Three Fires Elementary

Three Fires Elementary is a large elementary school in HOWELL, Michigan. In all, 753 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5. It has 104% more students than the average for elementary schools in Michigan (about 369).

Howell Public Schools (10 schools, 7,045 students) runs Three Fires Elementary.

Of every 100 students at Three Fires Elementary, about 89 are White. The remaining students are 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. A diversity index of 20% means there is a 20% chance two randomly chosen students at Three Fires Elementary are from different groups.

The school had 45.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 16.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Michigan is similar, at 15.8:1. The school reported 34% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is above the 20% average among public schools in Livingston County.

Three Fires Elementary is 10.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (41.3% versus 51.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Michigan.

For Livingston County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $103,039, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. The county has 48 public schools and about 24,695 students.

The closest school to Three Fires Elementary is Parker Middle School, located about 2.9 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Three Fires Elementary ranks 5th of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 41.3% against a local average of 57.8%.

Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.

Federal enrollment counts rose from 627 (2020-21) to 753 (2024-25).

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