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Best kept secret at Cooper Upper Elementary School?
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Enrollment
638
Middle
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIVONIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 262184005880
Cooper Upper Elementary School
28550 ANN ARBOR TRL, WESTLAND, MI 48185 · (734) 744-2710 · Wayne County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL638 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
221 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 327 | 51% |
| Grade 6 | 311 | 49% |
Student demographics
46%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
55.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
41.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 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 Cooper Upper Elementary School
Cooper Upper Elementary School's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper Upper Elementary School this school | 638 | 34.6% | 43.4% |
| Emerson Middle School LIVONIA | 638 | 34.2% | 35.6% |
| Middle School East CHESTERFIELD | 626 | 33.5% | 40.3% |
| Richards Middle School FRASER | 661 | 37.7% | 43.7% |
| Lakeshore Middle School STEVENSVILLE | 612 | 33.2% | 54.9% |
| Middle School Central HARRISON TOWNSHIP | 601 | 37.8% | 34.6% |
Matched among Michigan middle 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 Cooper Upper Elementary School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #177 of 397 | #18 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #136 of 380 | #14 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #90 of 377 | #9 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 638 | #141 of 491 | #23 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #126 of 436 | #18 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.6% | #150 of 437 | #25 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.6% | #318 of 477 | #48 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #323 of 339 | #50 of 55 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
638
+21 (+3%) vs 2020
+72% since 1990-91, when it was 370
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 638 | 39 | 16.4:1 | 35% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 646 | 37.3 | 17.3:1 | 44% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 662 | 38.3 | 17.3:1 | 49% (323) |
| 2020-21 | 617 | 38 | 16.2:1 | 50% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 649 | 34.7 | 18.7:1 | 46% (297) |
| 2015-16 | 680 | 33 | 20.6:1 | 36% (244) |
| 2010-11 | 691 | 37 | 18.7:1 | 33% (231) |
| 2000-01 | 426 | 28 | 15.2:1 | 24% (102) |
| 1990-91 | 370 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cooper Upper Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (649 to 638); teachers up 12% (34.7 to 39).
About Cooper Upper Elementary School
Cooper Upper Elementary School is a mid-sized middle-grades school with an address in WESTLAND, Michigan. Enrollment stands at 638 students, covering grades 5 through 6. That puts enrollment 27% larger than the 502-student average for middle schools in Michigan.
Livonia Public Schools School District has a total of 25 schools and 12,986 students, Cooper Upper Elementary School among them.
The student body at Cooper Upper Elementary School is 72% White. Other reported shares: 12% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Wayne County's residents are about 49% White, 23 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 46% means there is a 46% chance two randomly chosen students at Cooper Upper Elementary School are from different groups.
The school had 39 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 16.4:1. The school's 16.4:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for middle schools in Michigan. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 35%. The 66% average for public schools in Wayne County is 31 points higher.
In Michigan, Cooper Upper Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 43.4% actual against a predicted 50.9%.
American Community Survey estimates for Wayne County show that the median household earns about $60,539 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Across Wayne County, 573 public schools serve about 259,786 students.
Universal Learning Academy is about 0.4 miles from Cooper Upper Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 36.3% proficiency; Cooper Upper Elementary School posts 43.4%.
The federal government classifies Cooper Upper Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 21 students, from 617 to 638.
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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
- Emerson Middle SchoolMiddle · 638 students
Other schools in WESTLAND
- John Glenn High SchoolHigh · 1,368 students
- Adlai Stevenson Middle SchoolMiddle · 768 students
- Universal Learning AcademyCombined · 761 students
- Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 591 students
- Wildwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 students
- Johnson Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 503 students
Nearby schools
- Universal Learning Academy0.4 mi · 761
- Cleveland Elementary School0.7 mi · 415
- American Montessori Academy Upper Elementary0.8 mi · 289
- Emerson Middle School0.9 mi · 638
- Westfield Charter Academy1.0 mi · 730
- Cambridge Alternative High School1.1 mi · 258
Frequently asked questions
About Cooper Upper Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Cooper Upper Elementary School?
Cooper Upper Elementary School enrolls approximately 638 students in grades 05-06.
Is Cooper Upper Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cooper Upper Elementary School is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many students per teacher at Cooper Upper Elementary School?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Cooper Upper Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Cooper Upper Elementary School?
Student demographics at Cooper Upper Elementary School are roughly 72% White, 8% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Cooper Upper Elementary School?
Cooper Upper Elementary School is overseen by Livonia Public Schools School District in Wayne County.
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