NCES CCD 2024-25 15 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Howell, MI

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15 public K-12 schools in Howell from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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15
Schools
7,956
Students
25.5/100
Avg Resource Index
17.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Howell has more public-school enrollment than 73% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Howell's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

7 of Howell's 15 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 25-point gap between Pathway School and Hartland Virtual Academy shows the range hidden by Howell's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 27%
School count
Top 23%
Resource Index average
4th percentile
Teacher staffing
32nd percentile

Howell High School accounts for 24.7% of all Howell public-school enrollment

That concentration means Howell-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Howell school enrollment varies 89× across entities

Howell school enrollment ranges from 22 students (lowest) to 1,964 students (highest), a spread of 1,942 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Howell student-teacher ratio is 17.2:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Howell is typically wider than the Howell-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Pathway School 40
2. Legacy High School 39
3. Howell High School 35
4. Adult Transition Services 30
5. Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary 27
6. Voyager Elementary School 26
7. Northwest Elementary School 25
8. Southwest Elementary School 24
9. Highlander Way Middle School 23
10. Three Fires Elementary 22
11. Charyl Stockwell Academy 20
12. Challenger Elementary School 19
13. Innovation Academy 19
14. Parker Middle School 18
15. Hartland Virtual Academy 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Howell

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Southwest Elementary School 33.5/100
  2. 2 Legacy High School 26.0/100
  3. 3 Hartland Virtual Academy 24.3/100
  4. 4 Three Fires Elementary 19.9/100
  5. 5 Howell High School 17.9/100

What do families ask about schools in Howell?

Which Howell school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Pathway School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Howell schools in this federal-data comparison at 40/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Howell, MI? ▼

Howell has 15 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,956 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.2:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.