Gladwin Community Schools

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Gladwin Community Schools
Address
401 N Bowery Avenue [1]
Gladwin
, Gladwin County , Michigan , 48624
United States
District information
GradesPre-Kindergarten-12
SuperintendentChuck Frisbie [2]
Schools5 [3]
Budget$22,817,000 2021-2022 expenditures [3]
NCES District ID 2615990 [3]
Students and staff
Students1,626 (2023-2024) [3]
Teachers86.93 (on an FTE basis) (2023-2024) [3]
Staff230.22 FTE (2023-2024) [3]
Student–teacher ratio18.7 (2023-2024) [3]
Other information
Website www.gladwinschools.net

Gladwin Community Schools is a public school district in Gladwin County, Michigan. It serves Gladwin and the townships of Butman, Gladwin, Sage, and Secord, and parts of the townships of Buckeye, Grout, Hay, and Sherman. [4] It also serves parts of Arthur and Hamilton townships in Clare County. [5]

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History

Gladwin had established a public school by 1889, when it was described in a local newspaper. It had 110 students that year, and the high school was held in a single classroom. [6] [7] By 1890, the "primary room" (or elementary school classroom) in the school was so crowded that two students had to sit in each chair. [8]

A new school was built in 1905 that housed the high school. [9] An addition was built in 1936 that contained a science lab, home economics room, and four general classrooms. [10]

On January 16, 1951, two students were killed and twenty injured in a school bus crash. The bus collided with a milk truck on a one-way bridge approach, not being able to stop in time due to icy roads, and fell upside-down into the north branch of the Cedar River below. [11]

Gladwin Elementary was dedicated in May 1953. [12] It allowed elementary students to move out of the high school building. [13] Another large addition was built at the high school in 1957. [14] On January 14, 1962, the community celebrated the dedication of the Intermediate School and a four-classroom addition to the elementary school. [15]

In 1967, the 1905 section of the high school was condemned by the state fire marshal and construction of an addition was begun to replace it. [16] The current high school was built in 1988. [17] The former high school is currently used as the junior high school. [1] [14]

Schools

Schools in Gladwin Community Schools district [1]
SchoolAddressNotes
Gladwin Elementary600 W 1st Street, GladwinBuilt 1953. [12]
Gladwin Intermediate School780 W. 1st Street, GladwinBuilt 1962. [15]
Gladwin Junior High School401 N Bowery Ave, GladwinBuilt 1936. [10]
Gladwin High School 1400 N Spring St, GladwinBuilt 1988. [17]
Gladwin Alternative Education / C.O.O.L. School3982 W. M-61Alternative high school

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gladwin Community Schools. "Gladwin Community Schools" . Retrieved October 29, 2025.
  2. ↑ Gladwin Community Schools. "Staff" . Retrieved October 29, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Gladwin Community Schools". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences.
  4. ↑ Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. "Gladwin County School Districts" (PDF). Retrieved October 29, 2025.
  5. ↑ Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. "Clare School Districts" (PDF). Retrieved October 29, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Gladwin public schools...". Bay City Times (Bay City, Mich.). November 30, 1889. p. 3.
  7. ↑ "Tenth district notes". Bay City Times (Bay City, Mich.). July 13, 1889. p. 1.
  8. ↑ "Tenth District". Bay City Times (Bay City, Mich.). October 6, 1890. p. 3.
  9. ↑ "To have $15,000 school house". Bay City Times (Bay City, Mich.). December 19, 1904. p. 7.
  10. 1 2 "Public to inspect Gladwin High School addition". Bay City Times (Bay City, Mich.). November 8, 1936. p. 24.
  11. ↑ "Two killed in Gladwin school bus wreck". Bay City Times (Bay City, Mich.). January 17, 1951. p. 1.
  12. 1 2 "Gladwin to dedicate new elementary school today". Bay City Times (Bay City, Mich.). May 17, 1953. p. 14.
  13. ↑ "New Gladwin school". The Saginaw News. March 29, 1953. p. 43.
  14. 1 2 Editorial staff of Gladwin High School yearbook. The Echo 1960 (Gladwin High School yearbook 1960). p. 4.
  15. 1 2 "450 tour Gladwin's Intermediate School". Bay City Times (Bay City, Mich.). January 16, 1962. p. 13.
  16. ↑ "Addition to Gladwin High School". The Saginaw News. July 13, 1967. p. 13.
  17. 1 2 Wade, Cheryl A. (June 1, 1988). "Steel company seeks money for school job". Bay City Times (Bay City, Mich.). p. 18.
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