. ^[6] Before the 1955 structure, the district’s high school dated back to 1928. ^[7] When the current high school opened, the 1955 building was converted into Carter Junior High, later known as Clio Middle School. ^[5]

Schools

Clio Schools

School [8] [2]	Address	Notes
Clio High School	1 Mustang Dr., Clio	Grades 9-12
Clio Community High School	1 Mustang Dr., Clio	Alternative education program located at the high school
Clio Middle School	300 Rogers Lodge Drive, Clio	Grades 6-8
Clio Intermediate School	300 Rogers Lodge Drive, Clio	Grades 4-5
Clio Elementary School	10271 Clio Road, Clio	Grades PreK-3. Formerly Garner Elementary. [9]
Clio Early Elementary	11218 N. Linden Rd., Clio	Grades PreK-KG. Formerly Edgerton Elementary. [10]

Athletics

Clio Area School District
School	Clio High School Clio Middle School
Conference	Flint Metro League
Michigan High School Athletic Association	Class "B”
Athletic director	Eric Doyle [11]
Location	Clio, MI
Football stadium	Pride Stadium
Nickname	Mustangs
Fight song	"On, Oh Clio"
Colors	Orange and black
Website	www.clioschools.org

Clio was a charter member of the Genesee County B League, formed in 1950. In 1960, Clio, along with seven other schools from around Genesee County left the GCBL to form the Big Eight Conference. The conference would later be renamed the Big Nine Conference in 1968 after the addition of an additional member school.

Clio remained a member of the Big Nine Conference through the end of the 2004-05 school year, when the district applied for and was granted membership into the Flint Metro League for competitive reasons. While in the Big Nine, Clio teams had great success in baseball, wrestling, girls' golf, and girls' basketball.

Though Clio has no recognized Michigan High School Athletic Association team state championships, the school finished as state runner-up for girls' cross-country (1980), and girls' golf (2000–2006). The school has had several individual state champions in boys' wrestling and girls' cross-country.

Recently the boys' cross-country team took second place at the Michigan State Spartan Invitational (2012).

The press box located at the Clio High School's Pride Stadium was renamed in 1991 in honor of long time Clio resident and former Board of Education member Robert Sheppard. Sheppard, who was the public address announcer for the Mustangs for many years, was killed in a collision in Chesaning, MI in 1990.

References

1. Clio Area Schools. "Staff Contacts" . Retrieved February 26, 2025.
2. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Clio Area Schools". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences.
3. Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. "Genesee County School Districts" (PDF). Retrieved February 26, 2025.
4. Editorial staff of Clio High School yearbook. 1966 Mustang (Clio High School yearbook). p. 6.
5. "New Clio High School nears completion". The Flint Journal. October 6, 1965. p. 4.
6. "Clio High School open house is set". The Flint Journal. September 22, 1955. p. 34.
7. "Flight of time". The Flint Journal. October 23, 1938. p. 4.
8. Clio Area Schools. "Schools" . Retrieved February 26, 2025.
9. "Google Street View:1071 Clio Rd, Clio, MI" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved February 26, 2025.
10. "Google Street View:11218 N. Linden Rd., Clio, MI" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved February 26, 2025.
11. Clio Area Schools. "Clio Athletics/Contact Us" . Retrieved February 26, 2025.

External links

• http://www.clioschools.org