Hayes Elementary School

Hayes Elementary School is one of the reasonably sized elementary-level communitys in WESTLAND, Michigan, run under Livonia Public Schools School District, with 416 students on its rolls from grades K through 4.

Within Livonia Public Schools School District, which oversees 25 schools and 12,986 students, Hayes Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Hayes Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 12% Black, 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 49% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Hayes Elementary School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Hayes Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Hayes Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Wayne County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Hayes Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is American Montessori Academy Upper Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hayes Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Hayes Elementary School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 19%: 512 students in 2018 compared to 416 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 74% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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