Gaylord Middle School

Located at 600 E 5TH ST, in GAYLORD, Michigan, Gaylord Middle School is an average-sized junior high that serves 435 students (grades 7 through 8), one of the schools within Gaylord Community Schools.

Gaylord Community Schools comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,747 students; Gaylord Middle School is among them.

Demographically, Gaylord Middle School shows that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Gaylord Middle School records 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Gaylord Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Gaylord Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.4%; this one delivers 51.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Otsego County indicate median household income runs about $68,183, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Gaylord Middle School is one of 8 public schools in Otsego County (combined enrollment of about 3,337 students).

The closest other public school is South Maple Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Gaylord Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gaylord Middle School at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 38.9%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 7%: 468 students in 2018 compared to 435 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 in 2025.

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