NCES CCD 2024-25 32 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Livonia, MI

32 public K-12 schools in Livonia from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

32
Schools
14,137
Students
36.6/100
Avg Resource Index
14.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Livonia has more public-school enrollment than 88% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Livonia sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Livonia's list includes 10 elementary, 5 middle, and 8 high-school campuses, plus 9 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 65-point gap between Explore Academylivonia and Clarenceville Middle School shows the range hidden by Livonia's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 12%
School count
Top 7%
Resource Index average
31st percentile
Teacher staffing
58th percentile

Livonia school enrollment varies 1523× across entities

Livonia school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 1,523 students (highest), a spread of 1,522 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Livonia operates 7 school districts — among the most fragmented governance structures in the country

Each school district has independent budgeting, hiring, and service delivery authority. The fragmentation reflects historical patterns of inter-municipal boundary lines that pre-date modern city growth, students in different parts of the same city can attend different districts with different per-pupil spending, calendars, and graduation requirements. Per-region variation is largest in fragmented systems because each school district sets its own budget, contracts, and priorities without higher-level coordination above the regulatory floor.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Livonia student-teacher ratio is 14.7:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Livonia is typically wider than the Livonia-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

5 of Livonia's 32 listed schools are charters

16% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Explore Academylivonia 82
2. Livonia Transition Program 80
3. Garfield Community School 72
4. Webster Elementary School 57
5. Nijiiro Japanese Immersion Elementary School 45
6. Frost Middle School 43
7. Coolidge Elementary School 42
8. Hoover Elementary School 41
9. Grant Elementary School 40
10. Roosevelt Elementary School 39
11. Buchanan Elementary School 38
12. Riley Upper Elementary School 37
13. Jackson Center 37
14. Churchill High School 35
15. Kennedy Elementary School 35
16. Randolph Elementary School 34
17. Rosedale Elementary 32
18. Holmes Middle School 31
19. Nw Wayne Trainable Center 31
20. Branch Line School 30
21. Cleveland Elementary School 27
22. Stevenson High School 26
23. Grandview Elementary School 25
24. American Montessori Academy Elementary 25
25. Blended Learning Academies Credit Recovery High School Liv 25
26. Emerson Middle School 24
27. Botsford Elementary School 24
28. Franklin High School 22
29. Clarenceville High School 22
30. Grand River Academy 18
31. Clarenceville Middle School 17
32. Livonia Career Technical Center -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Livonia

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Nijiiro Japanese Immersion Elementary School 70.9/100
  2. 2 Nw Wayne Trainable Center 64.6/100
  3. 3 Grandview Elementary School 64.0/100
  4. 4 Clarenceville High School 63.3/100
  5. 5 Clarenceville Middle School 62.9/100

What do families ask about schools in Livonia?

Which Livonia school has the highest Resource Investment Index?

Explore Academylivonia has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Livonia schools in this federal-data comparison at 82/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Livonia, MI?

Livonia has 32 public schools with a total enrollment of 14,137 students. 5 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.7:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.