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Highlander Way Middle School

511 N HIGHLANDER WAY, HOWELL, MI 48843 · (517) 540-8270 · Livingston County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL789 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Michigan public middle schools
  • B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public middle schools

Enrollment
789
Middle
DISTRICT 705 · STATE 502
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
182 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 626133%
Grade 726233%
Grade 826634%
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 56% · US 70%
White
72392%
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 63% · US 43%
Hispanic
365%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 9% · US 30%
Black
30%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 18% · US 15%
Asian
61%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
132%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
41%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
41%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
43555%
Female
35445%

School pathway

Feeds from
Challenger Elementary SchoolKG–05Southwest Elementary SchoolKG–05Three Fires ElementaryKG–05Northwest Elementary SchoolPK–05Ruahmah J Hutchings ElementaryPK–05Voyager Elementary SchoolPK–05
Based on grade levels within Howell Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + Proficient
English Language Arts
40.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
35.5%
MI avg 44.8%

What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.

Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
41.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.1%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 56% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Highlander Way Middle School

Highlander Way Middle School's state test result (41.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Highlander Way Middle School this school78923.1%41.7%
Lowell Middle School
LOWELL
79020.8%58.7%
Bedford Junior High School
TEMPERANCE
92324.2%41.5%
Bothwell Middle School
MARQUETTE
69623.6%50.5%
Hamilton Middle School
HAMILTON
70726.0%51.9%
Mattawan Middle School
MATTAWAN
82326.9%52.1%
Matched among Michigan middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Highlander Way Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MichiganIn Livingston County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
41.7%#200 of 397#7 of 8
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
35.5%#187 of 380#7 of 8
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
40.2%#212 of 377#7 of 8
Enrollment
ranked largest first
789#58 of 491#3 of 8
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
17.2:1#190 of 436#2 of 8
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
15.8%#382 of 437#3 of 8
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
23.1%#396 of 477#2 of 8
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-7.1%#260 of 339N/A
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
789
+32 (+4%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 863
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 18.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-257894617.2:123% (182)
2023-2477645.717.0:129% (228)
2022-2374440.918.2:134% (254)
2020-217574218.0:128% (211)
2017-188494518.9:131% (261)
2015-168364717.8:135% (290)
2010-111,1065420.5:130% (329)
2000-019334919.0:111% (103)
1990-91863N/AN/AN/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highlander Way Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students down 7% (849 to 789); teachers up 2% (45 to 46).

About Highlander Way Middle School

Highlander Way Middle School is a large middle school in HOWELL, Michigan, administered by Howell Public Schools. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 789 students in 2024-25. Across middle schools in Michigan, the average enrollment is about 502.

Howell Public Schools has 10 schools and 7,045 students, and Highlander Way Middle School is one of those schools.

Highlander Way Middle School is 92% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 5% Hispanic. That is in line with Livingston County, where about 94% of residents are White. The diversity index for Highlander Way Middle School is 16%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Based on 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, Highlander Way Middle School has a ratio of 17.2:1. That is in line with the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Michigan. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 23%.

Highlander Way Middle School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 28% of Michigan public middle schools.

Compared with Michigan schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Highlander Way Middle School scores 14.4 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 41.7%; the prediction is 56.1%.

For the population of Livingston County, median household income comes to about $103,039, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Livingston County counts 48 public schools with about 24,695 students.

Adult Transition Services is the nearest public school to Highlander Way Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. Highlander Way Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Highlander Way Middle School comes in 4th of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.

The NCES locale for Highlander Way Middle School is Suburb: Mid-size, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 4% rise, from 757 to 789.

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Livingston County at a glance

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Population
195,833
Census ACS
Median income
$103,039
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
24,695 students

Quick facts

School name
Highlander Way Middle School
District
Howell Public Schools
Address
511 N HIGHLANDER WAY, HOWELL, MI 48843
Phone
(517) 540-8270
County
Livingston County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
789
Teachers (FTE)
46
Student–teacher ratio
17.2:1
Free and reduced lunch
182 (23%)
Locale
22-Suburb: Mid-size
NCES ID
261872005555
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Highlander Way Middle School
What is the total enrollment at Highlander Way Middle School?
Highlander Way Middle School enrolls approximately 789 students in grades 06-08.
Is Highlander Way Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Highlander Way Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Highlander Way Middle School have?
Highlander Way Middle School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Highlander Way Middle School?
Student demographics at Highlander Way Middle School are roughly 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Highlander Way Middle School in?
Highlander Way Middle School is part of Howell Public Schools.
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