Livonia Public Schools

Livonia Public Schools
Address
15125 Farmington Road [1] Livonia , Wayne , Michigan , 48154 United States
District information
Grades	PreK-12
Superintendent	Andrea Oquist [2]
Schools	26 [3]
Budget	US$234,526,000 (2021-22 expenditures) [3]
NCES District ID	2621840 [3]
Students and staff
Students	13,145 (2023-2024) [3]
Teachers	829.61 FTE (2023-24) [3]
Staff	1,654.29 on FTE basis (2023-2024) [3]
Student–teacher ratio	15.84 (2023-24) [3]
Other information
Website	www.livoniapublicschools.org

Livonia Public Schools (LPS) is a public school district in the Metro Detroit area, serving most of the city of Livonia and the northernmost portions of Westland. ^[4]

History

Seven small school districts consolidated in 1944 to form Livonia Public Schools district. ^[5] Bentley High School was the district's first high school. Designed by architect Eberle M. Smith, it opened in November 1947, ^[6] followed by Franklin, Stevenson, and Churchill High Schools in the 1960s. Bentley High School closed in spring 1985 ^[7] and was demolished in 1999. ^[8]

Livonia Public Schools Administration Building

Winston Churchill High School

Franklin High School

Adlai E. Stevenson High School

Schools

Schools on Livonia Public Schools district ^{[9] [3]}

School	Address	Notes
Elementary Schools (Grades K-4)
Buchanan Elementary School	16400 Hubbard Rd., Livonia
Cleveland Elementary School	28030 Cathedral, Livonia
Coolidge Elementary School	30500 Curtis, Livonia
Grant Elementary School	9300 Hubbard, Livonia
Hayes Elementary School	30600 Louise, Westland
Hoover Elementary School	15900 Levan, Livonia
Kennedy Elementary School	14201 Hubbard, Livonia
Randolph Elementary School	14470 Norman, Livonia
Roosevelt Elementary School	30200 Lyndon, Livonia
Rosedale Elementary School	36651 Ann Arbor Trail, Livonia
Upper Elementary Schools (Grades 5-6)
Cooper Upper Elementary School	28550 Ann Arbor Trail, Westland
Johnson Upper Elementary School	8400 N. Hix Rd., Westland
Riley Upper Elementary School	15555 Henry Ruff, Livonia
Middle Schools (Grades 7-8)
Emerson Middle School	29100 W Chicago, Livonia	Named after Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Frost Middle School	14041 Stark Rd., Livonia	Named after Robert Frost.
Holmes Middle School	16200 Newburgh Rd., Livonia	Named after Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
High Schools
Benjamin Franklin High School	31000 Joy Rd., Livonia	Opened in fall 1962. [10]
Adlai E. Stevenson High School	33500 W. Six Mile Rd., Livonia	Opened in 1965. [11] Named after Adlai Stevenson II.
Winston Churchill High School	8900 Newburgh Rd., Livonia	Opened in 1969. [12] Named after Winston Churchill.
Other Schools
Livonia Early Childhood Center	18000 Newburgh Rd., Livonia	Opened fall 2024 [13]
Livonia Career Technical Center	8985 Newburgh Rd., Livonia	Opened in 1969[ citation needed ]
Niji-Iro Elementary School	36611 Curtis Rd., Livonia	Japanese language/English immersion school, focuses on study of the Japanese language. [14]
Webster Elementary School	32401 Pembroke, Livonia	K-6 School

References

1. Livonia Public Schools. "Livonia Public Schools" . Retrieved April 2, 2025.
2. Livonia Public Schools. "Superintendent's Page" . Retrieved April 2, 2025.
3. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Livonia Public Schools". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved April 2, 2025.
4. Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. "Wayne County School Districts" (PDF). Retrieved April 2, 2025.
5. Michigan Historical Society. "Meeting minutes of August 24, 2023" (PDF). Retrieved April 2, 2025.
6. "High school to be completed in Nov; Plan dedication ceremony". The Livonian. October 22, 1947.
7. Gerdes, Wylie (October 10, 1985). "School mergers pass first test". Detroit Free Press. p. Western Wayne/Washtenaw section 1.
8. Michigan Historical Society. "Meeting minutes of August 24, 2023" (PDF). Retrieved April 2, 2025.
9. Livonia Public Schools. "Schools" . Retrieved April 2, 2025.
10. Editorial staff of Franklin High School yearbook. Almanack Vol. 1 (1963 Franklin High School yearbook. p. 4.
11. Associated Press (October 22, 1965). "4,500 greet Humphrey at Livonia meet". The Muskegon Chronicle. p. 1.
12. Michigan Historical Society. "Meeting minutes of August 24, 2023" (PDF). Retrieved April 2, 2025.
13. Plante Moran Realpoint. "Livonia Public Schools celebrates groundbreaking of first new build in more than five decades" . Retrieved April 2, 2025.
14. Livonia Public Schools. "Niji-Iro's Principal's Page" . Retrieved April 2, 2025.

External links

• Livonia Public Schools