Tri County Senior High School

Set in HOWARD CITY, Michigan, Tri County Senior High School is a moderately sized four-year high school, run under Tri County Area Schools. It instructs 473 students across grades 9 through 12.

Tri County Area Schools runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,634 students. Tri County Senior High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Tri County Senior High School records that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Montcalm County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Tri County Senior High School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Montcalm County's rate of about 57%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Montcalm County indicate the typical household earns roughly $67,344 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Montcalm County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,168 students), of which Tri County Senior High School is one.

Tri County Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 22%: 608 students in 2018 compared to 473 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 93% to 88% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.