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Parker Middle School

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Parker Middle School ranks 583 rd of 1492 Michigan elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-8

583^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,492 Michigan Elementary Schools

Better than 61% of Michigan elementary schools

Summary

Parker Middle School in Howell, MI, is a large K-8 school serving 1,011 students within the Howell Public Schools district, offering a unique environment where elementary and middle schoolers share one campus.

Parker is a school of striking contrasts. Its biggest standout is the 5th grade, where 70% of students are proficient in ELA and 65% in math—far exceeding district and state averages. However, this success doesn't carry into the middle school years. Proficiency drops sharply in 6th and 7th grades, with 7th grade ELA at just 30.6%, well below the state average. This suggests the transition to upper grades can be academically challenging. On a positive note, 8th graders consistently score well on the PSAT, with 71.1% meeting ELA benchmarks, indicating strong college readiness by the end of their time here. The school also shows a notable gender gap, with male students performing significantly better than female students, which is the opposite of many statewide trends.

Compared to nearby schools, Parker has a much higher student-to-teacher ratio (21.9:1) than other Howell elementaries like Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary (14.5:1) or Northwest Elementary School (14.4:1), which may mean less individualized attention. While Parker's chronic absenteeism rate (23.4%) is better than the district average, it still lags far behind Hornung Elementary School in the nearby Brighton Area Schools, which boasts a 95th percentile ranking and much higher test scores. Parker spends about $14,314 per student, the lowest among its district peers, which may explain the larger class sizes. Overall, Parker is a school capable of excellence in specific grades, but families should be aware of the inconsistent performance and staffing pressures as their child moves through the grade levels.

1,011

Students ?

21.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,314

Per pupil spending ?

21.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

400 Wright Rd
Howell, MI 48843-6840

(517) 552-4600

District: Howell Public Schools

Students who attend Parker Middle School usually attend:

High:

Howell High School

Feeder schools for Parker Middle School:

Elementary:	Southwest Elementary School
	Three Fires Elementary

Racial breakdown:

White:

90.6%

Hispanic:

5.4%

Two or more races:

2.9%

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At a glance

Strengths

✓Above the Michigan median (61st percentile)

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school41%

District avg42%

Michigan avg40%

Elementary school

583^rd of 1,492

Michigan public elementary schools ?

Top 39%

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

345^th of 896

Michigan public middle schools ?

Top 39%▼ down 19 pts since 2016

From top 19% (2016) to top 39% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 7Elementary Schools in the Howell Public Schools

