Ovid-Elsie Area Schools
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| Ovid-Elsie Area Schools | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
8989 E. Colony Rd.[1]
, Clinton County, Michigan, 48831United States | |
| District information | |
| Motto | A world-class school district.[1] |
| Grades | Pre-Kindergarten-12 |
| Superintendent | Mark Horak[2] |
| Schools | 5[3] |
| Budget | $20,701,000 2021-2022 expenditures[3] |
| NCES District ID | 2627150[3] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 1,275 (2024-2025)[3] |
| Teachers | 79.9 (on an FTE basis) (2024-2025)[3] |
| Staff | 195.05 FTE (2024-2025)[3] |
| Student–teacher ratio | 15.96 (2024-2025)[3] |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
Ovid-Elsie Area Schools is a public school district in Central Michigan.
In Clinton County, it serves Elsie, Ovid, and parts of the townships of Duplain, Greenbush, Ovid, and Victor.[4] In Gratiot County, it serves parts of the townships of Elba and Washington. In Saginaw County, it serves part of Chapin Township. In Shiawassee County, it serves Fairfield Township and parts of the townships of Middlebury, Owosso, Rush, and Sciota.[5]
History
In 1866, Ovid's first school was established. In 1871, a brick school was built, but it burned in 1906. The rebuilt school, opened in 1907, burned down in 1925. It was also rebuilt. The district and its school, which also housed a high school, consolidated with Elsie's school district in 1964.[6][7] Elsie has had a high school since at least 1901, when that year's graduating ceremony was discussed in a local newspaper.[8]
Elsie and Ovid's districts consolidated in spring 1964.[6] In 1965, construction began on the new high school, and Leonard Elementary, as well.[9] The existing Ovid and Elsie high schools were converted into junior high buildings, and the existing grade schools were expanded.[10] Students and staff moved into the new high school on March 10, 1967.[11] The district celebrated open houses and dedications for the new schools on October 1, 1967.[12]
On April 4, 1978, the district began operating WOES-FM, which as of 2026 is the highest-powered high school radio station in the state.[13]
In 1986, a citizens' advisory council found that the junior high schools were greatly in need of repair and renovation.[14] On Friday, February 16, 1990, both schools were closed by the school board when inspections found that their roofs were in danger of collapse. The seventh and eighth grades moved to the high school site, some in portable classrooms.[15]
A new middle school was built on the site of the high school in 1996.[16]