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Gaylord High SchoolVoc Bldg
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Gaylord High SchoolVoc Bldg
Gaylord High SchoolVoc Bldg is a roomy four-year high school in GAYLORD, Michigan, run under Gaylord Community Schools. The school educates 907 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 460 students per school, that is 97% larger than typical.
Gaylord Community Schools runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,747 students. Gaylord High SchoolVoc Bldg is one of those campuses.
Demographically, Gaylord High SchoolVoc Bldg lists that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, Gaylord High SchoolVoc Bldg lists 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.2:1. The state averages about 21.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Otsego County (around 55%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
In the surrounding community, census data for Otsego County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,183 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Gaylord High SchoolVoc Bldg is one of 8 public schools in Otsego County (combined enrollment of about 3,337 students).
Nearest neighbor: North Ohio Elementary School, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Gaylord High SchoolVoc Bldg.
Gaylord High SchoolVoc Bldg operates from an outlying location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 11%: 1,023 students in 2018 compared to 907 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Gaylord High SchoolVoc Bldg typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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