Livonia Public Schools

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Livonia Public Schools
Address
15125 Farmington Road [1]
, Wayne , Michigan , 48154
United States
District information
GradesPreK-12
SuperintendentAndrea Oquist [2]
Schools26 [3]
BudgetUS$234,526,000 (2021-22 expenditures) [3]
NCES District ID 2621840 [3]
Students and staff
Students13,145 (2023-2024) [3]
Teachers829.61 FTE (2023-24) [3]
Staff1,654.29 on FTE basis (2023-2024) [3]
Student–teacher ratio15.84 (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]

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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]

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Livonia Public Schools Administration Building
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Winston Churchill High School
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Franklin High School
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Adlai E. Stevenson High School

Schools

Schools on Livonia Public Schools district [9] [3]
SchoolAddressNotes
Elementary Schools (Grades K-4)
Buchanan Elementary School16400 Hubbard Rd., Livonia
Cleveland Elementary School28030 Cathedral, Livonia
Coolidge Elementary School30500 Curtis, Livonia
Grant Elementary School9300 Hubbard, Livonia
Hayes Elementary School30600 Louise, Westland
Hoover Elementary School15900 Levan, Livonia
Kennedy Elementary School14201 Hubbard, Livonia
Randolph Elementary School14470 Norman, Livonia
Roosevelt Elementary School30200 Lyndon, Livonia
Rosedale Elementary School36651 Ann Arbor Trail, Livonia
Upper Elementary Schools (Grades 5-6)
Cooper Upper Elementary School28550 Ann Arbor Trail, Westland
Johnson Upper Elementary School8400 N. Hix Rd., Westland
Riley Upper Elementary School15555 Henry Ruff, Livonia
Middle Schools (Grades 7-8)
Emerson Middle School29100 W Chicago, LivoniaNamed after Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Frost Middle School14041 Stark Rd., LivoniaNamed after Robert Frost.
Holmes Middle School16200 Newburgh Rd., LivoniaNamed after Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr..
High Schools
Benjamin Franklin High School 31000 Joy Rd., LivoniaOpened in fall 1962. [10]
Adlai E. Stevenson High School 33500 W. Six Mile Rd., LivoniaOpened in 1965. [11] Named after Adlai Stevenson II.
Winston Churchill High School 8900 Newburgh Rd., LivoniaOpened in 1969. [12] Named after Winston Churchill.
Other Schools
Livonia Early Childhood Center18000 Newburgh Rd., LivoniaOpened fall 2024 [13]
Livonia Career Technical Center8985 Newburgh Rd., LivoniaOpened in 1969[ citation needed ]
Niji-Iro Elementary School36611 Curtis Rd., Livonia Japanese language/English immersion school, focuses on study of the Japanese language. [14]
Webster Elementary School32401 Pembroke, LivoniaK-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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "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.