Cooper Upper Elementary School

Cooper Upper Elementary School is a 6-8 campus of medium-sized scale in WESTLAND, Michigan, run under Livonia Public Schools School District, instructing 638 students in grades 5 through 6. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 502 students each, so Cooper Upper Elementary School sits 27% larger than that benchmark.

Cooper Upper Elementary School is one of 25 schools operated by Livonia Public Schools School District, a district that works with 12,986 students overall.

On demographics, Cooper Upper Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 72%; the rest breaks down as 12% Black, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Cooper Upper Elementary School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Cooper Upper Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cooper Upper Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.9%, the actual is 43.4%, a residual of -7.5 points.

In the broader community, Wayne County reports that the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, 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), Cooper Upper Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Universal Learning Academy, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cooper Upper Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cooper Upper Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 36.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 649 students in 2018 compared to 638 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 79% to 72% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.