Kennedy Elementary School

Kennedy Elementary School is one of the reasonably sized K-5 schools in LIVONIA, Michigan, one of the schools within Livonia Public Schools School District, with 472 students on its rolls from grades K through 4. That puts it 28% bigger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Kennedy Elementary School is one of 25 schools operated by Livonia Public Schools School District, a district that educates 12,986 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Kennedy Elementary School logs that 71% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 12% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 49% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Kennedy Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.7%.

Across the wider county, census data for Wayne County shows median household earnings sit near $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which Kennedy Elementary School is one.

Jackson Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kennedy Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kennedy Elementary School at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 59.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 8%: 437 students in 2018 compared to 472 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 81% to 71% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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