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Highlander Way Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

511 North Highlander Way

Howell MI, 48843, Livingston County

Phone: 517-548-6252

Ranking:

(421 out of 2,213, top 19%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Howell Public Schools

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	52		52		54		55		59		58		55
Total Students:	987		1,088		1,069		1,106		1,077		1,107		1,111
Grade 6:	284	28.8%	363	33.4%	360	33.7%	364	32.9%	356	33.1%	352	31.8%	360	32.4%
Grade 7:	348	35.3%	368	33.8%	356	33.3%	361	32.6%	349	32.4%	369	33.3%	399	35.9%
Grade 8:	355	36.0%	357	32.8%	353	33.0%	366	33.1%	372	34.5%	386	34.9%	352	31.7%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	499	50.6%	563	51.7%	546	51.1%	574	51.9%	551	51.2%	561	50.7%	543	48.9%
Female:	488	49.4%	525	48.3%	523	48.9%	532	48.1%	518	48.1%	538	48.6%	564	50.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	9	0.9%	10	0.9%	12	1.1%	15	1.4%	9	0.8%	11	1.0%	15	1.4%
Asian:	9	0.9%	11	1.0%	14	1.3%	15	1.4%	15	1.4%	21	1.9%	17	1.5%
Hispanic:	27	2.7%	20	1.8%	26	2.4%	22	2.0%	23	2.1%	18	1.6%	16	1.4%
Black:	7	0.7%	6	0.6%	6	0.6%	7	0.6%	5	0.5%	6	0.5%	6	0.5%
White:	926	93.8%	1,035	95.1%	1,005	94.0%	1,040	94.0%	1,025	95.2%	1,051	94.9%	1,057	95.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.2%	4	0.4%	5	0.5%	4	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	7	0.7%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	3	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	252	25.5%	275	25.3%	312	29.2%	277	25.0%	236	21.9%	212	19.2%	180	16.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	74	7.5%	58	5.3%	55	5.1%	52	4.7%	72	6.7%	89	8.0%	91	8.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.94		21.09		19.76		20.22		18.35		19.20		20.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MEAP
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.8%	79.1%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.1%	83.8%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.5%	85.7%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.2%	88.8%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.6%	91.7%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.3%	92.5%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	53.4%	58.7%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	58.6%	60.4%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88%	88.5%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93.2%	91.5%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.1%	87.7%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.1%	87.4%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.9%	92.3%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	94.4%	93.7%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.3%	80.9%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	83.7%	84.5%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	82.4%	84.9%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	31.1%	31.1%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	37.9%	37.6%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	88.5%	87%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	83%	81.8%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	78.9%	81.1%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	85.3%	85.1%	75.7%
2006	Listening	7th Grade	% met std	58.6%	61.5%	50%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	65%	72.4%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.8%	81.9%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.8%	87.6%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.5%	89.9%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.4%	89.8%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.4%	90.3%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	52.1%	55.7%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	62.8%	63%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.4%	87.7%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.3%	89.5%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.4%	82.8%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.9%	87.2%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.4%	87.6%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.7%	89.2%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.5%	74.3%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.4%	73.3%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	80.6%	81.2%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	77.7%	76.5%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	85.5%	86.7%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	83.6%	85.1%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	60.3%	55.5%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	66.9%	62%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	71.8%	68.1%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.6%	78.8%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.9%	79.9%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.3%	86.6%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.7%	85.4%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.3%	78.7%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.5%	87.8%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	44.4%	43.2%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	44.3%	43.7%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.1%	84.2%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.6%	82.3%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.9%	86.5%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.9%	87.8%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.3%	86.8%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.9%	86.8%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.8%	75.1%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.9%	77.3%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	90.4%	90%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88.5%	91%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	92.2%	90.8%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	89.7%	87.4%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	81.5%	82.3%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82.9%	84.4%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	16%	16.4%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	21.9%	21.9%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	73.4%	75.1%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74.8%	77.7%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.5%	77.7%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.8%	84.3%	74.2%

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* Highlander Way Middle School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.