Three Fires Elementary

Three Fires Elementary is one of the large elementary schools in HOWELL, Michigan, operated by Howell Public Schools, with 753 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 104% above the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Within Howell Public Schools, which oversees 10 schools and 7,045 students, Three Fires Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Three Fires Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Beyond that, the school reports 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Livingston County (around 20%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Three Fires Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.4%, the actual is 41.3%, a residual of -10.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Livingston County indicate median household earnings sit near $103,039, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Livingston County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,695 students), Three Fires Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Parker Middle School, around 2.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Three Fires Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 57.8%.

Three Fires Elementary operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Three Fires Elementary's enrollment has rose 16% since 2018, when it stood at 649 (now 753). Class-load math has rose: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Three Fires Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.