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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Buchanan Elementary School?
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Enrollment
483
Elementary
DISTRICT 368 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIVONIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 262184005905
Buchanan Elementary School
16400 HUBBARD ST, LIVONIA, MI 48154 · (734) 744-2690 · Wayne County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL483 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Michigan public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
99 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 102 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (102).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
74.9%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
67.3%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
71.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Michigan's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Buchanan Elementary School
Buchanan Elementary School's state test result (71.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buchanan Elementary School this school | 483 | 20.5% | 71.0% |
| Bauerwood School JENISON | 480 | 22.1% | 65.1% |
| Country Oaks Elementary School COMMERCE TOWNSHIP | 488 | 21.1% | 47.2% |
| Bird Elementary School PLYMOUTH | 476 | 17.6% | 61.4% |
| Lorenz C List School FRANKENMUTH | 479 | 17.7% | 56.0% |
| Paint Creek Elementary School LAKE ORION | 504 | 21.8% | 59.5% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Buchanan Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #60 of 1,085 | #8 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #122 of 1,072 | #13 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #42 of 1,139 | #6 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 483 | #323 of 1,630 | #81 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #1,070 of 1,424 | #198 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.8% | #825 of 1,424 | #143 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.5% | #1,376 of 1,563 | #268 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #967 of 979 | #175 of 177 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
483
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 493
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 17.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 483 | 27.6 | 17.5:1 | 20% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 27 | 16.4:1 | 29% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 467 | 26 | 18.0:1 | 31% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 27 | 17.6:1 | 29% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 485 | 23.8 | 20.4:1 | 25% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 352 | 20 | 17.6:1 | 28% (99) |
| 2010-11 | 437 | 25 | 17.5:1 | 18% (78) |
| 2000-01 | 459 | 25 | 18.4:1 | 3% (13) |
| 1990-91 | 493 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Buchanan Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (485 to 483); teachers up 16% (23.8 to 27.6).
About Buchanan Elementary School
Buchanan Elementary School serves students in LIVONIA, Michigan, as a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 4, and the school has 483 students. Against the 369-student average for elementary schools in Michigan, enrollment here is 31% higher.
Buchanan Elementary School is one of the 25 schools that make up Livonia Public Schools School District (12,986 students in total).
Buchanan Elementary School's enrollment is 83% White. The remaining shares are 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. Wayne County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 30% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Buchanan Elementary School employs 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 17.5:1. This ratio sits 1.7 above the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 20% in 2024-25. The 66% average for public schools in Wayne County is 46 points higher.
allk12 grades Buchanan Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
After accounting for student poverty, Buchanan Elementary School is in the top 10% of Michigan schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 71.0% is 13.8 points above the 57.2% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Buchanan Elementary School is located in Wayne County, where the median household income is $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Buchanan Elementary School is one of 573 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Buchanan Elementary School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Branch Line School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Buchanan Elementary School comes in 1st of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Buchanan Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Small.
The school's size has been steady, with 475 students in 2020-21 and 483 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about school safety, transportation, and start times at Buchanan Elementary School, you can post them here. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Livonia Public Schools School District
- Stevenson High SchoolHigh · 1,523 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,272 students
- Churchill High SchoolHigh · 1,227 students
- Holmes Middle SchoolMiddle · 670 students
- Frost Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Cooper Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 638 students
Other schools in LIVONIA
- Stevenson High SchoolHigh · 1,523 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,272 students
- Churchill High SchoolHigh · 1,227 students
- Grand River AcademyElementary · 727 students
- Holmes Middle SchoolMiddle · 670 students
- Frost Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
Other Buchanan Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 8 states are named Buchanan Elementary. Buchanan Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 9.
- Buchanan ElementaryGRAND RAPIDS, MI · 379 students
- BUCHANAN ELEMENTARYBRANSON, MO · 578 students
- Buchanan ElementaryMurfreesboro, TN · 475 students
- Buchanan Elementary SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 460 students
- Buchanan Elementary - 03Pierre, SD · 432 students
Nearby schools
- Branch Line School0.2 mi · 141
- Riley Upper Elementary School0.8 mi · 615
- Jackson Center1.2 mi · 66
- Coolidge Elementary School1.2 mi · 535
- Stevenson High School1.3 mi · 1,523
- Roosevelt Elementary School1.3 mi · 409
Frequently asked questions
About Buchanan Elementary SchoolHow large is Buchanan Elementary School?
Buchanan Elementary School enrolls approximately 483 students in grades KG-04.
Is Buchanan Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Buchanan Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Buchanan Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Buchanan Elementary School is approximately 17.5:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Buchanan Elementary School?
Student demographics at Buchanan Elementary School are roughly 83% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Buchanan Elementary School?
Buchanan Elementary School is overseen by Livonia Public Schools School District in Wayne County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.