Enrollment
247
Combined
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 281
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEARBORN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 261160004612
Howe Trainable Center and Montessori
22586 ANN ARBOR TRL, DEARBORN HTS, MI 48127 · (313) 827-7000 · Wayne County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL247 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% of Michigan public K-12 schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
185 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 55%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 4 | 2% |
| Grade 7 | 3 | 1% |
| Grade 8 | 4 | 2% |
| Grade 9 | 6 | 2% |
| Grade 10 | 11 | 4% |
| Grade 11 | 14 | 6% |
| Grade 12 | 10 | 4% |
| Ungraded | 39 | 16% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 56% · US 70%
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
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M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
75.0%
MI avg 47.7%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Michigan average is about 48 of 100.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
68.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+35.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 36 points, placing it in Michigan's top 10%.
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 Howe Trainable Center and Montessori
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howe Trainable Center and Montessori this school | 247 | 74.9% | 68.8% |
| Atlanta Community Schools ATLANTA | 247 | 75.7% | N/A |
| Mid Peninsula School ROCK | 220 | 75.5% | N/A |
| Central Lake Public Schools CENTRAL LAKE | 223 | 74.9% | N/A |
| Fairview School FAIRVIEW | 309 | 75.4% | 56.2% |
| Waldron Area Schools WALDRON | 205 | 76.6% | N/A |
Matched among Michigan K-12 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 Howe Trainable Center and Montessori ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #1 of 30 | #1 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #1 of 32 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 247 | #44 of 200 | #8 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.5:1 | #5 of 61 | #1 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.5% | #37 of 61 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.9% | #29 of 102 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.2% | #15 of 15 | N/A |
Ranked against other public K-12 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 2024-25Enrollment
247
-13 (-5%) vs 2020
+213% since 1990-91, when it was 79
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
was 11.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 247 | 29.2 | 8.5:1 | 75% (185) |
| 2023-24 | 264 | 23.4 | 11.3:1 | 73% (192) |
| 2022-23 | 269 | 22.9 | 11.8:1 | 67% (179) |
| 2020-21 | 260 | 22 | 11.8:1 | 53% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 244 | 23 | 10.6:1 | 60% (146) |
| 2015-16 | 239 | 23 | 10.4:1 | 46% (111) |
| 2010-11 | 101 | 20 | 5.0:1 | N/A |
| 2000-01 | 176 | 16 | 11.0:1 | 27% (48) |
| 1990-91 | 79 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Howe Trainable Center and Montessori.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (244 to 247); teachers up 27% (23 to 29.2).
About Howe Trainable Center and Montessori
Howe Trainable Center and Montessori is a medium-sized combined-grade school in DEARBORN HTS, Michigan, (ZIP code 48127). Its 247 students are spread across pre-K through 12.
Within Dearborn City School District, Howe Trainable Center and Montessori is one of 37 schools. The district enrolls 19,197 students.
At Howe Trainable Center and Montessori, White students make up 89% of the student body. Smaller groups are 6% Black and 2% Asian. County-wide, 49% of Wayne County residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Howe Trainable Center and Montessori belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 19%.
The school employs the equivalent of 29.2 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 8.5:1. Among combined schools in Michigan, the typical ratio is 17.3:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 75%. That rate is above the 66% average among public schools in Wayne County.
Howe Trainable Center and Montessori is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 99% of Michigan public K-12 schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Howe Trainable Center and Montessori ranks in the top 10% of Michigan schools. It scores 68.8%; the prediction is 33.1%.
Wayne County has about 1,772,259 residents, and median household income is about $60,539, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Federal data list 573 public schools in Wayne County, with a combined enrollment of about 259,786.
Dearborn Magnet High School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. Howe Trainable Center and Montessori is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 68.8% average proficiency ranks 1st among 4 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Howe Trainable Center and Montessori is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 247, 5% below the 260 of 2020-21. Students per teacher fell from 11.8 in 2020-21 to 8.5 in 2024-25.
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Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dearborn City School District
- Fordson High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Dearborn High SchoolHigh · 1,775 students
- Edsel Ford High SchoolHigh · 1,502 students
- Bryant Middle SchoolMiddle · 781 students
- Woodworth Middle SchoolMiddle · 699 students
- Stout Middle SchoolMiddle · 698 students
Nearby schools
- Dearborn Magnet High School0.0 mi · 113
- Dearborn STEM Middle School0.1 mi · 166
- Ann Arbor Trail Magnet School0.5 mi · 68
- Clara B Ford Academy SDA0.8 mi · 58
- Vista Meadows Academy0.8 mi · 86
- River Oaks Elementary School0.9 mi · 366
Frequently asked questions
About Howe Trainable Center and MontessoriHow many students attend Howe Trainable Center and Montessori?
Howe Trainable Center and Montessori enrolls approximately 247 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does Howe Trainable Center and Montessori serve?
Howe Trainable Center and Montessori serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
How many teachers does Howe Trainable Center and Montessori have?
Howe Trainable Center and Montessori employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Howe Trainable Center and Montessori?
Student demographics at Howe Trainable Center and Montessori are roughly 89% White, 1% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Howe Trainable Center and Montessori in?
Howe Trainable Center and Montessori is part of Dearborn City School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.