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Churchill High School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Churchill High School
Churchill High School is one of the large senior highs in LIVONIA, Michigan, part of Livonia Public Schools School District, with 1,227 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. That puts it 167% larger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.
Livonia Public Schools School District runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 12,986 students. Churchill High School is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Churchill High School lists that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment; the rest looks like 14% Black, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Churchill High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 27% of students at Churchill High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Churchill High School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).
Nearest neighbor: Rosedale Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Churchill High School.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
Five-year trend. Churchill High School's enrollment has ticked down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 1,445 (now 1,227). White enrollment moved from 72% to 67% across the same window.
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