216^th of 625Howell Public Schools among Michigan districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	56.1	345 of 896	61.5%	★★★☆☆
2025	63.8	266 of 890	70.1%	★★★★☆
2024	66.0	238 of 897	73.5%	★★★★☆
2023	62.8	268 of 883	69.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	66.0	211 of 776	72.8%	★★★★☆
2021	66.4	173 of 675	74.4%	★★★★☆
2019	67.8	210 of 792	73.5%	★★★★☆
2018	60.6	338 of 838	59.7%	★★★☆☆
2017	61.4	260 of 821	68.3%	★★★☆☆
2016	75.3	172 of 894	80.8%	★★★★☆
2015	74.0	184 of 919	80.0%	★★★★☆
2014	79.3	146 of 921	84.1%	★★★★☆
2013	82.5	113 of 919	87.7%	★★★★☆
2012	82.1	124 of 900	86.2%	★★★★☆
2011	75.6	175 of 858	79.6%	★★★★☆
2010	75.0	191 of 851	77.6%	★★★★☆
2009	77.1	158 of 847	81.3%	★★★★☆
2008	76.9	167 of 839	80.1%	★★★★☆
2007	79.3	133 of 823	83.8%	★★★★☆
2006	80.6	114 of 806	85.9%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	55.5	299 of 789	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2025	63.3	219 of 789	72.2%	★★★★☆
2024	62.0	212 of 771	72.5%	★★★★☆
2023	56.0	273 of 770	64.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	61.8	190 of 657	71.1%	★★★★☆
2021	56.8	166 of 521	68.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	65.6	189 of 658	71.3%	★★★★☆
2018	58.2	311 of 794	60.8%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	65.2	68 of 260	73.8%	★★★★☆
2025	62.9	86 of 265	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	44.1	140 of 257	45.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	67.9	67 of 246	72.8%	★★★★☆
2018	61.8	84 of 266	68.4%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	49.8	384 of 834	54.0%	★★★☆☆
2025	61.0	253 of 832	69.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	51.4	346 of 836	58.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	53.2	331 of 825	59.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	61.6	198 of 691	71.3%	★★★★☆
2021	71.1	86 of 523	83.6%	★★★★☆
2019	69.3	136 of 672	79.8%	★★★★☆
2018	54.9	349 of 815	57.2%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	48.0	378 of 813	53.5%	★★★☆☆
2025	56.9	293 of 798	63.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	61.6	244 of 786	69.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	60.3	241 of 776	68.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	61.4	200 of 658	69.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	64.7	145 of 540	73.1%	★★★★☆
2019	61.2	208 of 639	67.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	59.1	302 of 797	62.1%	★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	20.3	164 of 195	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	43.5	103 of 190	45.8%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	32.7	167 of 236	29.2%	★★☆☆☆
2025	32.7	163 of 244	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.0	99 of 201	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	44.7	104 of 199	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	58.8	26 of 70	62.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	41.8	207 of 377	45.1%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	41.3	397 of 687	42.2%	★★☆☆☆
2025	51.1	307 of 696	55.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	56.5	247 of 701	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	50.5	296 of 688	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	55.6	235 of 638	63.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	60.1	190 of 577	67.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	57.6	228 of 624	63.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	44.6	370 of 678	45.4%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Male (2026)65th percentile+4 vs school

White (2026)46th percentile-15 vs school

Female (2026)44th percentile-17 vs school

Middle school

Hispanic (2026)74th percentile+12 vs school

Female (2026)62nd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)54th percentile-8 vs school

Male (2026)54th percentile-8 vs school

White (2026)42nd percentile-19 vs school

Special Education (2026)29th percentile-32 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)16th percentile-46 vs school

By subject vs Michigan (2025-2026) ?

