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Enrollment
435
Middle
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GAYLORD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 261573005224
Gaylord Middle School
600 E 5TH ST, GAYLORD, MI 49735 · (989) 731-0848 · Otsego County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL435 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Michigan public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
225 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 225 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 210 | 48% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Gaylord Middle School→Gaylord High SchoolVoc Bldg
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Gaylord Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
55.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
41.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Gaylord Middle School
Gaylord Middle School's state test result (51.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaylord Middle School this school | 435 | 51.7% | 51.0% |
| Corunna Middle School CORUNNA | 438 | 51.1% | 38.7% |
| Reed City Middle School REED CITY | 471 | 51.0% | 37.5% |
| Grayling Middle School GRAYLING | 450 | 49.3% | 35.0% |
| ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch MUSKEGON | 479 | 50.5% | 26.4% |
| CroswellLexington Middle School CROSWELL | 508 | 54.1% | 44.0% |
Matched among Michigan middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Gaylord Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #116 of 397 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #134 of 380 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #87 of 377 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 435 | #288 of 491 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #383 of 436 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.8% | #346 of 437 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.7% | #200 of 477 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #259 of 339 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
435
-22 (-5%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 685
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 19.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 435 | 22.2 | 19.6:1 | 52% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 426 | 23.4 | 18.2:1 | 52% (220) |
| 2022-23 | 428 | 24.4 | 17.5:1 | 53% (226) |
| 2020-21 | 457 | 23 | 19.9:1 | 48% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 468 | 25.4 | 18.4:1 | 50% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 23 | 20.9:1 | 42% (203) |
| 2010-11 | 475 | 25 | 19.0:1 | 48% (227) |
| 2000-01 | 570 | 30 | 19.0:1 | 28% (160) |
| 1990-91 | 685 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gaylord Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (468 to 435); teachers down 13% (25.4 to 22.2).
About Gaylord Middle School
Gaylord Middle School is a public middle school in GAYLORD, Michigan. It reports enrollment of 435 students in grades 7 through 8.
Gaylord Middle School is a school in Gaylord Community Schools. The district has 5 schools and 2,747 students.
White students are 90% of those enrolled at Gaylord Middle School. Next come 5% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. That is in line with Otsego County, where about 93% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 19%.
A staff of 22.2 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 19.6:1. Across middle schools in Michigan, the average ratio is 17.5:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 52%. That is in line with the 55% average for public schools in Otsego County.
Among Michigan public middle schools, Gaylord Middle School outscored 77%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
In Michigan, Gaylord Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 51.0% actual against a predicted 43.4%.
Census data for Otsego County show the median household earns about $68,183 a year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Counting Gaylord Middle School, Otsego County has 8 public schools.
Gaylord Middle School is about 0.1 miles from South Maple Elementary School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are 4 other public schools. In a group of 5 nearby schools with scores, Gaylord Middle School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Remote. That means it sits in a town far from an urbanized area.
The school shrank from 457 students in 2020-21 to 435 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Gaylord Middle School can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Otsego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,584
Census ACS
Median income
$68,183
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
3,337 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gaylord Community Schools
- Gaylord High SchoolVoc BldgHigh · 907 students
- Gaylord Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 632 students
- North Ohio Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
- South Maple Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
Other schools in GAYLORD
- Gaylord High SchoolVoc BldgHigh · 907 students
- Gaylord Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 632 students
- North Ohio Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
- South Maple Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
Nearby schools
- South Maple Elementary School0.1 mi · 385
- Gaylord Intermediate School0.4 mi · 632
- North Ohio Elementary School1.6 mi · 388
- Gaylord High SchoolVoc Bldg1.8 mi · 907
- Vanderbilt Area School8.6 mi · 72
- JohannesburgLewiston High School10.6 mi · 205
Frequently asked questions
About Gaylord Middle SchoolHow large is Gaylord Middle School?
Gaylord Middle School enrolls approximately 435 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Gaylord Middle School serve?
Gaylord Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Gaylord Middle School have?
Gaylord Middle School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gaylord Middle School?
At Gaylord Middle School, the student body is approximately 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Gaylord Middle School public or private?
Gaylord Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Gaylord Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.