Gaylord Community Schools

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Gaylord Community Schools
Address
615 South Elm Avenue [1]
Gaylord
, Otsego , Michigan , 49735
United States
District information
GradesPre-Kindergarten-12
SuperintendentJames Cracraft [2]
Schools5 [3]
Budget$40,523,000 2021-2022 expenditures [3]
NCES District ID 2615730 [3]
Students and staff
Students2,776 (2023-2024) [3]
Teachers163.44 (on an FTE basis) (2023-2024) [3]
Staff338.93 FTE (2023-2024) [3]
Student–teacher ratio16.98 (2023-2024) [3]
Other information
Website www.gaylordschools.com

Gaylord Community Schools is a public school district in Northern Michigan. In Otsego County, it serves Gaylord, Bagley Township, Elmira Township, Hayes Township, and parts of the townships of Chester, Dover, Livingston, and Otsego Lake. [4] It also serves part of Warner Township in Antrim County. [5]

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History

Otsego County's first school opened in 1873. By 1877, the population of Gaylord had grown enough for a school district to be established. In 1883, the district built its first dedicated school building. In 1886, the first class graduated Gaylord High School. Another school building, this one containing all twelve grades, opened in 1890. [6]

In 1933, the Civil Works Administration, a New Deal job creation program, began erecting a 2,000-seat [7] gymnasium for Gaylord High School. It was completed in 1936 by its successor program, the Works Progress Administration. [8]

The present Gaylord High School, designed by the architecture firm Fanning-Howey Associates, opened in fall 1994, replacing a high school built in 1954. [9] [10] The old high school became Gaylord Intermediate School. [11] [12]

Schools

Schools in Gaylord Community Schools district [13] [3]
SchoolAddressNotes
Gaylord High School 90 Livingston Blvd., GaylordGrades 9–12
Gaylord Middle School600 E. Fifth Street, GaylordGrades 7–8
Gaylord Intermediate School240 E. Fourth Street, GaylordGrades 4–6
North Ohio Elementary912 North Ohio Avenue, GaylordGrades K-3
South Maple Elementary650 E. Fifth Street, GaylordGrades K-3
GCS Preschool615 S. Elm Avenue, GaylordPreschool

References

  1. ↑ Gaylord Community Schools. "Gaylord Community Schools" . Retrieved July 4, 2025.
  2. ↑ Gaylord Community Schools. "Gaylord Community Schools Staff Directory Central Office" . Retrieved July 4, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Gaylord Community Schools". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences.
  4. ↑ Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. "Otsego County School Districts" (PDF). Retrieved July 4, 2025.
  5. ↑ Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. "Antrim County School Districts" (PDF). Retrieved July 4, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Step back in time: An early history of Gaylord schools". Petoskey News Review (Petoskey, Mich.). August 6, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Gaylord has made plans to celebrate season opening". Lansing State Journal. June 19, 1936. p. 29.
  8. ↑ "Exterior, interior views of new Gaylord gym". The Bay City Times. December 3, 1936. p. 14.
  9. ↑ Reyes, Amy (November 20, 1994). "Newfangled schools prepare our children for the future". The Bay City Times. p. 31.,
  10. ↑ "Going Up". Bay City Times. September 6, 1994. p. 16.
  11. ↑ Editorial staff of Gaylord High School yearbook. 1956 Northern Echo (Gaylord High School Yearbook). p. cover.
  12. ↑ "Google Street View:266 E 4th St, Gaylord, MI" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved July 4, 2025.
  13. ↑ Gaylord Community Schools. "Schools menu" . Retrieved July 4, 2025.
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