Branch Line School

Branch Line School operates as a minimally staffed elementary-level community in LIVONIA, Michigan, overseen by Branch Line School. Current enrollment sits at 141 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Branch Line School sits 62% leaner than that benchmark.

Branch Line School sits inside Branch Line School, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Branch Line School shows that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 15% Black, 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Branch Line School has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Branch Line School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 49% of students at Branch Line School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

In the broader community, census data for Wayne County shows median household income runs about $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Branch Line School is one campus in the mix.

Buchanan Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Branch Line School.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. Branch Line School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Branch Line School has edged up 5%, going from 134 students in 2018 to 141 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 86% to 67% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 in 2025.

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