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Enrollment
638
Middle
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIVONIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 262184005881
Emerson Middle School
29100 W CHICAGO ST, LIVONIA, MI 48150 · (734) 744-2665 · Wayne County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL638 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Michigan public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
218 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 7 | 335 | 53% |
| Grade 8 | 303 | 47% |
Student demographics
43%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
35.7%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
30.0%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
35.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Emerson Middle School
Emerson Middle School's state test result (35.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson Middle School this school | 638 | 34.2% | 35.6% |
| Cooper Upper Elementary School WESTLAND | 638 | 34.6% | 43.4% |
| Middle School East CHESTERFIELD | 626 | 33.5% | 40.3% |
| Middle School North MACOMB | 618 | 30.6% | 41.2% |
| Gull Lake Middle School RICHLAND | 717 | 33.6% | 51.2% |
| Lakeshore Middle School STEVENSVILLE | 612 | 33.2% | 54.9% |
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 Emerson Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #282 of 397 | #25 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #255 of 380 | #27 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #272 of 377 | #26 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 638 | #142 of 491 | #24 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #271 of 436 | #40 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.3% | #167 of 437 | #29 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.2% | #320 of 477 | #49 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.8% | #176 of 339 | #29 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
-97 (-13%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 611
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 35.4 | 18.0:1 | 34% (218) |
| 2023-24 | 631 | 32.2 | 19.6:1 | 50% (313) |
| 2022-23 | 641 | 36.8 | 17.4:1 | 49% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 735 | 39 | 18.9:1 | 47% (349) |
| 2017-18 | 732 | 39.9 | 18.4:1 | 40% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 748 | 40 | 18.7:1 | 36% (271) |
| 2010-11 | 780 | 44 | 17.7:1 | 34% (264) |
| 2000-01 | 747 | 42 | 17.8:1 | 10% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 611 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emerson Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (732 to 638); teachers down 11% (39.9 to 35.4).
About Emerson Middle School
Emerson Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in LIVONIA, Michigan, one of the schools in Livonia Public Schools School District. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 638 students in grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Michigan is about 502 students, so this school is 27% bigger than average.
Federal data list 25 schools in Livonia Public Schools School District, with 12,986 students enrolled.
White students are the majority at Emerson Middle School, with 74% of enrollment. The school is also 11% Black, 7% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is lower, at 49%. The school's diversity index is 43%, meaning two students picked at random have a 43% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Emerson Middle School's 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 18.0:1. That is close to the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Michigan. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 34%. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Wayne County is 32 points.
Measured against Michigan public middle schools, Emerson Middle School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school in Michigan with Emerson Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 51.1%. Emerson Middle School scores 35.6%.
In Wayne County (population about 1,772,259), the median household income is $60,539, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 16%. There are 573 public schools in Wayne County, enrolling about 259,786 students in all.
The next-closest public school is Cleveland Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Emerson Middle School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment declined 13% from its 2020-21 level of 735.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Emerson Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Emerson Middle. Emerson Middle School is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Emerson Middle SchoolUNION CITY, NJ · 999 students
- Emerson Middle SchoolNiles, IL · 890 students
- Emerson MiddleBakersfield, CA · 813 students
- Emerson MiddlePomona, CA · 664 students
- Emerson Middle SchoolEnid, OK · 353 students
Nearby schools
- Cleveland Elementary School0.6 mi · 415
- American Montessori Academy Upper Elementary0.7 mi · 289
- Blended Learning Academies Credit Recovery High School Liv0.7 mi · 28
- Universal Learning Academy0.9 mi · 761
- Franklin High School0.9 mi · 1,272
- Cooper Upper Elementary School0.9 mi · 638
Frequently asked questions
About Emerson Middle SchoolHow large is Emerson Middle School?
Emerson Middle School enrolls approximately 638 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Emerson Middle School serve?
Emerson Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Emerson Middle School?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at Emerson Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Emerson Middle School?
At Emerson Middle School, the student body is approximately 74% White, 7% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Emerson Middle School?
Emerson Middle 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.