Howell High School

Summary:

Howell High School is a public high school serving 2,024 students in grades 9-12 in Howell, Michigan. The school is part of the Howell Public Schools district, which is ranked 206 out of 610 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Howell High School stands out for its strong academic performance, with students consistently scoring above the state and district averages on standardized tests, particularly in Evidence-Based Reading and Writing on the SAT. In 2023-2024, 61.5% of Howell High School's 11th graders were proficient or better, compared to 51.3% statewide. The school also maintains a high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 90.4% to 94.6% over the past five years, which is above the state average. However, Howell High School has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 7.6% in 2017-2018 to 18.5% in 2022-2023, which is higher than the state average.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Innovation Academy, Howell High School generally outperforms in academic metrics, with its 2023-2024 SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing proficiency rate of 61.5% significantly higher than Innovation Academy's 26.7%. While Howell High School's Hispanic and White student subgroups perform relatively well, the school's Special Education subgroup has struggled, ranking in the bottom 30% of Michigan high schools.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 1200 W Grand River Ave
       Howell, MI  48843-1913


(517) 540-8300

District: Howell Public Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
157th of 743 Michigan High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,486 Help


Feeder schools for Howell High School:

Elementary:    Challenger Elementary School
    Northwest Elementary School
    Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary
    Southwest Elementary School
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Middle:    Highlander Way Middle School
    Parker Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  19.9 Help
Number of students:  1,919

Racial breakdown:

White:
90.5%
Hispanic:
5.0%
Two or more races:
2.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  23.9% Help


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Compare Details Howell High School ranks better than 78.9% of high schools in Michigan. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 73.09. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Howell High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (90.5%), Hispanic (5%), two or more races (2.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 23.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Howell High School is 19.9. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Howell High School is $12,486.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Howell High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Howell High School 157th of 743 Michigan public high schools. (See Howell High School in the ranking list.)

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Howell Public Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Howell Public Schools 206th of 610 Michigan school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Howell High School

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Rank History for all students at Howell High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 67.44 262nd 705 62.8%
2007 71.19 234th 767 69.5%
2008 75.90 190th 750 74.7%
2009 78.03 160th 754 78.8%
2010 75.64 190th 765 75.2%
2011 77.59 175th 784 77.7%
2012 82.60 109th 773 85.9%
2013 78.47 143rd 805 82.2%
2014 74.59 163rd 799 79.6%
2015 70.55 242nd 832 70.9%
2016 67.47 256th 852 70.0%
2017 70.35 199th 835 76.2%
2018 71.77 209th 824 74.6%
2019 68.99 192nd 666 71.2%
2021 64.73 152nd 561 72.9%
2022 52.00 280th 531 47.3%
2023 59.74 262nd 735 64.4%
2024 73.09 157th 743 78.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Howell High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 45.16 47th 105 55.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Howell High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.50 228th 315 27.6%
2023 20.03 95th 116 18.1%
2024 61.40 40th 130 69.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Howell High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.37 240th 755 68.2%
2019 51.13 251st 532 52.8%
2021 40.09 262nd 417 37.2%
2022 57.44 165th 369 55.3%
2023 59.27 221st 614 64.0%
2024 76.13 103rd 654 84.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Howell High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.70 206th 710 71.0%
2019 59.77 213th 554 61.6%
2021 52.73 197th 462 57.4%
2022 45.39 255th 416 38.7%
2023 45.10 332nd 611 45.7%
2024 66.61 167th 619 73.0%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Howell High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 15.87 2nd 2 0.0%
2022 50.00 1st 2 50.0%
2024 15.87 2nd 2 0.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Howell High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.43 222nd 707 68.6%
2019 68.57 155th 543 71.5%
2021 64.45 133rd 472 71.8%
2022 49.48 234th 440 46.8%
2023 62.11 199th 611 67.4%
2024 71.09 156th 633 75.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Howell High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.41 150th 201 25.4%
2021 32.39 48th 64 25.0%
2022 74.53 27th 83 67.5%
2023 53.92 75th 190 60.5%
2024 80.81 27th 195 86.2%
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Rank History for White students at Howell High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.71 241st 708 66.0%
2019 60.35 215th 582 63.1%
2021 59.18 165th 516 68.0%
2022 43.76 288th 492 41.5%
2023 48.39 308th 647 52.4%
2024 64.72 188th 638 70.5%
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Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: Michigan Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Howell High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1698 4 6 15 19 n/a n/a -38 1704
1989 1598 0 7 13 11 n/a n/a 0 1629
1990 1605 1 10 4 9 n/a n/a -24 1605
1991 1572 0 11 10 9 n/a n/a 0 1602
1992 1569 0 12 16 18 n/a n/a 0 1615
1993 1595 0 9 15 20 n/a n/a 0 1639
1994 1665 1 4 12 14 n/a n/a 0 1696
1995 1625 2 6 7 64 n/a n/a 0 1704
1996 1625 2 6 7 64 n/a n/a 0 1704
1997 1671 1 6 18 15 n/a n/a 0 1711
1998 1725 3 10 20 9 n/a n/a 0 1767
1999 1920 2 16 14 11 n/a n/a 0 1963
2000 2025 6 8 4 3 n/a n/a 0 2046
2001 2154 4 3 5 17 n/a n/a 0 2183
2002 2302 4 13 23 17 n/a n/a 0 2359
2003 2302 4 13 23 17 n/a n/a 0 2359
2004 2411 4 21 31 14 n/a n/a 0 2481
2005 2495 7 21 40 15 n/a n/a 0 2578
2006 2506 7 29 47 17 n/a n/a 0 2606
2007 2497 10 33 46 15 n/a n/a 0 2601
2008 2487 16 34 45 18 n/a n/a 0 2600
2009 2462 14 30 52 22 n/a n/a 0 2580
2010 2476 19 44 46 28 n/a n/a 0 2613
2011 2530 18 41 52 27 2 6 0 2676
2012 2562 18 39 47 24 6 10 0 2706
2013 2472 20 35 47 23 8 10 0 2615
2014 2422 12 33 54 21 10 16 0 2568
2015 2401 10 35 45 23 10 19 0 2543
2016 2356 8 33 42 20 10 15 0 2484
2017 2254 8 36 49 18 12 27 0 2404
2018 2157 13 40 52 16 8 24 0 2310
2019 2037 15 29 72 14 6 27 0 2200
2020 1995 14 27 84 12 7 38 0 2177
2021 1904 14 25 82 8 9 39 0 2081
2022 1920 11 26 90 8 7 40 0 2102
2023 1838 7 24 94 9 5 47 0 2024
2024 1737 8 25 95 6 4 44 0 1919

