Livonia Public Schools School District

The Livonia Public Schools School District serves 23 schools in Michigan, including 13 elementary schools, 6 middle/upper elementary schools, and 4 high schools, and is a highly rated district sitting in the 86th percentile statewide with a 4-star rating.

For parents, the standout school is Webster Elementary School, which has been ranked #1 in the entire state for three consecutive years, with remarkable test scores like 94.44% proficiency in 4th-grade ELA and 92.2% in 5th-grade Math. Hoover Elementary School is another consistent top performer, maintaining a 5-star rating and the lowest chronic absenteeism rate in the district at just 9.0%. At the high school level, Stevenson High School leads with a 98.9% graduation rate and a 92nd percentile ranking, while Churchill High School is close behind in the 91st percentile. However, Emerson Middle School is the district's biggest challenge, ranking in the bottom half of the state with only 18.8% of 8th graders proficient in Math on the PSAT and a 27.6% chronic absenteeism rate.

The district overall performs well above state averages, with an 11th-grade SAT Math proficiency of 37.6% compared to the state's 26.5%, and a graduation rate of 94.7% versus the state's 84.0%. There is a clear gap between top and bottom performers, with schools like Coolidge Elementary School and NijiIro Japanese Immersion Elementary School posting proficiency rates 20-30 points higher than lower-performing schools. Interestingly, Garfield Community School and NW Wayne Trainable Center have the highest per-student spending ($52,399 and $16,043) due to their specialized programs and very low student-teacher ratios. A notable paradox exists at Churchill High School, which is a top-10% academic performer yet has the lowest graduation rate (89.7%) among the main high schools, suggesting an equity gap within an otherwise excellent school.