Botsford Elementary School

Located at 19515 LATHERS ST, in LIVONIA, Michigan, Botsford Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary-level community that instructs 347 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Clarenceville School District.

Within Clarenceville School District, which oversees 4 schools and 1,611 students, Botsford Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Botsford Elementary School records that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 32% Black, 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Botsford Elementary School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Botsford Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.8%, the actual is 26.3%, a residual of -9.5 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Wayne County put the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Botsford Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Clarenceville Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Botsford Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 40.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 6%: 371 students in 2018 compared to 347 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 63% to 51%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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