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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Johnson Upper Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
503
Middle
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIVONIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 262184005890
Johnson Upper Elementary School
8400 N HIX RD, WESTLAND, MI 48185 · (734) 744-2740 · Wayne County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL503 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Michigan public middle schools
- B-Test 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
13.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
141 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 | 246 | 49% |
| Grade 6 | 257 | 51% |
Student demographics
58%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
49.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
38.9%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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
41.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 54% 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 Johnson Upper Elementary School
Johnson Upper Elementary School's state test result (41.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Upper Elementary School this school | 503 | 28.0% | 41.1% |
| Frost Middle School LIVONIA | 641 | 25.3% | 59.4% |
| Portage North Middle School PORTAGE | 609 | 33.8% | 38.4% |
| Warner Middle School FARMINGTON HILLS | 559 | 26.3% | 43.8% |
| Forsythe Middle School ANN ARBOR | 635 | 26.8% | 59.3% |
| Sarah G Banks Middle School WIXOM | 597 | 28.8% | 57.1% |
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 Johnson Upper Elementary School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #208 of 397 | #20 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #158 of 380 | #17 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #122 of 377 | #14 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 503 | #246 of 491 | #43 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #21 of 436 | #5 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.7% | #87 of 437 | #16 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.0% | #366 of 477 | #53 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #334 of 339 | #53 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
503
+74 (+17%) vs 2020
+49% since 1990-91, when it was 338
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 503 | 36.7 | 13.7:1 | 28% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 489 | 32.3 | 15.2:1 | 44% (213) |
| 2022-23 | 443 | 30.9 | 14.4:1 | 44% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 429 | 33 | 13.0:1 | 48% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 506 | 30.5 | 16.6:1 | 40% (202) |
| 2015-16 | 499 | 32 | 15.6:1 | 34% (168) |
| 2010-11 | 614 | 29 | 21.2:1 | 26% (160) |
| 2000-01 | 528 | 27 | 19.6:1 | 6% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 338 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Johnson Upper Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (506 to 503); teachers up 20% (30.5 to 36.7).
About Johnson Upper Elementary School
Johnson Upper Elementary School is a mid-sized middle school based in WESTLAND, Michigan. In all, 503 students attend the school in grades 4 through 6.
Within Livonia Public Schools School District, Johnson Upper Elementary School is one of 25 schools. The district enrolls 12,986 students.
About 61% of the student body at Johnson Upper Elementary School is White. Smaller groups are 20% Black, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. County-wide, 49% of Wayne County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 58%.
For every teacher at Johnson Upper Elementary School, there are about 13.7 students; the school has 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Michigan, 17.5:1, is higher. There are 141 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 28% of enrollment. It compares with 66% for public schools in Wayne County.
Among Michigan public middle schools, Johnson Upper Elementary School outscored 29%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Johnson Upper Elementary School falls short of its prediction by 12.7 points. The model expects 53.9% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Michigan; the school's rate is 41.1%.
In Wayne County, 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.
Johnson Upper Elementary School's nearest public school is Churchill High School (about 0.6 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Johnson Upper Elementary School places 3rd out of 5 schools in its immediate area.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 17%, from 429 to 503.
This page is set up for the Johnson Upper Elementary School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 WESTLAND
- John Glenn High SchoolHigh · 1,368 students
- Adlai Stevenson Middle SchoolMiddle · 768 students
- Universal Learning AcademyCombined · 761 students
- Cooper Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 638 students
- Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 591 students
- Wildwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 students
Nearby schools
- Churchill High School0.6 mi · 1,227
- Starkweather Academy Fiegel0.8 mi · 194
- Rosedale Elementary0.9 mi · 301
- Garfield Community School1.5 mi · 62
- Thomas A Edison Elem School2.3 mi · 450
- East Middle School2.4 mi · 725
Frequently asked questions
About Johnson Upper Elementary SchoolHow large is Johnson Upper Elementary School?
Johnson Upper Elementary School enrolls approximately 503 students in grades 04-06.
What age range does Johnson Upper Elementary School serve?
Johnson Upper Elementary School serves students from grade 04 through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Johnson Upper Elementary School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Johnson Upper Elementary School.
How diverse is Johnson Upper Elementary School?
Johnson Upper Elementary School reports a student body of 61% White, 7% Hispanic, 20% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Johnson Upper Elementary School in?
Johnson Upper Elementary School is part of Livonia Public Schools School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.