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Grant Elementary School
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 11% smaller than its 4th grade class (92).
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientWhat this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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%.
Schools most like Grant Elementary School
Grant Elementary School's state test result (59.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Elementary School this school | 470 | 28.3% | 59.1% |
| Hevel Elementary WASHINGTON | 441 | 27.7% | 47.1% |
| Cherry Creek Elementary School LOWELL | 485 | 29.3% | 51.6% |
| Brown Elementary School NEW BOSTON | 434 | 29.7% | 42.0% |
| Parsons Elementary School ROCKWOOD | 418 | 27.0% | 51.2% |
| West Shore Elementary School FENTON | 505 | 27.9% | N/A |
Where Grant Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #230 of 1,085 | #31 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #179 of 1,072 | #22 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #349 of 1,139 | #42 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #366 of 1,630 | #91 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #317 of 1,424 | #51 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.5% | #742 of 1,424 | #131 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.3% | #1,260 of 1,563 | #264 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #527 of 979 | #85 of 177 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 470 | 33.1 | 14.2:1 | 28% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 493 | 32.3 | 15.3:1 | 38% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 465 | 32.5 | 14.3:1 | 36% (167) |
| 2020-21 | 481 | 30 | 16.0:1 | 38% (181) |
| 2017-18 | 532 | 32.9 | 16.2:1 | 38% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 23 | 19.4:1 | 31% (139) |
| 2010-11 | 470 | 22 | 21.4:1 | 25% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 538 | 27 | 19.9:1 | 4% (19) |
| 1990-91 | 538 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (532 to 470); teachers up 1% (32.9 to 33.1).
About Grant Elementary School
Grant Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in LIVONIA, Michigan. The school's 470 students are in pre-K through 4. Enrollment is 27% higher than the average for elementary schools in Michigan, which is about 369.
The district, Livonia Public Schools School District, operates 25 schools serving 12,986 students.
White students are the large majority at Grant Elementary School, with 81% of enrollment. Other groups include 7% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Wayne County residents are about 49% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Grant Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 33%.
The count of teachers at Grant Elementary School is 33.1 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.2:1. Among elementary schools in Michigan, the typical ratio is 15.8:1. The school counts 133 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 28%. On average, public schools in Wayne County report 66%.
The allk12 Grade for Grant Elementary School is A-. Compared with Michigan public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 77% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Grant Elementary School is 5.3 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Michigan schools.
Grant Elementary School is located in Wayne County, where median household income is about $60,539, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Grant Elementary School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County, which together enroll about 259,786 students.
The shortest distance from Grant Elementary School to another public school is about 0.8 miles, to Franklin High School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Grant Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
In 2020-21, Grant Elementary School enrolled 481; in 2024-25, 470. Students per teacher fell from 16.0 in 2020-21 to 14.2 in 2024-25.
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