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Howell High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1704 n/a n/a n/a
1989 1629 n/a n/a 1.6
1990 1605 97.0 16.5 1.2
1991 1602 n/a n/a n/a
1992 1615 n/a n/a n/a
1993 1639 n/a 0.0 2.4
1994 1696 82.3 20.6 1.5
1995 1704 89.5 19.0 2.1
1996 1704 89.5 19.0 2.1
1997 1711 89.0 19.2 2.5
1998 1767 91.0 19.4 2.7
1999 1963 94.0 20.9 2.4
2000 2046 100.1 20.4 5.5
2001 2183 109.6 19.9 4.7
2002 2359 116.1 20.3 6.1
2003 2359 116.1 20.3 6.1
2004 2481 117.8 21.1 7.2
2005 2578 116.1 22.2 9
2006 2606 131.9 19.8 11.8
2007 2601 129.5 20.1 15.8
2008 2600 131.6 19.8 16.9
2009 2580 120.5 21.4 21.2
2010 2613 119.6 21.8 21.4
2011 2676 127.2 21.0 22.2
2012 2706 122.8 22.0 27.2
2013 2615 125.8 20.7 23.3
2014 2568 119.3 21.5 22.7
2015 2543 117.0 21.7 26.7
2016 2484 116.0 21.4 27.9
2017 2404 114.6 20.9 17.6
2018 2310 108.8 21.2 24.2
2019 2200 103.4 21.2 21.9
2020 2177 89.0 24.4 21.1
2021 2081 98.0 21.2 20.9
2022 2102 85.4 24.6 22.8
2023 2024 95.9 21.1 24.9
2024 1919 96.0 19.9 23.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Howell High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1704 n/a n/a n/a
1989 1629 n/a n/a 1.6
1990 1605 97.0 16.5 1.2
1991 1602 n/a n/a n/a
1992 1615 n/a n/a n/a
1993 1639 n/a 0.0 2.4
1994 1696 82.3 20.6 1.5
1995 1704 89.5 19.0 2.1
1996 1704 89.5 19.0 2.1
1997 1711 89.0 19.2 2.5
1998 1767 91.0 19.4 2.7
1999 1963 94.0 20.9 2.4
2000 2046 100.1 20.4 5.5
2001 2183 109.6 19.9 4.7
2002 2359 116.1 20.3 6.1
2003 2359 116.1 20.3 6.1
2004 2481 117.8 21.1 7.2
2005 2578 116.1 22.2 9
2006 2606 131.9 19.8 11.8
2007 2601 129.5 20.1 15.8
2008 2600 131.6 19.8 16.9
2009 2580 120.5 21.4 21.2
2010 2613 119.6 21.8 21.4
2011 2676 127.2 21.0 22.2
2012 2706 122.8 22.0 27.2
2013 2615 125.8 20.7 23.3
2014 2568 119.3 21.5 22.7
2015 2543 117.0 21.7 26.7
2016 2484 116.0 21.4 27.9
2017 2404 114.6 20.9 17.6
2018 2310 108.8 21.2 24.2
2019 2200 103.4 21.2 21.9
2020 2177 89.0 24.4 21.1
2021 2081 98.0 21.2 20.9
2022 2102 85.4 24.6 22.8
2023 2024 95.9 21.1 24.9
2024 1919 96.0 19.9 23.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Howell High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $368 (4.2%) $8,319 (95.8%) $8,688
2020 $365 (4.0%) $8,802 (96.0%) $9,167
2021 $917 (9.3%) $8,978 (90.7%) $9,895
2022 $620 (5.7%) $10,214 (94.3%) $10,834
2023 $763 (6.1%) $11,723 (93.9%) $12,486

Data source: Michigan Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Howell High School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 192nd of 666 High schoolsRanks 262nd of 735 High schools
 6.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade Social Studies (Howell High School)56.533.8
 22.7%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Howell Public Schools)54.131.8
 22.3%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Michigan)46.636.1
 10.5%
11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Howell High School)63.759
 4.7%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Howell Public Schools)61.755.2
 6.5%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Michigan)55.352.2
 3.1%
11th Grade Mathematics (Howell High School)37.331.7
 5.6%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Howell Public Schools)35.729.3
 6.4%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Michigan)36.329.9
 6.4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students22002024
 8%
African American157
 53.3%
American Indian149
 35.7%
Asian2924
 17.2%
Hispanic7294
 30.6%
Pacific Islander65
 16.7%
White20371838
 9.8%
Two or More Races2747
 74.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients21.9%24.9%
 3%


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Students at Howell High School are 91% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

Howell High School ranks 157th of 743 Michigan high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,919 students attended Howell High School.


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