Social Studies44%+5 vs state

Science40%~ state avg

English Language Arts36%-3 vs state

Math36%~ state avg

Mathematics36%~ state avg

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PSAT English Language Arts (2026)	PSAT Mathematics (2026)	M-Step English Language Arts (2026)					M-Step Math (2026)					M-Step Science (2026)		M-Step Social Studies (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 8th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 3rd Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 4th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 5th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 6th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 7th Grade	M-Step Math 3rd Grade	M-Step Math 4th Grade	M-Step Math 5th Grade	M-Step Math 6th Grade	M-Step Math 7th Grade	M-Step Science 5th Grade	M-Step Science 8th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 5th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Parker Middle School	Public	K-8	400 Wright Rd	Howell	48843	Livingston County	Howell Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 552-4600	1,011	46	21.9	21.4%	916 (90.6%)	4 (0.4%)	55 (5.4%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	29 (2.9%)	58.1	583^rd of 1492 public elementary schools	60.9%					(n/a)	71.1	35.6	40.6	45.8	70.0	37.9	30.6	31.3	50.0	65.0	32.6	37.1	55.0	38.7	40.0	44.0	$14,314	$545	$13,769
Three Fires Elementary	Public	K-5	4125 Crooked Lake Rd	Howell	48843	Livingston County	Howell Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 548-6387	753	46	16.4	33.6%	672 (89.2%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (5.6%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (4.4%)	45.2	773^rd of 1492 public elementary schools	48.2%		54.9	648^th of 1488 public elementary schools	56.5%	125			31.1	43.7	38.5			31.8	42.1	30.3			33.0		33.9		$15,410	$901	$14,509
Southwest Elementary School	Public	K-5	915 Gay St	Howell	48843	Livingston County	Howell Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 548-6288	526	33	15.8	38.2%	424 (80.6%)	2 (0.4%)	61 (11.6%)	4 (0.8%)	3 (0.6%)	13 (2.5%)	19 (3.6%)	53.2	656^th of 1492 public elementary schools	56.0%		71.4	397^th of 1488 public elementary schools	73.3%	259			28.4	51.7	39.1			45.3	52.8	39.1			34.5		27.6		$16,803	$918	$15,885
Challenger Elementary School	Public	K-5	1066 W Grand River Ave	Howell	48843	Livingston County	Howell Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 548-6375	465	33	14.3	29.0%	432 (92.9%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.4%)	70	405^th of 1492 public elementary schools	72.9%		63.5	517^th of 1488 public elementary schools	65.3%	112			27.6	50.6	63.9			51.3	54.4	52.8			47.2		41.7		$15,997	$821	$15,176
Northwest Elementary School	Public	K-5	1233 Bower St	Howell	48843	Livingston County	Howell Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 548-6297	418	29	14.4	18.4%	394 (94.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.7%)	59	574^th of 1492 public elementary schools	61.5%		52.2	683^rd of 1488 public elementary schools	54.1%	109			49.3	34.8	45.3			65.8	43.5	32.8			37.5		31.7		$19,237	$545	$18,692
Voyager Elementary School	Public	K-5	1450 Byron Rd	Howell	48843	Livingston County	Howell Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 552-7500	517	29	17.7	24.4%	488 (94.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.7%)	66.5	465^th of 1492 public elementary schools	68.8%		62.4	532^nd of 1488 public elementary schools	64.2%	67			36.1	50.6	48.2			44.6	62.9	44.6			50.6		33.7		$13,070	$545	$12,525
Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary	Public	K-5	3503 Bigelow Rd	Howell	48855	Livingston County	Howell Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 234-6074	416	29	14.5	16.6%	377 (90.6%)	3 (0.7%)	13 (3.1%)	11 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.9%)	63.1	511^th of 1492 public elementary schools	65.8%		73.1	368^th of 1488 public elementary schools	75.3%	143			53.7	50.0	49.3			43.3	51.3	40.8			45.1		22.5		$17,114	$545	$16,569
Farley Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	8110 Farley Rd	Pinckney	48169	Livingston County	Pinckney Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(810) 225-6400	233	13	18.0	23.2%	218 (93.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.4%)	3 (1.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)								(n/a)																	$16,290	$737	$15,552
Hornung Elementary School	Public	K-4	4680 Bauer Rd	Brighton	48116	Livingston County	Brighton Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(810) 299-4450	558	31	18.0	9.1%	525 (94.1%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.7%)	8 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.6%)	93.2	80^th of 1492 public elementary schools	94.6%		94.5	60^th of 1488 public elementary schools	96.0%	20			61.2	74.3				67.0	79.6								$13,402	$572	$12,830
Country Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	2939 E M 36	Pinckney	48169	Livingston County	Pinckney Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(810) 225-6600	192	11	17.2	26.0%	174 (90.6%)	2 (1.0%)	6 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	2 (1.0%)	6 (3.1%)								(n/a)																	$16,645	$752	$15,892

Frequently Asked Questions about Parker Middle School

Is Parker Middle School a good school?

Parker Middle School ranks 583^rd of 1492 Michigan elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What district is Parker Middle School in?

Howell Public Schools

What schools do graduates of Parker Middle School attend?

Students who attend Parker Middle School usually go on to attend:

High : Howell High School

What is the racial makeup of Parker Middle School?

Students at Parker Middle School are 91% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races.

How many students attend Parker Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,011 students attended Parker Middle School.

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