Abberley Hall School away as Clent hill, and which was the setting for the children's book by Gene Kemp, "The Clock Tower Ghost". Pupils follow a curriculum that prepares them for entrance into public schools (independent schools), taking Common Entrance, Winchester Entrance or Scholarship exams. Class sizes are small, averaging 11 pupils. Most subjects have their own dedicated classrooms and there are two science laboratories and specialist facilities for computing, DT, music and PE. The majority of pupils continue their education at Malvern College, Shrewsbury School, Kings Worcester, Cheltenham College, Rugby School and Malvern St James. The school also provides for individual pupils
Mackinac Island Public School soccer, volleyball, track, cross country, and golf athletic teams, the Lakers, play in Michigan's Northern Lights League with other rural, island-based and small-enrollment schools in far northern Michigan. Mackinac Island's Lakers have a traditional rivalry with the teams fielded by Lake Michigan's Beaver Island. The two islands have had an antagonistic relationship since the 1850s. With 28 pupils enrolled in ninth through twelfth grade eligible for varsity athletic competition in the 2006-2007 school year (16 pupils enrolled in the 2015-2016 school year), Mackinac Island Public School is the second smallest public school, and eighth smallest overall, of the Michigan High