Enrollment
381
Middle
DISTRICT 545 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRI COUNTY AREA SCHOOLS·NCES 263393006958
Tri County Middle School
21350 KENDAVILLE RD, HOWARD CITY, MI 49329 · (231) 937-4318 · Montcalm County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL381 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Michigan public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
157 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 55%
Community
0
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 131 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 130 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 120 | 31% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Tri County Middle School→Tri County Senior High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Tri County Area Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
27.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
24.8%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% 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 Tri County Middle School
Tri County Middle School's state test result (27.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tri County Middle School this school | 381 | 41.2% | 27.2% |
| Charlotte Middle School CHARLOTTE | 406 | 43.6% | 36.1% |
| Whitehall Middle School WHITEHALL | 424 | 40.1% | 44.3% |
| Clare Middle School CLARE | 474 | 41.6% | 30.5% |
| Nellie B Chisholm Middle School MONTAGUE | 307 | 41.4% | 44.3% |
| Cramer Junior High School ESSEXVILLE | 484 | 42.8% | 33.2% |
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 Tri County Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #368 of 397 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #315 of 380 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #350 of 377 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 381 | #327 of 491 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #220 of 436 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.1% | #281 of 437 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.2% | #278 of 477 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.4% | #60 of 339 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
381
-28 (-7%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 424
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 381 | 21.8 | 17.5:1 | 41% (157) |
| 2023-24 | 369 | 21.8 | 16.9:1 | 62% (230) |
| 2022-23 | 390 | 21.8 | 17.9:1 | 57% (224) |
| 2020-21 | 409 | 24 | 17.0:1 | 65% (264) |
| 2017-18 | 491 | 23.6 | 20.8:1 | 57% (282) |
| 2015-16 | 464 | 22 | 21.1:1 | 56% (259) |
| 2010-11 | 568 | 30 | 18.9:1 | 44% (252) |
| 2000-01 | 574 | 32 | 17.9:1 | 28% (158) |
| 1990-91 | 424 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tri County Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (491 to 381); teachers down 8% (23.6 to 21.8).
About Tri County Middle School
Tri County Middle School is a small middle-grades school in HOWARD CITY, Michigan. School enrollment was 381 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in Michigan average about 502 students.
Tri County Area Schools runs 3 schools with a combined 1,634 students. Tri County Middle School is one of them.
Tri County Middle School's enrollment is 86% White. The remaining shares are 7% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. County-wide, about 88% of residents are White. Tri County Middle School's diversity index is 25%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 17.5:1. That matches the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Michigan fairly closely. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 41%. The average for public schools in Montcalm County is 57%.
Tri County Middle School is graded F by allk12, scoring above 2% of Michigan public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Tri County Middle School is 48.0%. It actually posts 27.2%, which is 20.8 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Michigan schools.
In the county around the school, Montcalm County, the median household income is $67,344, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 33 public schools in Montcalm County, enrolling about 11,168 students in all.
The nearest public school is Tri County Senior High School, at about 0.2 miles. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 4 closest schools with test data, this one included, Tri County Middle School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Tri County Middle School the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 381, a 7% decrease from 409 in 2020-21.
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Montcalm County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
67,816
Census ACS
Median income
$67,344
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
11,168 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tri County Area Schools
- Tri County Elementary SchoolElementary · 780 students
- Tri County Senior High SchoolHigh · 473 students
- MacNaughton SchoolCombined
Other schools in HOWARD CITY
- Tri County Senior High SchoolHigh · 473 students
- MacNaughton SchoolCombined
Nearby schools
- Tri County Senior High School0.2 mi · 473
- Tri County Elementary School0.2 mi · 780
- Creative Technologies Academy10.1 mi · 302
- New Beginnings Alternative High School10.5 mi · 50
- Cedar Springs High School10.5 mi · 952
- Beach Elementary School10.6 mi · 445
Frequently asked questions
About Tri County Middle SchoolHow many students attend Tri County Middle School?
Tri County Middle School enrolls approximately 381 students in grades 06-08.
Is Tri County Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tri County Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tri County Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tri County Middle School is approximately 17.5:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tri County Middle School?
At Tri County Middle School, the student body is approximately 86% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Tri County Middle School in?
Tri County Middle School is part of Tri County Area Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.